Nataliya Yaroshenko

Nataliya Yaroshenko is a ceramic artist and art educator originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine, now residing in Los Angeles. While specialising in ceramics and process art in her professional life, Nataliya also holds a special place in her heart for the power and beauty of words. She is honoured to have collaborated in translating the poems of Maksym Kryvtsov, a talented poet who fought for Ukraine’s freedom. His was one of the remarkable voices tragically lost in this war. Nataliya continues to support her homeland’s efforts for independence and democracy through direct support and education.

Translations in London Ukrainian Review:

Maksym Kryvtsov, ‘Falling forest’

Contact: N.menulis@gmail.com

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Legacies of Chornobyl

• Issue 6 (March 2026)

The explosion that destroyed the Chornobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 also reshaped political, ecological, and cultural landscapes around the world. This issue of the London Ukrainian Review marks the fortieth anniversary of the disaster and examines its evolving global impacts.

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Nuclear Roulette: Serhii Plokhy in Conversation

• Issue 6 (March 2026)

Author of The Nuclear Age, historian Serhii Plokhy, discusses how Chornobyl catalysed Ukrainian independence and reveals the nuclear industry’s structural vulnerabilities. The conversation explores how nuclear disasters transform politics across decades and geographies with a focus on the weaponisation of civilian nuclear infrastructure during Russia’s war in Ukraine.

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