Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Why did Ukrainians recognize Russia’s war as an existential threat long before much of the world? Since Moscow’s 2014 invasion, I’ve traveled Ukraine asking this question. 10 yrs in the making, my new book When the Ukrainian Sun Rises is now open for pre-order with Georgetown University Press. 13011
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Some book news, coming Fall 2026 🙏 aseees.org/news/spring-...aseees.orgSpring 2026 ASEEES First Book Subvention Winners | Association for Slavic, East European, & Eurasian StudiesASEEES congratulates the recipients of the Fall 2025 First Book Subventions! 011
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 27/01/2026My latest: why there can be no "peace through business" approach to Putin's Russia. The history is clear. Commerce doesn't tame hostile autocracies: it transfers power, technology, and $ into the hands of dictators who use it to destroy. thehill.com/opinion/inte...thehill.com 093
Reposted by Kristina HookThammy Evans @thammyevans.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Panel 2: Ecocide & Environmental Crime was v good, esp Milena Serio explaining the legal implications of the international draft definition of ecocide, w/ @annackermann.bsky.social, Jonathon Turnbull, @daryatsymbalyuk.bsky.social. Moderator @kristinahook.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTiA...youtube.comPanel 2: Ecocide and Environmental CrimesYouTube video by Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) 122
Reposted by Kristina HookScott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Great initiative by @ponarseurasia.bsky.social. Journalists, please note the easy links to experts available for commentary.ponarseurasia.orgPONARS Ukraine Task Force: Incontrovertible Truths - PONARS EurasiaFact Checking Russia's Invasion of Ukraine with PONARS Ukraine Task Force As events unfold in Ukraine, PONARS Eurasia has created this page for the Ukraine Task Force to fact check statements made in ... 01110
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 25/02/2025If you know your Ukrainian history, pattern echoes Holodomor declarations: -UA: naming the famine genocide, 4+ million killed & impunity of Stalin & Moscow; VS. -RU: a vague & "shared" Soviet "tragedy." Lack of accountability has always emboldened Moscow to kill again. www.ft.com/content/6d78... 020
Reposted by Kristina HookPONARS Eurasia @ponarseurasia.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Find the Facts on Ukraine: Get answers from academics and experts available for commentary here: t.co/HVMlk6au6kt.cohttps://www.ponarseurasia.org/about/ukraine-experts/ 173
Reposted by Kristina HookColleen R @clr592.bsky.social · 23/02/2025As Trump continues efforts to pressure Ukraine into signing deal for control of their unmined rare earth minerals, reupping this piece by @kristinahook.bsky.social on how war in Donbas worsened environmental degradation after decades of industrialization & mining www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comEnvironmental dimensions of conflict and paralyzed responses: the ongoing case of Ukraine and future implications for urban warfareUnique within the recent history of environmental hazards, eastern Ukraine illustrates the dangers arising from conflict in an urban landscape heavily modified by human action (including coal extra... 112
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Even Ukraine's street art tells what its people are fighting for. [my photo, Lviv, Sept 2024] 052
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 18/02/2025U.S. must note how easily Lavrov lies & how confident Russia is to lie about very easily disproven facts. Russia's power attacks led to "17.7 million Ukrainians assessed to require humanitarian aid to survive winter" of 2022-23. Russia bragged about it 🧵⬇️ newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/u...newlinesinstitute.org 141
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 15/02/2025A reminder true last year & true today. "Russia’s genocide in Ukraine is occurring in the context of the most documented war in history w/ characteristics of all 5 prohibited acts, while key figures including Russian President Putin routinely self-incriminate themselves."ponarseurasia.orgCategorizing Russian Atrocity Crimes in Ukraine: Judicial Accountability and Implications Ahead - PONARS EurasiaImage license/credit PONARS Policy memo no. 877 (PDF) One year into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan summarized the scope and scale of the de... 121
Reposted by Kristina HookChatham House @chathamhouse.org · 13/02/2025The unanimous conclusion of @chrussiaeurasia.bsky.social authors is that the only outcome in Ukraine that can safeguard the security of Europe is a convincing Ukrainian victory. Western military support to Kyiv should be redoubled before it is too late.chathamhouse.orgHow to end Russia’s war on UkraineSafeguarding Europe’s future, and the dangers of a false peace 34327
Kristina Hook @kristinahook.bsky.social · 13/02/2025My latest for the Atlantic Council reflects on the cost of appeasing Russian leaders for the crime of aggression: invasion, occupation, annexation. What will be some of the costs if this policy is pursued? ⬇️🧵 www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrain... 1147