Best urban revitalisation projects in Ukraine before the Russian invasion in 2022 by Serhii Horbliuk

“… The article discusses the best projects of urban revitalisation in Ukraine, which were implemented before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Regional and local strategic priorities of degraded areas revitalisation are analysed. …”
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Clean, Diversified, and Affordable Energy for the European Union in the Context of the REPowerEU Plan by Vasile Dinu

“…Since the establishment of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the geopolitical context has changed considerably. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a drastic impact on the society and economy of the European Union. …”
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Challenges of Ethnographic Research with War Migrants from Ukraine by Patrycja Trzeszczyńska

“…These are primarily issues related to research ethics, the situation of difficult research in cooperation with potentially traumatized people, positioned by popular discourses as refugees and victims of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In addition, my reflection concerns access to the site, the researcher's involvement and responsibility, the specificity of the situation in which this research is conducted, as well as problems and challenges facing their archiving and representation. …”
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Russian propaganda on social media during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Dominique Geissler, Dominik Bär, Nicolas Pröllochs, Stefan Feuerriegel

“…Abstract The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by practices of information warfare, yet existing evidence is largely anecdotal while large-scale empirical evidence is lacking. …”
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Russian aggression against Ukraine and the changes in European Union countries’ macroeconomic situation: Do energy intensity and energy dependence matter? by Wielechowski Michał, Czech Katarzyna

“…The results indicate that EU economies characterised by the most significant energy vulnerability economically suffer the most in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.…”
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Remixing war: An analysis of the reimagination of the Russian–Ukraine war on TikTok by Florian Primig, Hanna Dorottya Szabó, Pilar Lacasa

“…TikTok is a relatively new social media platform that has achieved substantial popularity among young people in many parts of the world and is now being used to disseminate and make sense of information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Through a user-centered sampling approach, we collected 62 TikTok videos and conducted an in-depth qualitative analysis of them and their uploading profiles to explore how the war was being represented on the platform. …”
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THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE: UNCERTAINTY, INSECURITY AND FEAR OF THE ENERGY POLICY IN THE FACE OF WAR AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR by Marija Tomljenović, Marina Srdoč

“…On February 24, 2022, Russia, led by Putin, destroyed the European world peace by a military attack on Ukraine under the pretext that Ukraine poses a constant threat to Russia, hindering the development of Russia and its existence. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, which for Putin is a fiction “about a special military operation”, has greatly affected energy security around the world and provoked uncertainty in the field of energy policy both in Europe and in the world. …”
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The European Parliament as Transformational Actor toward the Reconsideration of the EU Eastern Policy by Zheltovskyy Vadym

“…First, particular attention is paid to the change of the EP approach toward the issue of eastern policy building in the aftermath of the 2019 elections and after the 24 February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In order to define the transformative potential of the EP in the institutional system of the European Union (EU) as regards the eastern dimension of its neighbourhood policy, the analysis covers selected resolutions and recommendations as well as key political addresses delivered by leaders of the EP, European Council and European Commission. …”
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Geopolitical Turmoil and G7 Renewable Electricity Production: Impacts of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict by Burhan KABADAYI

“…This paper scrutinizes the transformation in the electricity production structures of G7 nations in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The inquiry centers on discerning shifts in the trajectory of energy production, particularly toward more sustainable and secure sources. …”
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Nowcasting daily population displacement in Ukraine through social media advertising data by Leasure, DR, Kashyap, R, Rampazzo, F, Dooley, CA, Elbers, B, Bondarenko, M, Verhagen, M, Frey, A, Yan, J, Akimova, ET, Fatehkia, M, Trigwell, R, Tatem, AJ, Weber, I, Mills, MC

“…In times of crisis, real-time data mapping population displacements are invaluable for targeted humanitarian response. The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, forcibly displaced millions of people from their homes including nearly 6 million refugees flowing across the border in just a few weeks, but information was scarce regarding displaced and vulnerable populations who remained inside Ukraine. …”

Anxiety, depressive symptoms, and distress over the course of the war in Ukraine in three federal states in Germany by Janka Massag, Sophie Diexer, Bianca Klee, Daniela Costa, Cornelia Gottschick, Anja Broda, Oliver Purschke, Nils Opel, Nils Opel, Mascha Binder, Daniel Sedding, Thomas Frese, Matthias Girndt, Jessica Hoell, Irene Moor, Jonas Rosendahl, Michael Gekle, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Rafael Mikolajczyk

“…IntroductionThe Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting consequences are in the center of political discussions, media, and likely individual thinking of the population in Germany. …”
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Fostering Energy Resilience in the Rural Thai Power System—A Case Study in Nakhon Phanom by Maria Christina Gudrun Hart, Michael Hans Breitner

“…With rising electricity demand, heavy reliance on imports, and recent economic downturns due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain bottlenecks, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Thailand is suffering severely from energy resilience risks. …”
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Russia’s Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine Threatens Both Healthcare & Health Protections Provided by International Law by Michael S. Baker, Jacob Baker, Frederick M. Burkle, Jr.

“…Hybrid Warfare is on display because of the unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is characterized by numerous crimes against civilians as seen vividly during the occupation of the town of Bucha where rape, torture, murder, and looting seem to reflect Russian military policy, leadership, and command guidance. …”
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The Ukrainian refugee crisis: its ethical aspects and the challenges for the Polish healthcare system – a descriptive review by Kinga Kolińska, Anna Paprocka-Lipińska, Michał Koliński

“…Since the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on 24.02.2022, millions of people (mostly women and children) have fled Ukraine. …”
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Are the Hawks Watching Closely? Reports on China’s Military Power for the US Congress, 2001–2021 by Nenad Stekić

“…The reports’ features were then qualitatively studied through a series of global security crises, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US military retreat from Afghanistan, military alignment in the Indo-Pacific, and regional security dynamics in the Arctic. …”
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Implications of the 2022–2023 Situation in Ukraine for Possible Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia by David von Hippel

“…ABSTRACTThe Russian invasion of Ukraine in February of 2022, and the ongoing (as of this writing) conflict that has followed, has prompted many of the actors responsible for determining military and nuclear weapons strategy and policy to rethink their approaches. …”
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The European Political Community: A Nebulous Answer to the Strategic Question of How to Unite Europe by Luigi Lonardo

“…It was established in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. While the EPC is only in its early stages, and therefore there is a significant element of volatility in the subject, this Insight reflects on how the EPC innovates in terms of actors, process, and instruments with respect to the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and the Or-ganisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. …”
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Prediction of individual, community and societal resilience in the Czech Republic compared to Slovakia during the war in Ukraine by Alice Koubová, Shaul Kimhi

“…Abstract The present study examines, as research questions, which and to what extent psychological and demographic variables significantly predict individual, community, and societal resilience among a sample of Czech Republic adults (N = 1,100) six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The research tools included the following scales: Societal, community, and individual resilience; hope, well-being; morale; distress symptoms; a sense of danger; and perceived threats. …”
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German Welcome Culture Then and Now. How Crisis Narration Can Foster (Contested) Solidarity with Refugees by Carolin Gebauer

“…This article sets out to investigate the dynamics of narratives of public solidarity with refugees in Germany by juxtaposing what is now often called the “long summer of migration” with representations of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Drawing on insights from crisis research and interdisciplinary narrative research, I will first argue that framing of historical conditions as crisis situations is based on the interplay of retrospective and prospective worldmaking – a key concept in the philosophy of mind and cognitive narrative theory – which sets in motion a complex (counter-) narrative dynamics. …”
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Contrasting Dimensions behind the Use of Irony and Humour in Times of Crisis by Laura Alba-Juez

“… In this article the discourse of irony and humor is explored in two sets of memes generated in times of crisis, namely the recent Covid pandemic and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Different versions of macro memes are examined in both sets through the lens of the Inferred Contradiction Theory of irony (Alba-Juez 2014). …”
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