Russia's attack on a train in NE UA has killed 1, injured 30 Message from Mick Whelan, leader of UK train drivers' union @ASLEFunion: "The world needs to call this out. ASLEF condemns the attacking of passenger trains; our thoughts are with the families and workers involved."

Our fund appeal to provide vehicles and aid to help frontline defenders and frontline rescue workers in E. Ukraine save lives closes in 45 minutes! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-defen...

Update from Green Party autumn conference. Proceedings ran late today and the Ukraine solidarity motion not reached. There's a chance it will be tomorrow. More information, articles, a video, etc, on our website: ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/10/02/g...

Our appeal to fund vehicles and aid for frontline defenders and rescue workers in eastern Ukraine closes TONIGHT, 8.56pm We've hit our target, + a sizeable donation from GMB union: but the more we raise the more aid we can provide. Please donate + share: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-defen...

With union donations, this is now only £75 off their target with one day left. Bung them a fiver (or more!) if you can

European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine trade union newsletter (issue 16, October 2025) The European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine, of which USC is part, publishes a regular trade union-oriented newsletter with reports on Ukraine’s resistance, social struggles in the country, and…

If you're attending Conference in person or remotely, please support our motion! 💙💛 🌻

The Green Party autumn conference opens tomorrow in Bournemouth. Over 70 members back a motion to reaffirm & sharpen support for Ukraine. Read more (inc. articles, video & bulletin) + info on how to help 👇 ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/10/02/g...

Ukraine Solidarity bulletin, motion, video and resources for Green Party autumn conference 2025 The 2025 autumn conference of the Green Party of England and Wales meets in Bournemouth 3-5 October. Over 70 members have submitted a motion to reaffirm, sharpen and concretise the party's stance of…

BIG NEWS on our appeal for defenders and workers on Ukraine's frontline (bit.ly/frontlinedef...) @gmb.org.uk is donating £7,000! This means we're close to funding not 1 but 2 vehicles + other aid to go with them But we still need to raise £765. Please share + if you can donate

At the @ukrainesol.bsky.social fringe event where Mick Antoniw is reading a message from his cousin who is on the frontline in the fight against fascism in Ukraine 🇺🇦

500 drones and 40 missiles last night. At least four dead in Kyiv including a 12 year old. Please get word out widely. AND something you can do: please contribute to our fundraiser for a unit that intercepts drones and missiles: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/VWE0qk3...

Occupation is not Peace How can Labour help Ukraine win? Fringe Meeting at Labour Party Conference 2025 Labour Party conference fringe meeting in support of Ukraine and its labour movement, organised by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Open to all, no conference pass needed 6pm, Tuesday 30 September -…

Videos of Dont Betray Ukraine Demonstration On 18 August the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held an emergency protest at Westminster after the reactionary Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska. We publish below pictures and videos of the protest. We were joined by Artem Tidva a trade unionist and part of the…

Our platform for the fringe in Liverpool, for #LabourConference2025 will now also include Halyna Vasylchenko, member of the Ukrainian parliament. Whether you're at the conference or just based locally, hope to see you there! #StandWithUkraine️

In the Senedd i condemned the dog whistle attacks on our nation of sanctuary policy and welcomed the support for Ukrainians from Welsh and UK Governments @janehutt.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk @labourlewis.bsky.social @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social

Activists in the @greenparty.org.uk have submitted a motion to its autumn conference to strengthen the party's support for 🇺🇦. Listen to British-Ukrainian climate activist and Green member @viktoriyaball.bsky.social

Next Tuesday, 30 September, Ukraine solidarity fringe meeting at Labour Party conference. Speakers including Olesia of @tradeunionkvpu.bsky.social @alexsobel.co.uk @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social and Chris Ford. The Liverpool, 14 James St, Liverpool L2 7PQ - from 5pm, meeting 6pm More info soon!

"Why I'm demonstrating against Trump's visit", wrote Max Hastings. And he did! He agreed this photo knowing we are a leftist campaign

We're fundraising for a vehicle for the UAV Interception Platoon of UA's 129th Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade, who work tirelessly to detect, track + neutralise incoming threats, so they can deploy at speed to intercept missiles and drones. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-defen...

Stand with Ukraine – motion to Green Party autumn conference 2025 Ukraine Solidarity supporters in the Green Party of England and Wales have submitted the following late (emergency) motion to its upcoming autumn conference (3-5 October, Bournemouth). If you're in the Green Party and would like to…

Clip from Ukraine Solidarity Campaign speech at Stop Trump rally in London (17 September) Our trade union officer was one of the speakers at the opening rally for yesterday's many thousands strong anti-Trump demonstration in London, organised by the Stop Trump Coalition and others. Below is a clip…

Today is Rescuers' Day in Ukraine. We have provided £10ks in aid to the 10th Rescue Squad in Donetsk oblast. Our current appeal is for frontline defenders, but if we can raise enough we will also provide an extra vehicle to the 10th. Please donate today! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-defen...

How Fascist Is Putinism? Three Uses of the Concept of Generic Fascism for Understanding Russia’s War Against Ukraine, by ANDREAS UMLAND The Ukraine Solidarity Campaign has long argued that Russia’s war on Ukraine is part of a global assault on democracy and a wider resurgence of fascism and…

UKRAINE EMERGENCY APPEAL Fund a vital rapid-response vehicle to help intercept Russian drones and missiles before they hit Ukrainian cities. Right now, Ukraine’s 129th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade is holding the line under relentless aerial assault. Their UAV Interception Platoon works around…

We joined the counter-protest vs the far right in London yesterday. Solidarity with Ukraine must be central to the fightback. Join us Wed 17 Sept at the anti-Trump demo, 2pm “Block F” (Portland Pl/Weymouth St). Speakers at start + 5pm rally. Info: [email protected]

UNISON Scotland branches to visit Kharkiv, Ukraine – please help By Colin Turbett, Ukraine Solidarity Campaign Scotland Following my own visit as a retired UNISON Branch Chairperson, to Kharkiv last year, links were made between a number of UNISON branches in Scotland and trade union workplaces in…

Missed our event on resisting the rise of fascism? Watch the recording here. Co-organised with @ukstoptrump.bsky.social @manifestodilondra.bsky.social With @lukecooper100.bsky.social @seemasyeda.bsky.social @judith-levine.bsky.social & others! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxlp...

Russia doesn’t want peace. It only escalates - until it’s stopped. Last night: swarms of Russian drones violated Polish airspace. 🇵🇱 shot them down. For years we warned: this isn’t “just Ukraine’s war.” It’s Europe’s frontline. World must wake up: Russian fascism won’t end on its own.

“The reality for Ukraine’s workers” – Bev Laidlaw’s speech at TUC Congress Ukraine solidarity meeting On 8 September 2025 Ukraine Solidarity Campaign held a well attended and lively fringe meeting at TUC Congress. Below is the concluding speech, from Bev Laidlaw (pictured above), Deputy President…

Hanna Ostapenko speaking now @ukrainesol.bsky.social #TradeUnionCouncil

Paul Novak from the TUC speaking at the @ukrainesol.bsky.social fringe event at the TUC meeting in Brighton.

A NEW THREAT TO FREEDOM? Sian Norris reports on the new threat to abaortion rights in Ukraine In June this year, the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council put in a public appeal to Ukraine’s RADA to suspend the right to safe and legal abortion across the country, in a move women’s rights activists have…

Ukraine Solidarity Campaign TUC Congress 2025 fringe meeting and bulletin This year TUC Congress, the conference representing the big majority of UK trade unions, takes place in Brighton 7-10 September. We have organised a fringe meeting, sponsored by our six national trade union affiliates, on…

In 1947, Soviet authorities forced Ukraine’s Writers’ Union into a ‘heresy hunt’—denouncing poets & critics for straying from party lines. A stark case of how authoritarianism strangles art & dissent. www.theguardian.com/theguardian/...

Since Russia's full-scale invasion, the #EU has sent €213B for Russian #oil, #gas & coal. Kids are hiding in bomb shelters instead of school. Families are losing lives. Every euro fuels war. #Europe must stop financing ongoing Russian brutality.

The #EU must take bold and decisive steps in its 19th #sanctions package to stop Russian aggression now. A complete embargo on Russian fossil fuels, lower oil price caps, and halting #LNG projects are long overdue. Read the new op-ed for @kyivindependent.com by our Founder Svitlana Romanko 👇

Next Monday, 8 September, our fringe meeting at TUC Congress in Brighton, sponsored by our six national trade union affiliates, and with a great panel of speakers. Open to local trade unionists, Ukraine solidarity activists and others too. Please spread the word! #TUC25 #TUC2025

Amid scandal, strife and geopolitical stress, I sat down with Maliek Banat and Brian Milakovsky to talk about the policymaking landscape in Kyiv for the LSE Conflict Zone podcast @lseideas.bsky.social Tune in! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...

"two high-profile genocides taking place in the world today, in Ukraine and in Gaza. Whether they succeed or fail may determine whether the liberal-democratic order in the West survives" - and our chances to take democracy beyond liberalism too greatersurbiton.wordpress.com/2025/08/30/t...

Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa: Trump is "objectively, a Soviet or Russian asset. He functions as an asset." In March, British Conservative Party MP Graham Stuart raised that Trump had been groomed by the Kremlin’s security services over a period of decades.

Russia is increasing its violence against people in Ukraine People are killed on a daily basis across the country Union offices have been hit Unions call for continued #solidarity @ituc.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @ukrainesol.bsky.social @labourstart.bsky.social

🚨 On August 28, Russia’s missile strike on Kyiv killed 23 civilians, including 4 children, and targeted trade union offices. KVPU calls on global trade unions to demand stronger sanctions, military aid, and accountability for war crimes. Stand with Ukraine’s workers kvpu.org.ua/en/uncategor...

Horrific news from Kyiv this morning. Russian terrorists must be stopped. Solidarity with our Ukrainian comrades. Check our appeal in the pinned post!

🚨 Urgent — Sumy region is under relentless drone & missile attack. Ukraine’s 129th Territorial Defence Brigade needs your help to get a rapid-response vehicle for drone interception. Donate now to save lives and protect infrastructure: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-defen...

Help defend Sumy oblast from Russian attacks Urgent Appeal: Fund a Rapid Response Vehicle to Defend Sumy’s Skies Urgent Appeal For Solidarity Russia’s drone and missile attacks on the Sumy region are relentless — often several times a week, sometimes in concentrated waves that strike without…

On #UkrainianIndependenceDay we bear tribute to the millions who have struggled to win and preserve #Ukraine's independence, and in particular its working class. #StandWithUkraine (Photo: Ukrainian miners, members of trade union NGPU)

Well that makes it clearer

TODAY!

And more civilians didn't wake up this morning and never will, following new russian attacks! Join us tomorrow to say ENOUGH