09 / 03 / 2022

‘We are in a contest for survival with Putin’

In our weekly update with UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly, he shares his views on the war in Ukraine, the response of the EU and the (geopolitical) future of Europe. ‘Putin says what he wants and he follows up on it. The threat is real and we should do more about it.’

04 / 03 / 2022

‘This war has ignited a major European revolution’

With the war raging in Ukraine, UT researcher and EU affairs expert Shawn Donnelly sees a bigger development changing the course of Europe. ‘The EU has always been a major economic power, but never a military one. Now it will be.’

UT employees and students organize help for Ukraine

Humanitarian aid to Ukraine on UT campus

Ukrainian students and employees at the University of Twente started a campaign to help people affected by the war in their home country. They organized collection points in Enschede, including one on the UT campus, where people can bring needed items that will be sent to Ukraine.

Ukrainian UT researcher on the war in their home country

‘This is a war for my own identity’

A war is raging in the home country of Ukrainian UT researchers Sergii Pud, Ivan Struzhko and Dmytro Polishchuk. All with family and loved ones back home, they share their thoughts on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ‘We are bracing ourself and keeping chins up.’