-
Studio of Ukrainian Crafts: SPRING
Discover VATAHA’s new project, Studio of Ukrainian Crafts, which teaches traditional Ukrainian crafts, beginning with the rich traditions of Ukrainian spring. Explore how Donetsk pysanky, vybiika, and Hutsul kukutsy go beyond regional customs to show how craft and ritual make spring tangible and communal.
-
Correcting the Narrative: Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary
In this interview, we had an extensive conversation with the founders of the online platform Ukrainian Decolonial Glossary: a compilation of articles by 24 professionals who explain historical events in Ukraine in a clear and accessible way, challenging dominant narratives that are often hard to apply in particular contexts.
-
VATAHA Recommends: War is Personal at FOAM Amsterdam
At FOAM Amsterdam, Julia Kochetova transforms war into something intimate and impossible to ignore — where poetry, photography, and space hold together memory, grief, and the names that must not be lost.
-
Zeeland Together With Ukraine: Four Years at War
On February 27th 2026, over 150 people gathered in Middleburg for Zeeland Together With Ukraine: Four Years at War, a memorial marking four years since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
-
Four Years of Full Scale Invasion
On February 25th 2026, VATAHA organized a memorial ceremony at the St Laurence Church in Rotterdam to commemorate the four-year anniversary of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine. What began as a solemn, reflective event turned into a hopeful evening celebrating Ukrainian talents in folkmusic, dance and song.
-
Dоnеччиna: VATAHA’s zine-making workshop in Rotterdam
On 21 February in Rotterdam, VATAHA hosted a zine workshop honoring Ukraine through collective creation. Focusing on Donechchyna and “routes,” participants explored memory, displacement, and care, building shared space beyond headlines.
-
VATAHA Founders at Café Kyiv 2026
VATAHA co-founders Oksana Savchuk and Uliana Bun report from their visit to Café Kyiv on February 24. Hosted in Berlin, Café Kyiv is an initiative from the prestigious Konrad Adenauer Foundation and is one of the largest conferences on Ukrainian culture and politics in Europe.
-
Ukrainian culture is European culture, and it’s under attack
Four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine faces not only devastating human loss but a deliberate campaign to erase its culture, loot its heritage, and silence its artists. This is a war against European identity itself, and the rest of Europe cannot afford to look away.
-
Open Harmony: Ukrainian Choir Lab in The Hague
Led by our co-founder Uliana Bun, VATAHA collaborated with Dutch Culture and Ukrainian Institute to invite three choral experts from Ukraine to lead a singing workshop focusing on strengthening Dutch-Ukrainian cultural ties through choral singing as a source of artistic development and cultural exchange.
-
VATAHA Recommends: 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025)
Bringing harrowing humanity again to the film screen, Mstyslav Chernov’s second documentary 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) demonstrates how exceptional film editing and storytelling can reinvigorate international audiences’ attention for Ukrainian defense efforts in a time of wartime media fatigue.
-
Ukrainian comedy shows in The Netherlands (Part 1)
In the past three years, VATAHA’s event manager Nadiia Davydenko has organized over 20 stand-up shows with Ukrainian comedians that have raised more than 2 million EUR in military donations.
-
Ukrainian comedy shows in The Netherlands (Part 2)
How does crowd work differ between Ukrainian audiences at home and abroad? Read our sequel interview to learn why her line-up of stand-up comedians continue to make jokes for (and sometimes about) their home country.
