Orysia Lutsevych: ‘Ukrainians are buying generators just to heat a kettle’

The head of Chatham House’s Ukraine Forum reveals how her fellow Ukrainians are preparing for winter, why she chose a career in international relations and why her son would love to live in Kyiv.

The World Today Updated 13 September 2024 2 minute READ

What inspired you to pursue a career in international relations? 

When I graduated from high school in Ukraine during the last years of the Soviet Union, I didn’t know what I wanted to study. Then I saw an announcement in the newspaper about a new department of International Relations at Lviv State University. 

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