Mila’s seventh birthday: an ambitious and courageous gymnast from Home for Independent Mums

Mila’s seventh birthday: an ambitious and courageous gymnast from Home for Independent Mums

15.08.2023

Meet Mila, one of the younger residents of a Home for Independent Mums, who celebrated her 7th birthday last week. Mila is an extremely talented girl — before the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine, she was training in artistic gymnastics. After 24 February 2022, Mila and her mum fled the country from Russian shelling […]

Russia’s Decade-Long War Against Ukraine: How to Accelerate Ukrainian Victory

Russia’s Decade-Long War Against Ukraine: How to Accelerate Ukrainian Victory

15.08.2023

Executive Summary This report is the sixth in a series of reports on how Russia circumvents sanctions with the help of Central Asian countries, particularly by way of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The subject of this report is an analysis of global trends and facts that point to Russia’s ability to accumulate sufficient resources for at […]

Homes for Independent Mums make dreams come true: Victoria’s story

Homes for Independent Mums make dreams come true: Victoria’s story

10.08.2023

Meet Victoria, a resident of one of the Homes for Independent Mums from Ukraine. In Dnipro, where she comes from, she was working as the director of a real-estate agency. After the outbreak of full-scale war, she and her daughter came to Poland. From the very beginning, she set herself the goal of achieving in […]

Submission to the European Parliament and European Commission on the issue of sanctions circumvention

Submission to the European Parliament and European Commission on the issue of sanctions circumvention

03.07.2023

The Open Dialogue Foundation would like to thank the experts in the preparation of the submission. The Foundation would also like to express its gratitude to Mukhtar Ablyazov, an opposition politician and former Minister of Energy, Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan, for his advice. This submission contains the following information: Overview of Russia’s economic ability […]

Four plagues of Kherson: treachery, occupation, shelling, flood [A story about the divided city]

Four plagues of Kherson: treachery, occupation, shelling, flood [A story about the divided city]

23.06.2023

The lower districts of Kherson — such as Korabelnyi — are still flooded or covered withstinking silt. On the Ukrainian side of the city, the water is receding with each day. On Vasyl Stus Street, which reaches the Kosheva arm of the Dnipro river, people arechecking whether any of their possessions can be saved. The […]

The Flood Unleashed After the Attack on Nova Kakhovka. Polish Humanitarian Mission Reached the Flooded Areas. ‘It’s been a shock’.

The Flood Unleashed After the Attack on Nova Kakhovka. Polish Humanitarian Mission Reached the Flooded Areas. ‘It’s been a shock’.

23.06.2023

The convoy carried pumps, power generators, rafts, jacket vests, headlamps. “Andwater purification tablets so that the residents can drink water,” Martin Mycielski ofthe Open Dialogue Foundation told OKO.press. The Warsaw Municipal Council,including the Law and Justice (PiS) club, has unanimously donated PLN 100 000 forequipment for Kherson. THE FIRST Polish humanitarian mission left for Kherson after […]

The Open Dialogue Foundation and Rafał Trzaskowski were awarded in Ukraine. “For the only such support”

The Open Dialogue Foundation and Rafał Trzaskowski were awarded in Ukraine. “For the only such support”

22.06.2023

The Open Dialogue Foundation delivered “a quarter of a million zloty worth of urgent aid”to Kherson. This city has suffered a major environmental and humanitarian disaster as aresult of a terrorist attack by Russia. The Open Dialogue Foundation helps Ukraine The Open Dialogue Foundation — is an organisation that was established on the initiative ofLyudmyla […]

Summary of a humanitarian aid mission to Kherson (16-20 June 2023)

Summary of a humanitarian aid mission to Kherson (16-20 June 2023)

21.06.2023

As a result of the Russian terrorist attack, Ukraine has experienced the most severe environmental and humanitarian disaster in decades. On Tuesday, 6 June, at 02:50 a.m., the Russian army blasted the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Kherson region. The water flooded and destroyed many villages and towns located in the lower sections of the Dnipro […]

Humanitarian aid from Poland to Kherson residents

Humanitarian aid from Poland to Kherson residents

20.06.2023

Representatives of the Polish international organisation Open Dialogue Foundationarrived in Kherson with a humanitarian convoy from Poland. “Motor pumps, life jackets, power generators, portable batteries, drinking water, waterpurification tablets, medicines, waterproof suits, life rafts and many other items weredelivered to the city”, the Kherson regional military administration reported on social media. Reportedly, the participants of […]

Humanitarian convoy from Poland arrives in Kherson

Humanitarian convoy from Poland arrives in Kherson

19.06.2023

Representatives of the Polish international organisation, the Open Dialogue Foundation, have arrived in Kherson with a humanitarian convoy. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Kherson Regional State Administration. “Representatives of the Polish international organisation the Open Dialogue Foundation arrived in Kherson with a humanitarian convoy. They delivered motor pumps, life jackets, power generators, […]

Summary of the humanitarian mission to the Avdiivka region (27 April–3 May 2023)

Summary of the humanitarian mission to the Avdiivka region (27 April–3 May 2023)

24.05.2023

At the turn of April and May 2023 we set off on our third humanitarian mission to the very frontline of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Having first been to Kupiansk/Kherson and Bakhmut, this time we brought aid as far as to the vicinity of Avdiivka where Ukrainians now fight the heaviest battles against the Russian aggressor.  Our […]

Our humanitarian aid for 14 months of war in Ukraine. Summary for the period 24.02.2022-30.04.2023

Our humanitarian aid for 14 months of war in Ukraine. Summary for the period 24.02.2022-30.04.2023

19.05.2023

Since 24 February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, we have been doing everything to support our friends and neighbours. Thanks to your support our aid has included, among others, 83 transports with which we have delivered 74,253 pieces of protective and life-saving equipment! The aid mentioned above included:– 1 118 helmets;– 4 ventilators;– 8 active […]

Russia’s Accomplices in the War Against Ukraine: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Army’s Reliable Rear

Russia’s Accomplices in the War Against Ukraine: Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Army’s Reliable Rear

09.05.2023

Executive summary To analyse Kyrgyzstan’s capacity to help Russia circumvent sanctions, it is important to consider the internal political situation in Kyrgyzstan under President Sadyr Japarov. Kyrgyzstan has long been considered an “island of freedom” in Central Asia, with a number of independent media outlets, independent MPs and an active civil society. However, the authoritarian […]

Donetsk: Polish benefactors provide Avdiivka residents with fire extinguishers

Donetsk: Polish benefactors provide Avdiivka residents with fire extinguishers

04.05.2023

Volunteers from the Polish charity Open Dialogue Foundation in Warsaw have donated 200 fire extinguishers to the Avdiivka front-line community. As a result of continuous enemy strikes, Avdiivka is gradually turning into ashes. The Russian occupants are bombarding residential areas and civilian infrastructure with “Grad” missiles, heavy artillery and other missile attacks. As a consequence, […]

The Beneficiaries of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. How the Nazarbayev-Tokayev Regime is Helping Putin

The Beneficiaries of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. How the Nazarbayev-Tokayev Regime is Helping Putin

25.04.2023

Executive summary In 2022 and 2023, the Kazakhstani authorities have repeatedly convinced the international community of their alleged commitment to “preventing the use of the Kazakhstani territory to bypass sanctions”. “Appropriate measures” have been adopted (such as the creation of a “list of sanctioned goods”, the signing of a law “on the control of specific […]

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