As part of the project “EU Global Responsible Leadership: Climate Change, Environmental Protection, and Humanitarian Aid” (EU_LEAD), the final of the video competition “My European Ukraine” took place on June 24, 2025, with 13 teams (more than 120 students from 91Ƶ) participating. The aim of the event was to raise awareness in Ukrainian society about the role of the EU in the climate, humanitarian, and environmental spheres, to promote EU values in Ukraine and around the world, and to highlight the advantages and opportunities of European integration. The participants demonstrated their vision of Ukraine's European integration future, the role and place of the EU in the development of the Ukrainian state, including its post-war recovery, and outlined the prospects for Ukraine's rapprochement with the EU.
The topics that aroused the greatest interest among students were those devoted to EU leadership in combating climate change, environmental protection, humanitarian aid, Ukraine's future in the EU, Ukrainians' vision of European integration, European opportunities for young people, Ukraine's achievements and obstacles on the path to the EU, and European values. Some of the videos revealed the content of current trends in European integration and European support programs, such as “Lviv - European Youth Capital 2025” and “Ukraine - a technological hub and center of EU defense innovation.” The students demonstrated a clear vision of Ukraine's European future, and their original works became an excellent promotion of the opportunities for Ukraine on the path to European integration. The students' involvement in this project allowed them to develop skills such as teamwork, creativity, critical thinking, and project management.
The following teams took part in the competition:
- IR-21 (1) – Viktoria Kovalenko, Anastasia Prokopiuk, Karolina Stasiv, Maria Hrydz, Sofia Basyuk, Anastasia Denys, Vladislav Vaisman, Sofia Grabovska, Yuriy Pavlovsky, Yana Kyryk, Maria Bychko;
- IR-21 (2) – Sofia Dovzhanska, Anna Sakhryn, Anastasia Gayova, Daria Nesterenko, Tetiana Dudurych, Vasyl Partika, Bohdan Makaryk, Ruslan Titarenko, Daniil Shtundir, Diana Semak;
- IR-22(3) – Sofia Kalynovska, Viktoria Kostetska, Serhiy Plishchuk, Olesia Malyar, Daryna Pshebilska, Veronika Romashko, Yuliana Rusyn, Anastasia Telenik, Anastasia Toya, Solomiya Chen;
- IR-22(4) – Roman Zhdanov, Iryna Zarichna, Diana Zhdanova, Romaniya Mikhaleiko, Viktoria Voloshchuk, Zoryana Gryza, Diana Yevin, Ilona Datsenko, Kamila Danylyak;
- IR-23(5) – Margarita Zubitska, Maria Didyk, Victoria Bondar;
- IR-23(6) – Dmitry Baklykov, Vladimir Boyko, Vladislav Khmelovsky, Alexander Burich, Oleg Baran, Sofia Melnik, Evgenia Senik, Victoria Stefurak;
- IR-23 (7) – Alina Chiklikchi, Daria Donik, Marta Junger, Yaryna Bila, Yulia Hluschyk, Ulyana Konopka, Olesia Buchynska, Anna Krygul;
- IR-23 (8) – Daria Ustimenko, Adriana Kokovska, Kateryna Dobosh, Kateryna Shtefa, Sofia Filetkina, Sofia Krasnyuk;
- IR-24 (9) – Kozachyna Andriy, Kuz Anastasia, Lesyk Oleksandra, Losinets Yevheniya, Kovanuk Kateryna, Okunevych Oleksandr, Aldykevych Viktor, Zagorodnia Yulia;
- IR-24 (10) – Anna Soroka, Diana Nesmian, Veronika Bezmoshchuk, Anita Khristoforova, Mariana-Anastasia Ivanyushin, Yelizaveta Glotova;
- IR-25(11) Valeria Isaienko, Daria Spiridonova, Sofia Danileiko, Antonina Yatskanich, Tetiana Tymtsiv, Yulia Radchenko, Anastasia Sanotska, Oleksandr Todosiychuk;
- IR-25(12) Solomiya Romaniuk, Viktoria Gvardeeva, Viktoria Krut, Yulia Sydorchuk, Viktoria Klyuchkovska, Yaryna Olenych;
- IR-25(13) Svitlana Savka, Diana Shevchuk, Yulia Kapii, Viktoria Yasinska, Danylo Lushpai, Taras Didyk, Serhii Bozenko, Marta Sarakula, Nadiia Kravets.
All participants in the competition received awards and incentive prizes. The EU_LEAD team is proud of these talented young people and sincerely thanks all participants for their creative approach, European vision, and patriotism. Ukraine will definitely be in the EU!
For more information, please visit the project page at /eu-lead.
