Last week, Lord Risby and Kent With Ukraine were pleased to welcome Minister Nataliia Kalmykova and Deputy Minister Ruslan Prykhodko of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine to a high-level event at the House of Lords. The event brought together more than 60 guests, including senior politicians and parliamentarians from across the political spectrum, alongside representatives from government, industry, local government, charities and wider civil society. The breadth and

Over the past few months, Ukraine has endured one of the harshest winters in decades. In the Chernihiv region, temperatures plunged to as low as –27°C, accompanied by heavy snowfall and prolonged periods of extreme cold. Throughout this time, Russia continued its relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, leaving thousands of people without electricity, heating, and, in some cases, even access to running water for weeks at a time. For families already living under