Ukrainians in Countries of Europe and North America Opposing Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine

Abstract

The article analyzes and emphasizes the important role of the Ukrainian diaspora in the countries of Europe and North America, it continues to play after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian armed forces. The support of Ukrainians by the diaspora in the conditions of insidious and unprovoked military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and Ukrainians is characterized. In particular, the current state of studying the role of Ukrainians abroad in European and North American countries is presented. It is traced how the Ukrainian diaspora, with the help of governmental and non-governmental international humanitarian organizations, continues to support the Ukrainian state from the beginning of the military conflict and helps to overcome the consequences of the armed expansion of the Russian Federation. It was revealed that after the armed aggression of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Ukrainian state, the Ukrainian diaspora actively joined the struggle for the preservation of Ukrainian statehood, ethnocultural space, ethnic culture and identity. It is shown that Ukrainian communities abroad have undertaken informational, diplomatic, financial, humanitarian, military, cultural and social work. It has been found that Ukrainians abroad constantly accelerate the victory of Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian war actively supporting refugees and displaced persons, providing diplomatic and financial support through international and humanitarian programs and funds, finding temporary shelter, promoting the flow of military, medical and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, limiting infoterror in the media and cyberspace. It is substantiated that with the assistance of Ukrainians abroad, social and humanitarian aid centers operate both from volunteers and from international charitable organizations. It was highlighted that Ukrainian embassies, in close cooperation with Ukrainians abroad, actively spread knowledge about Ukraine, its past and present, thereby contributing to the further consolidation of Ukraine as a strategic partner state with a long history, rich culture and clearly defined European and North Atlantic perspectives.