Built around testimonies of people who lived through Russian occupation in different regions of Ukraine, the book is based on interviews collected in 2022–2024 as part of The Reckoning Project. Bringing together reportage, monologues, and documentary essays, it reflects on memory, violence, survival, and the challenge of speaking about war through personal experience.

The conversation will focus on the process of documenting war crimes and occupation, the role of testimony, and the ethical questions that emerge when working with trauma and memory. Through stories from Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv regions, and territories that remain under occupation, the event offers a way to engage with Russia’s war against Ukraine beyond headlines and abstraction.

Svitlana Oslavska is an independent Ukrainian journalist, writer, and cultural researcher. Since 2022, she has documented Russian war crimes as part of The Reckoning Project and writes for Ukrainian and international publications.

The event will be held in English. The book will be available for purchase on site in Ukrainian.

📅 Tuesday, May 26
🕕 18:00
📍 Ukraine House in Denmark, Strandgade 27B, Copenhagen

We look forward to welcoming you for this conversation.