Oleksandra Matviichuk

Because the Russians came to take everything from us — our land, our freedom, our joy, our children's future. And we decided not to give them anything.

Photo after a Russian drone hit a shelter for spinal cord injury dogs in Zaporizhzhia

When Ukrainians lit candles in cold apartments, repaired destroyed power stations, rescued people and animals from under rubble, held their ground in frozen trenches, and, despite everything, organized mass dances in the winter’s streets as a kind of coping strategy.

We will remember this winter.

When an entire nation froze in the cold right on the border with the European Union, fought against the Russian army's advance, but did not give up.

My solidarity with journalists. Our experience of blackouts due to Russian attacks teaches us that, even in complete darkness around us, you can become a light for someone.

At one time, Ukraine gave up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees, in particular from the US. Ukrainians have learned this lesson well. Words on paper do not protect.

That is, will there be lasting peace, or just a pause so that Putin can regain his strength and strike again? So we need to discuss security guarantees. What specifically will the US and the EU do if Putin violates the peace agreement and resumes the war?

Ukraine signed two such peace agreements after the occupation of Crimea. Russia violated both and launched a full-scale invasion. The question is whether this peace agreement will be able to stop the war.

The meeting in Abu Dhabi has ended, and I am being asked about progress in the peace talks. The question is not whether the parties will sign a peace agreement.

Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls “weak,” but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the “strong Trump”?

Photo Liz Landers

I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.

Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.

On January 29, President Trump said that Putin had promised him to stop bombing peaceful cities in Ukraine for a week. The Russians waited for the coldest days and struck on the night of February 2-3. Not a week had passed.

Another round of peace talks took place tonight. The results are on the map. Rocket and drone explosions in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and many other cities all night. In the morning, electricity and heat were out in many areas.

I'm moving on to plan B. I have two fluffy cats. We'll keep warm together. And there's another month and spring.
Picture Nikita Titov

This morning, a strange technological disruption triggered a cascade of power outages across various regions. The reasons are still unknown. But the heating and light are gone. Tomorrow it will be minus 19 degrees Celsius.

I don't expect the Russians to stop hitting civil infrastructure in Kyiv and other cities. I also have no illusions that American negotiators will pay attention to these attacks on civilians. But I know for sure that spring will come in 5 weeks. I hope these plants will survive.

Today I was in the Kyiv Botanical Garden. Plants in the greenhouse are freezing due to constant power and heat outages. Workers are doing everything they can to save them.

Why has Trump's year of negotiations with Putin become the deadliest year for civilians in Ukraine since 2022?

Because the human dimension in this war doesn't matter to the US negotiators. So, Putin decided he could do whatever he wanted.

People are freezing not just in Kyiv. This photo is from Lviv. The temperature in the room when there is no electricity. 12°C (degree Celsius) is 53.6°F (degree Fahrenheit).

Next week it will be minus - 22 C (degree Celsius), -7.6 F (degree Fahrenheit), so there will be large-scale shelling again on the weekend.

The Russians hit a residential building with a drone last night in the Kyiv region. A 4-year-old girl was rescued by a neighbor. Her parents were crushed and burned alive.

In the Kharkiv region, Russian Shahed drones targeted a passenger train. The car caught fire, there were killed and injured people, and all the passengers were evacuated.

Russians killed an elderly couple who were trying to evacuate on their own from an occupied village in the Sumy region. The man was pulling his wife on a sled through the snow. First, one drone targeted the woman. The second drone attacked the already wounded man, who remained next to her body.

I read about grandmother Zhenya, who froze to death in her apartment in Kyiv. She survived the Holocaust, but did not survive this winter. It turns out we were almost neighbors; she lived at Podil.

And the fact that Washington prefers not to notice the mass shelling of Ukraine during the peace talks is on its conscience.

In the photo, children from houses without heating after Russian shelling are warming themselves at special points.

And for now, we have this situation: Moscow is imitating negotiations to gain time, reduce international support for Ukraine, and make it easier for itself to occupy the entire country.

Yesterday, I was returning home from Davos under ballistic missiles. If these were real peace talks, the mass shelling of civilians in Ukraine would have been a pretext at least for harsh diplomatic statements.

At home in Kyiv. At night, the Russians fired ballistic missiles and drones exploded. In the morning, the heating went out again. But home, my sweet home, I'm so happy to return back 💙💛

And perhaps for the first time in all these days, I felt such sincere human support from this rather self-focused audience at the Davos forum.

I spoke about Ukrainian women I know who serve in the military, make political decisions, fight for justice, and coordinate powerful initiatives. Because bravery has no gender.

The award ceremony itself is a unique opportunity to raise the issue of Ukraine once again. I am grateful to the organizers for inviting Forbes to conduct an interview with me on stage.