On 20 March, the Warwick Ukraine-Belarus Hub (WUB Hub) organised a screening of the film This Kind of Hope about the life of Belarusian politician and activist Andrei Sannikov. The event was one of only three screenings of this powerful new documentary film in the UK, and was followed by an in person conversation with Andrei Sannikov who shared his views on the resistance to Lukashenka and the path ahead for Belarusians.

At the invitation of John Smith Trust, Professor Elena Korosteleva and Dr Tatsiana Chulitskaya (WUB-hub) were invited to train the first cohort of the Future Leaders from Belarus in Oxford. This was a great opportunity to establish professional connections, and to offer feedback to the Action Plans of the JST Fellows. They are invited to be part of the WUB-hub conference on 28 June 2024, held in Europe House, with high-level policy, academic & practitioner stakeholders. The JST & IGSD will work together on developing a bespoke training programme for the future JST fellows at Warwick.

Dr Paul Hansbury joined the WUB-hub project (and the IGSD team) as a lead researcher on Belarus and Ukraine examining the issues of democracy-building, conflict and war, geopolitics and EU strategies towards these countries and the wider neighbourhood. Welcome, Paul!