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Pop

• @Eileen Youtube channel: Ukrainian folk song in "The asters are white in the autumn garden" 19th century; the author is unknown.

Rap

• Ridni moi (My dear relatives) by Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil: Alyona Alyona is "the new rap star of Ukraine" and "the sensation of Ukrainian rap" in the Ukrainian media. In an article titled "15 European Pop Acts Who Matter Right Now," The New York Times compared her to Azealia Banks.

• Pushka by Alyona Aloyna.

• Zori (Stars) by Kalush: The band represented Ukraine with their song Stefania at the 66th Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and won the music competition.

With folk music influence

• Alambari by Dakha Brakha: the band plays world music with influences from alternative rock and pop, which they themselves describe as ethnic chaos. The band's lyrics are primarily sung in Ukrainian, old-Ukrainian and Russian, with individual titles also in Bulgarian, German and English.

• Other (Intro) by Onuka: experimental electronic folk band. 

Folk music

• Kapella of Serhii Ochrimchuk: Serhii Ochrimchuk is the best folk violinist in Ukraine. He has been involved in countless musical projects, from reconstructed and experimental folk music to pop and rock.

Rock

• Song Obiimy by Okean Elzy: the most popular pop-rock band of Ukraine.

Cover bands

• B&B: Duo of Bandura and Button Accordion instruments.

• takflix.com: online cinema with a curated list of quality Ukrainian films, modern and old.

• From Propaganda to reality (2014), short version: approx. 11'; Full version: approx. 52' with a historical outline of the Ukraine: in just a few minutes, the renowned Eastern Europe historian Timothy Snyder unmasks with a few examples how Russian propaganda is full of contradictions. He recommends that all interested parties always do the Aristotelian contradiction test themselves in order to be able to see through propaganda narratives more easily.

• Germany's historical responsibility for Ukraine (2017) by Timothy Snyder, Wilfried Jilge, Jurko Prochasko and others held in Berlin in the parliamentary group room of the Greens: in our opinion the best lectures so far on "Germany's historical responsibility for Ukraine", which were held by Tim Snyder and later Jurko Prochasko. Snyder mentions the narrative, believed by many Germans, that the Ukrainians collaborated with the Nazis, while the Russians were the real victims of the Nazis - a typical Russian propaganda coup, which he tries to relativize with many examples. Further speaking: The German East European historian Wilfried Jilge (speaks fluent Ukrainian), Katja Petrowska, and ebem. Yurko Prochasko. As a Ukrainian writer and psychoanalyst who speaks excellent German and, like Snyder, tries to put the German (Nazi) narratives about Ukraine into perspective.

• ukrinform.net: news directly from Ukraine, in English or Ukrainian; currently with a timeline, but also with many current articles.

• euromaidanpress.com: up-to-date background information about the Ukraine. The site has been run by volunteers since 2014, very well served.

• euvsdisinfo.eu: aims to better predict, counter and respond to pro-Kremlin disinformation. The “EU vsDisinformation” campaign is being run by the East StratCom Task Force in the European External Action Service. The task force was set up after EU leaders stressed the need to counter Russia's ongoing disinformation campaigns.

• uaexplainers.com: simple and well researched explanations about the historical, cultural and political context of this war.

• spendwithukraine.com: Ukraine is home to many great products. But also great people. During the war, the teams behind these companies support the resistance. Help us fight the darkness, spend with Ukraine to stand with the Ukrainians.

• „Die Krim gehörte schon immer zu Russland“. Was heisst das: „schon immer“? 

• Regeln im Ungang mit Russland

• Europas Kante, Europas Ende. Essay vom Osteuropa-Historiker Timothy Snyder aus euromaidanpress.com vom 24.07.2015

• Die Krim - Mythen und Fakten