UKRAINIAN WOMEN IN CREATION OF THE UKRAINIAN WORSHIP AREA ABROAD IN THE CONDITIONS OF RUSSIAN AGGRESSION

Abstract

It is shown that the war unleashed by the Russian Federation is directed against the Ukrainian people and, as with any genocide, the Russian Federation is primarily trying to erase Ukrainian identity. Unfortunately, children also suffer from this aggression. Currently, it is impossible to even imagine the long-term consequences of this demographic catastrophe for Ukraine, which has already experienced four waves of forced migration, but we have not yet known such a number of refugees among the female and child population. In view of that, many efforts should be directed to preserve Ukrainian identity abroad and to preserve life and future for our children. Women took a big role in this, mostly on a volunteer basis. The volunteer movement, primarily its forms and methods in Ukraine, should be of particular interest to researchers. Volunteer experience is an important factor in the development of non-formal education in Europe and Ukraine, as noted by Maya Dernova, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Visiting Professor of the Department of Adult Education and Lifelong Education at Augsburg University (Germany). It is emphasized that today the whole world understands how important the language of cultural diplomacy is becoming in order to oppose the pro-Russian narrative. In this information war, it is culture that becomes a soft but effective weapon. Telling about the unique qualities of Ukrainian culture and history, it unites the whole world around Ukraine, leaving no chance for the aggressor to escape responsibility. The importance of ensuring the functioning of Ukrainian schools abroad as a factor of Ukrainian cultural creation, preservation of Ukrainian identity and connection with Ukraine has been proven. The main thing is that after the victory, it is easy for the children to return and adapt to the Ukrainian education system, for the sake of their own future.