Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine broke out in 2022, the support for Ukraine has been bipartisan. A year and a half in, different narratives emerge:

is it better to promote peace through coercing Ukraine into giving up its territories? As a Ukrainian student in the U.S., my entire life since February 24th

has been revolving around my country. In this lecture, I want to share my experience as a Ukrainian in the States, and tell the story of my family still in

Ukraine. At Dartmouth, I encountered both big volumes of support and strange encounters with those of the opposite views. As someone who studies

History, I will also share some curious Ukraine facts that explain what is happening now, what is the distinction between Eastern and Western Ukrainians,

Ukrainian and Russian speakers, and how Ukrainians think about war, Russia, Russians, and democracy.

Marta Hulievska was born and raised in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine until she arrived to the States in 2021 as a freshman at Dartmouth College. Before, she

was a social activist in Ukraine. Now she is a third-year student majoring in History and minoring in English, interned in Freedom House and Democratic

Erosion Consortium. She is a finalist of Ukraine Global Scholars, an organization that supports low-income Ukrainians applying to top universities in the

U.S.