Coopera e.V.

24.02.2026

The full-scale Russian invasion is entering its fifth year. For months, Russia has been deliberately attacking Ukraine’s infrastructure, leaving apartments in the dark, cold, and without water. Amid experiencing the coldest January in over a decade, Russia launched attacks of 4,442 drones and 135 missiles within a month. Almost 60 per cent of Kyiv's households were temporarily left without electricity, forcing 600,000 people to flee the city. While this has become a daily struggle for people in Ukraine, romanticising people’s resilience is not the answer!

2025 has been the deadliest year for Ukrainian civilians since 2022. Currently, more than 19 percent of Ukrainian territory is occupied. Images of fibre-optic drone wires resembling shiny nets spanning frontline areas reveal another environmental catastrophe unfolding. We continue to call for European societies to show solidarity and provide Ukraine with weapons! This is not about glorifying armies or weapons; it is a bitter, life-saving necessity for a country that has been attacked by an imperial, authoritarian state committing war crimes – Russia has committed unlawful killings and mass detentions in occupied territories, tortured prisoners and systematically deported and russified Ukrainian children from occupied regions.

To say it in the words of Ukrainian human rights defender and former POW, Maksym Butkevych — “I was called a pacifist quite often. It is all a matter of definition. If it’s about someone who protests war, who despises violence, and tries to prevent it, then I am. But as it happens more often, it is used for the position that force cannot be used under any circumstances. And if this is the definition, then I’m not and I have never been. For one simple reason. I truly believe – a belief which goes down to my fundamentals – that if someone witnesses or is present at a crime committed, like a huge crime, which is only preventable by force, and doesn’t do anything, that this person becomes an accomplice to this crime. If I can try to stop a genocidal war together with dozens and hundreds of thousands of others and I don’t do that, then I am complicit in the genocidal war.“

Fundraiser
To support people in Ukraine today, we encourage you to donate to , a group of Berlin-based volunteers who travel to Ukraine every two months to deliver humanitarian aid to friends and partners, knowing exactly what is needed. Please visit their page to discover more about their work. The details for the bank transfer are given below.

https://ukrainesolidaritybus.org/helfen/

You can donate via bank transfer:
IBAN: DE70 8306 5408 0004 0255 47
BIC: GENODEF1SLR
Payment reference: Ukrainebus

Entering 2026 with Gratitude, Solidarity, and Commitment

As we step into the new year, we at Coopera e.V. would like to express our sincere gratitude to our partners, supporters, and friends for your trust and collaboration throughout 2025, a year marked by challenges, courageous resistance, and collective action.
The past year has reminded us of the fragility of democratic spaces. From shrinking civic freedoms and repression to conflicts, forced migration, and climate crises, civil society continues to operate under pressure. In this context, solidarity across borders is not an abstraction; it is a daily practice.
We stand with civil society actors, youth, artists, and activists in Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, and beyond. Despite immense pressure and repression, they courageously and determinedly continue their work, inspiring all of us to do the same.

Highlights from 2025:

YouthLink: We empowered young people in Georgia and Ukraine through media education, mentoring, a study visit to Berlin, the , and the video podcast Talks on the EU.

Youth Action for Resilient Communities: They brought youth from Moldova and Germany together to explore climate resilience and community-based action.

NCNTP & CrossCulture Program: Strengthened European cooperation, knowledge exchange, and future collaborations.

Decolonizing Solidarities: Fostered translocal solidarity through artistic practices, workshops, and performances.

Looking ahead to 2026:

Completion of the Haus der Statistik/Alexanderplatz project in Berlin. Our future space will feature circular building materials, community-focused areas, and an inspiring rooftop terrace.

We are expanding partnerships and creating new opportunities for youth, cultural practitioners, and civil society actors operating under challenging conditions.

We welcome your ideas and suggestions for new collaborations and project initiatives, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. You can fill out this form and we will get back to you. https://lnkd.in/d-gkGAQQ