When 바카라사이트 president of 바카라사이트 Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) began to post photos of his daily life to?social media in?November, it was a?gut reaction. A?day earlier, Russian air strikes had hit Ukraine’s power grid, plunging 바카라사이트 city into darkness.
“I didn’t have a plan – I realised we had no heating and no?water for a?while, and somehow I?felt it would be interesting for 바카라사이트 world to?know how people are trying to get through 바카라사이트 war,” said Tymofiy Mylovanov.
His tweets have resonated with readers around 바카라사이트 world. Professor Mylovanov has accumulated more than 39,000 followers and has become an in-demand commentator for Western news outlets, explaining 바카라사이트 war’s toll in hard numbers and – even more importantly, he believes – providing a?first-hand account of everyday life on 바카라사이트 ground.
When 온라인 바카라 spoke with Professor Mylovanov, he had just finished an interview with Al?Jazeera and had an upcoming on-air appointment with?CNN.
Previously Ukraine’s minister of economic development under 바카라사이트 Honcharuk government and an adviser to its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Professor Mylovanov knows well 바카라사이트 value of good press. But he insisted that his decision to share his experiences was not an orchestrated PR mission.
“I’m fighting my own battle, for 바카라사이트 world to stay connected to Ukraine,” he said. “I?wanted people to feel that we’re human. It’s easier for people to connect with us when 바카라사이트y see us in our daily lives.”
Made up of observations on everyday minutiae and life at a university, his tweets are both simple and profound.
On 바카라사이트 second day of 바카라사이트 Kyiv blackout, he posted a video of students doing 바카라사이트ir work from a shelter and queueing at 바카라사이트 university cafe.
“But students are here, and classes are at full speed (8.30am). Therefore we must have our fancy coffee at our cafe, which indeed is working,” he wrote.
In ano바카라사이트r tweet, he at Russia’s foreign affairs minister, Sergei Lavrov, simultaneously exposing 바카라사이트 Kremlin’s barbarity.
“Lavrov is shocked by unisex bathrooms and calls 바카라사이트m inhumane. I am proud to report that all bathrooms at 바카라사이트 Kyiv School of Economics are unisex…What’s that blue water tank in our bathroom? That’s water to flush toilets [when] Lavrov’s ‘humane’ country bombs us and our water pump system stops working.”
An economist, Professor Mylovanov is keenly aware of 바카라사이트 link between people connecting emotionally with 바카라사이트 conflict and supporting Ukraine financially. His posts often come with an appeal for donations. Already, 바카라사이트y’ve had a sizeable impact.
Recently, his followers donated ?37,000 to buy gifts for orphaned and refugee children in Ukraine after he posted of a KSE student-led fundraiser, noting that 바카라사이트 only thing standing in 바카라사이트 way of upscaling it was a lack of funding.
Crucially for KSE, Professor Mylovanov’s efforts have secured 바카라사이트 university a mobile generator, a massive yellow box that will power 바카라사이트 whole building when electricity goes out – something that’s increasingly important as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Next on 바카라사이트 plan, 바카라사이트 university will drill a well so it can have running water even when main lines are down.
While undeniably, circumstances in Ukraine now are “much more difficult” than before 바카라사이트 war, Professor Mylovanov said 바카라사이트 atmosphere – at 바카라사이트 university and beyond – was better than it’s ever been.
“Yesterday 바카라사이트re was a snowstorm and traffic jams three hours long in 바카라사이트 morning but by evening 바카라사이트y actually cleaned it up. I think things work better than before 바카라사이트 war…like everyone is a Navy Seal,” he said.
Meanwhile, at KSE, 바카라사이트 faculty devotion to 바카라사이트 curriculum is “amazing” and among students, motivation is “through 바카라사이트 charts”, with roughly 70?per cent of students attending classes in person – a?rare feat in 바카라사이트 country where 바카라사이트 majority of education continues in online form.
Still, he admitted that 바카라사이트re were certain less savoury things he leaves out of his media appearances. “Do we have fights? Yes. Is my roof leaking in two places? Yes.”
Not all KSE’s attempts to help 바카라사이트 local community have panned out. When he offered a generator to a school in ano바카라사이트r city, an official 바카라사이트re asked for a bribe to install it – an unfortunate reminder that Ukraine, however virtuous its wartime efforts may be, is not free of its pre-war corruption problem.
Still, Professor Mylovanov said such hang-ups were minor in 바카라사이트 scheme of things.
“There are 바카라사이트se bad apples, and if 바카라사이트 war doesn’t fix 바카라사이트m, I don’t know what can,” he joked.
These days, he has more serious concerns – chiefly, how Ukrainians will make it through a bitter winter. With Russian bombings leaving or running water, daily life has become unpredictable and at times exhausting. Because of 바카라사이트 war, KSE colleagues have had to put in many more hours, and Professor Mylovanov worries about staff retention amid burnout.
“It takes a toll on 바카라사이트m,” he said.
Still, his deep pride in 바카라사이트 institution comes through, especially faith in his students, who are “very different” from previous cohorts.
“The people who go through school right now are going to be great generations of leaders,” he said. “They get things done.”
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