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In 2020, she enrolled at DDMU while simultaneously working as a copywriter. Before the full-scale invasion, her life was filled with studying and creativity. After it began, her focus shifted to volunteering and learning. From the very first days of the invasion, she joined one of her university’s departments and helped organize first aid training sessions. Shortly after, she started setting up collective fundraising accounts, attending rallies for prisoners of war, and actively collaborating with foundations as an SMM specialist, manager, and copywriter.
An opportunity for growth, self-improvement, and finding an inspiring community.
Kateryna Halchenko was born and currently resides in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region. She is studying Law at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. Kateryna is particularly interested in IT law and intellectual property law and actively participates in scientific and practical events. She was the captain of a moot court team.
Kateryna discovered USF through social media and started following the organization’s activities. Her first USF event was the Anti-Corruption Forum in Kyiv. Later, after attending the Youth Wartime Forum in Dnipro, she decided to join the organization by completing the Leadership Program. Kateryna is actively developing within USF, combining her professional growth with the fight for freedom and justice.
“Freedom is not just the right to choose but the responsibility to act. In *Ukrainian Students for Freedom*, we don’t just talk about change; we create it by uniting young people ready to defend their values and build Ukraine’s future.”
Volodymyr is a USF activist. He was born and raised in Dnipro, where he completed his secondary education. Over the course of 11 years, he attended four different schools. During his school years, he was passionate about aviation and rocket modeling, which inspired him to pursue a related field of study. In 2023, Volodymyr enrolled at Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, majoring in “Aerospace and Rocket Technology.” In August 2024, he moved to Kyiv to live, work, grow, and, most importantly, contribute to making the country better. That same year, he became a USF activist and began working on a project in Kryvyi Rih.
For me, the USF is a place where I can meet people who share my political views or have differing opinions to engage in meaningful discussions. It’s also a community of individuals with whom I can have a great time.
Before getting acquainted with the organization, I didn’t know much about libertarianism. However, after learning more about this concept, I realized that my views fully align with libertarian principles.
I have always consistently supported and will continue to support freedom, rights, and equality. It doesn’t matter how I personally define freedom because freedom itself is the ability to interpret it however one wishes. At the moment, Ukraine faces significant issues with rights and freedoms, and as a citizen who wants to live in a free country, I feel I have no choice but to directly influence the state. I aim to do so through civic organizations, activists, volunteers, and other initiatives.
Yehor – a public activist, software engineer, trader, blogger
Dediacated to freedom, ready to action.
Olya is a USF activist. She grew up in Dnipropetrovsk region. In 2021, she graduated from the Samara Lyceum with a silver medal. Then she entered V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and moved to Kharkiv. After the start of a full-scale invasion, she was forced to return to her native town. Olya is currently studying international logistics and customs affairs as part of the “International Economic Relations” major. Looking for an active patriotic community, in the summer of 2024 Olya joined USF, having passed the Leadership Program. Thanks to USF, Olya realized how important the values of freedom are to her.
NGO “Ukrainian Students for Freedom” unites very different personalities, who at the same time are very similar – everyone has the fire of freedom burning in their eyes. This is a community of people who are ready not just to talk about freedom, but to act. USF is the future of a free, developed Ukraine.
Karyna. She was born in Dnipro. Karyna was changing two schools – on the right and left banks of the city. She is finishing his 4th year in the specialty «Journalism» at the Dnipro National University named after Oles Honchar. Began active public activity at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation: educational activities in social networks and weaving camouflage nets for Ukrainian soldiers abroad, in 4 months – in Ukraine. At the end of 2023, she joined the public movement «Groshi na ZSU. Dnipro». At the same time she studied at the university and participated in an internship in the media. Thus, she became even more interested in the political situation in the Dnipro and Ukraine in general. Already in March 2024, she visited the forum of the Dnipro branch of the Ukrainian organization «Ukrainian Students for Freedom» — «Youth Wartime Forum». Thanks to this event and acquaintances with people who believed then in her forces with participation in the project «Programa Liderstva 2024» and who are her friends, she is an activist of Ukrainian Students for Freedom
Freedom is a value that you don’t want to leave at a level of books or purely on stories of people in circles – Ukrainians want to build it here and now together with the same consciousful people. This is a basis of our country: Ukrainians will end the war, and then restore and build free and truly independent Ukraine by freedom. Freedom has always been with Ukrainians, but only a part of them understood its importance, because there were such people, for example, in the times of the Soviet Union, who lived under an influence of the propaganda of that time: the Heroes of the Nation were called terrorists and extremists, and the real murderers were an example to follow, clinging to their busts and portraits in an offices of majority institutions. Karyna believes that a bright future of Ukraine lies with youth: if Ukrainian youth choose freedom and build reliable «walls» now, then their descendants will only have to remember, appreciate and fill this «home»
What Ukrainian Students for Freedom are doing strengthens my faith in a better future, in a country torn apart by factionalism and nepotism, war and violence, a principled group of young people boldly stands for freedom and the rule of law, for prosperity and free exchange, and limited state as the basis of voluntary and peaceful cooperation.
An active student! Since 2021, he has been engaged in social activities! A bit of an architect, more of an engineer 🙂
«To be free = to be happy.»
Kateryna is an activist at the Ukrainian Students for Freedom. She was born, raised, and currently lives in the multifaceted city of Dnipro. From her childhood, she was loved nature and Ukraine. Over time, this fascination evolved into more concrete things and values. So now, Katria is studying to become a biologist, working with children in a scouting organization, participates in the creation in various volunteer projects, and actively contributing to the activities of the student council. She joined to Ukraine Students for Freedom in 2023, and even before that, as a supporter, she had the opportunity to attend several events that made her fall in love with this organization.
‘For me, Ukrainian Students for Freedom is about a community of people who as if pierced by a strong thread of freedom values. Something new, dynamic, creative, and significant within this freedom constantly emerges. All of this is done by individuals who are willing to take responsibility for their actions and the future. Or Ukrainian Students for Freedom is like a heart that fills life with possibilities and new discoveries, which then grow into something greater. Or Ukrainian Students for Freedom is like the most crucial chromosome, and the activists, functioners, and coordinators are powerful DNA molecules in which the Freedom gene is encoded. I am happy to be in such a vibrant and progressive surrounding people.’
Anastasia is a participant of the 2022 Leadership Program. She was born and lives in the city of Dnipro. She is studying at a private Alfred Nobel university, in the 3rd year of the specialty “International Economic Relations”, winning a grant. She was interested in USF projects since 2021 and decided to join the organization. She is also engaged in environmental education in her city, and works in a volunteer organization and a children’s school preparation center.
She is very active, hardworking and responsible. She develops leadership qualities in herself and encourages people to strive for excellence.
‘USF is a community of conscious and active young people who relentlessly fight for the main human value – freedom. That is why it is so important for me to be a part of such an organization. One person is not strong, we are strong when we are together. You need to change your life and future with those who understand you and your ideals.’
Anastasia is a USF activist. She was born in the city of Nikopol, but for greater opportunities moved to relatives in the Dnipro at the age of 9, still lives here. In 2020 she entered the Alfred Nobel University in Dnipro, specialty “Political Science”. She has always been at the school for comprehensive development and participated in all competitions and contests. 2018-2020 was the winner of the regional Olympiad in Spanish. 2018-2019 was the winner of the regional competition of scientific works in the Academy of Sciences. At the university in the first year (2020-2021) she took part in 4 conferences and the All-Ukrainian Olympiad in e-democracy. In the spring of 2021 she passed an internship at the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration. When choosing a specialty, she decided that she wanted to further develop not only herself, but also her state and its citizens. Therefore, she chose political science and from the first year began her career in community service and volunteering. In 2021, she became a member of “Duit” and an activist in the USF. In addition, she practices aerial gymnastics and has been playing chess since she was 6 years old.
«USF is about a large scale. The scale of opportunities for public figures, the scale of the number of like-minded people, the scale of the desire to develop and to be developed. Every night in the company of the members of USF is accompanied by breathlessness and ants on the skin from incredible success stories and dreams. For me, USF is motivation and inspiration.»
Tatiana is a USF activist. He lives and studies in Dnipro. She entered the specialty “Political Science” in 2020. He is also the head of the press service of the public organization “Duit”, which deals with youth development in the Dnipropetrovsk region. She joined USS from the Leadership Program in 2021 in the summer.
«USF, in my opinion, is a very cool organization, thanks to which you can develop firstly yourself, and secondly spread it to others. You are very charged when your environment is always striving for something new and modern. There is always some progress that always pushes you to fantastically steep steps. I am very glad that I came across these sunny and relevant people.»
Yaroslav is an activist of the USF. He was born in the glorious city of Dnipro, but grew up in the small town of Izmail, then later moved to his hometown of Dnipro where he continued his studies at school and after graduating from 2016 to 2020 in the “Professional College of Rocket and Space Engineering DNU” for in the field of “CNC machine tool maintenance” later retrained and entered from 2020 to 2023 in the “National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine” and is now a third-year student receiving a bachelor’s degree in “Information Technology and Modeling in Economics”. He joined the Libertarian Movement in 2021 on a leadership program.
For me, USF is a very unusual experience, since I happened to be accidentally given a questionnaire by my informatics teacher and I filled out the questionnaire. After completing these leadership program, courses, I realized that it is our ideologies of freedom that coincide and that this is the place where I can feel free and fight for my freedom not alone, but with someone. USF are those people with whom I would like to compete for the idea of freedom and well-being. And together with them to realize their ideas, and possibly projects.
Nastya was born in the small town Kamyanske, while growing up she realized that the world needs radical changes, and from 2018 she began to engage in public activism, always looking for opportunities to improve something in Ukraine. In 2020, she entered the Dnipro State Medical University, majoring in medicine, because since childhood she dreamed of being a doctor. After getting acquainted with USF at the Leadership Program 2021, she realized that she was looking for these people.
USF are people, a large number of students who want Ukraine to be truly free. A big family that will always help and support. These people are able to create comfort and a whirlwind of crazy emotions anywhere, even in the forest, even singing songs in the subway. We don’t just talk, we teach and act. And this, in my opinion, is the most important.
Fedor is an activist of the USF. He was born and raised in Dnipro, where he graduated from college, then went to college to major in radio electronics assembly and maintenance. Graduating from college Fedir went to university, where he is now studying for a fifth year in the specialty “Materials Science and Metal Processing”. He first learned about the libertarian movement at the end of 2018, and joined in mid-2019. Since 2014, he has traveled to multinational projects, visited many European countries and has extensive experience in project activities. Since the beginning of 2018, he has been the head of the Youth of the Democratic Alliance in Dnipro
Eugene (Zheka – Liquid) – activist of public organization Ukrainian Students For Liberty. He was born in Novovorontsovka Kherson region. Graduated from high school in 2019. Studying at the University of Customs and Finance on a software engineer. Joined to USF in august 2019.
Den is a student of the Faculty of Finance at the University of Customs and Finance. During student years, he became interested in libertarianism. After that he expanded his knowledge on this subject and faced the opportunity to become a member of the Ukrainian Students for Freedom.
Tverdokhlib Dmitro is a activist, moderator, facilitator and student of the Dnipro National University named after Oles Honchar. Born and raised in the city of Dnipro, where he graduated from the Technical Lyceum at the Dnipropetrovsk University named after V. Lazaryan. Has musical education. He is currently studying at the undergraduate degree at the university on the specialty “Micro and nanoelectronics”. In the years 2015-2016, he was a debater, participated in all-Ukrainian tournaments. From 2015 to 2017 – he was an active member of the university self-government bodies at the University, holding the posts: Chairman of the Student Council, Head of the Financial Committee of the University Students Council and Vice-Chairman of the Student Council on financial issues. For more than 3 years he has been working at the NGO “Youth Human Rights Protection Agency”, where I am the coordinator of the Dnipro department. For more than 2 years he has been an active member of the Dnipro Youth Council for the subdivision of the National Youth Council of Ukraine, where he holds the post of Board Member. He is the acting coordinator of the “Youth Capital of Ukraine” contest in the city of Dnipro. Worked as an organizer of cultural and leisure activities in the “Youth Center of Dnipropetrovsk region”. He is a graduate of the “Higher Political School” in 2018 and a graduate of the “Fourth Anticorruption School” in 2018. I trained for the facilitator on the course of the interactive exhibition “Security Route” in 2018.
Dmitro grew up in Pavlograd, where he graduated from school. Since 2018 he has been studying at Dnipro, at the University of Customs and Finance, majoring in International Law. Dmytro became interested in the ideas of libertarianism in the ninth grade after reading Murray Rothbard’s “For a New Liberty”. In 2019, he learned about the public organization “Ukrainian Students for Freedom” and became its member in August 2020.
I became interested in the ideas of freedom at school. I quickly realized that freedom is a universal value that can give Ukraine the opportunity to take its place among developed countries. But before that, we have a long and difficult way to build civilized democratic institutions, which can only be done by the young generation of Ukrainian leaders, who are burning with ideas of individual freedom and who have a strong desire to see their country strong and independent. Those are people that the USF unites. This organisation gives us a sense of community and the opportunity to act for the good of Ukraine, guided by the ideals of freedom.
Kateryna grew up in Kamyanske, where she graduated from the gymnasium. In 2017 she entered the University of Customs and Finance in Dnipro at the Faculty of Law. In the period from 2016 to 2018, she was a participant of the project “Young Diplomats of Ukraine and Georgia”. In November 2018 she defended her project in Copenhagen (Denmark) after participating in the Great Debate Camp 2018 in Humlebaek (Denmark). In 2017-2019 she was a consultant at the Legal Clinic at the University of Customs and Finance. From 2018 to 2019 Kateryna was the Vice President for Academic Activities at ELSA Dnipro. In February 2020 she took part in the Legislator’s School project and selected up to 150 delegates to represent the youth of Ukraine at the Second Student Model Congress. Since August 2020 she has been an activist of the Ukrainian Students for Freedom after completing the course “Freedom 101” and participating in the training camp of the Leadership Program 2020 which took place in Vinnytsia.
A free society is a combination of a free market and minimal state interference in the private life of citizens, freedom from ideology, stereotypes and prejudices. In such a society, people have more opportunities to work together to improve their lives. Freedom is always a choice. Ukrainian Students for Freedom focuses public attention on economic and individual liberties.