Porohy #8 (2025)

In this issue of the magazine, we want to focus on the theme of distance — both as a geographical measure and as an inner feeling. The sense of alienation experienced by Ukrainians who have moved abroad has become one of the defining experiences of recent years. How to maintain a strong connection between people united by shared roots is explored in our article “Ukrainians: Strangers Among Their Own?”

How can this connection be preserved when one is in internal emigration? Here we turn to the figure of Yuriy Illienko, who, in his work as a Soviet-era director, demonstrated an unwavering will to be himself, to be Ukrainian.

We also discuss the possibilities of turning this fragmented presence into action — in particular through the participation of volunteers from abroad in the Armed Forces. And about our achievements, already visible even across the ocean: why, according to the Financial Times, Ukraine is showing signs of victory…

In our now-classic section “Conversation,” we publish a dialogue with Ivan Hospodar, a volunteer from “DrukArmiya” — about the material forms of solidarity that sustain the home front. This issue is an attempt to gather what is scattered, to hear the whole.