title: From the Editor-in-Chief: Russia's War against Ukraine
abstract: The current issue of East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies appears at a time when Ukraine-the thematic focus of the journal-has been under Russian bombardment for over a month. Russia's war against Ukraine, started on 24 February 2022, has developed into one of the largest humanitarian crises in Europe since the end of World War II-a multitude of civilian deaths, millions of refugees, and capital destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure. Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine follows in the fo
journal: East/West Journal of Ukrainian Studies