**Dear Reader,**
The reality in which we live is making one thing increasingly clear: the ideas that shape society, the individuals who broaden its horizons, and the experience of war that leaves no one untouched.
This issue of *Porohy* opens with our Community Chronicle — a way of capturing the pulse of our shared life, its rhythm, and its tensions.
We then turn to society through the lens of one of the defining concepts of our time: what populism is and how it works.
In our *Figures* section, we revisit the life of Sofia Yablonska, exploring how her distant travels shaped a worldview that reached far beyond the familiar.
Vitalii Portnykov’s social media column offers a reflection on today’s global developments, which, as always, carry a distinctly Ukrainian dimension.
Our feature report, *Prague–Izium*, traces one of the routes of assistance to Ukraine — tangible, demanding, and built on countless decisions and acts of solidarity. It leads into a conversation with Vasyl “Vatra” of the 3rd Assault Brigade about the cost of advancing, the current state of the front, and the everyday reality of war.
Together, these texts share a common purpose: to better understand the times we live in and to find our own point of reference within them.
**Wishing you a thoughtful read,**
*The Editorial Team*
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The author of the article is responsible for the accuracy of the facts presented. The editorial board has the right to shorten the materials and not share the views of the author. The magazine is published with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
Publisher: “Ukrainian Initiative in the Czech Republic”, NGO Perekotipoly Vocelova 3, Prague 2, ID number: 60448296;
