Harvard professor Serhii Plokhy and members of RocMaidan on the defense of Ukraine

By Evan Dawson,

Megan Mack, Julie Williams

Published November 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM EST

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Serhii Plokhy

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Elena (Olena) Dilai and Volodymyr Pavlyuk on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, November 11, 2024

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For Ukrainians around the world, the Russian invasion goes back to 2014, not just 2022. RocMaidan is marking the occasion this week with a visit from Serhii Plokhy, director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute.

The election of Donald Trump brings a very different position from the White House regarding the defense of Ukraine.

Our guests discuss it:

Serhii Plokhy, author, professor of history, and the director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Volodymyr Pavlyuk, founder of RocMaidan
Elena (Olena) Dilai, secretary of RocMaidan

*Note: Plokhy is giving a talk and signing books at Barnes and Noble in Pittsford on November 16. For more information, click here.