Argo: Wrestling Ukraine

Argo Publishing House invites you to a discussion with the Czech Television correspondents and the launch of their joint book Struggling Ukraine. The authors offer an undisguised critical look at the weaknesses of a struggling Ukraine, such as post-Soviet rigidity, endemic corruption, institutionalised machismo and intergenerational tensions. And it finds sparks of hope in the determination of young men and women to defend their homeland and soon turn it into a functioning, free-thinking democracy.

Ukraine has been resisting unbridled Russian aggression since 24 February 2022. Millions of people have fled their homes in the face of war, tens of thousands have died, and the brutal destruction of kindergartens, museums and churches has not escaped. The world admires the extent to which, despite the massive war pressure, Ukrainians have refused to bend to the will of the Moscow dictator. In the process, the huge country is struggling not only with the superiority of the eastern invaders, but also with its own cultural and historical heritage.