Decryption

How was the feeling of belonging to the Ukrainian nation built?

Audio 7:30 p.m.

Ukrainians demonstrate in the city of Lviv on February 19, 2022 (photo illustration).

© AFP/Yuriy Dyachyshyn

By: Adrien Delgrange

1 min

It is difficult to understand a people, to know what they feel, to apprehend their attachment to the nation in which they live or survive.

Ukrainians have been subjected to a Russian invasion since last February 24 and rarely has “ 

Slava Ukraini

” glory to Ukraine been chanted and heard so much in the country and around the world.

As a rallying cry to defend Ukraine body and soul.

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Despite the permanent stress of bomb threats, despite the exodus of part of the population, the Ukrainians seem more united than ever in the face of the invader. 

With : 

Ioulia Shukan

, lecturer in Slavic studies at

Paris Nanterre University

and researcher at the

Institute of Social Sciences of Politics

, associated with the

Center for Studies of the Russian, Caucasian and Central European Worlds (CERCEC-EHESS/CNRS)

.

She is also the editor of the  Journal of

East-West

Comparative Studies

.

Author of

Génération Maïdan: Living the Ukrainian crisis

, (

Editions de l'aube

)

A program prepared by Adrien Delgrange, Sigrid Azeroual, Emmanuel Sevin, produced by Claude Battista. 

All of our daily, live coverage of the war in Ukraine.

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