Historian and leading Ukrainian intellectual professor Yaroslav Hrytsak gives his comments on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which just started when this conversation took place. Yaroslav Hrytsak also gives us his view on some historical backgrounds and sums up what Ukraine now, fighting for its independence, urgently needs: (1) reliable information in the west en engagement of intellectuals, (2) a perspective of Ukraine as part of Europa, (3) humanitarian aid, (4) military aid, (5) a Marshallplan for Ukraine.
