Maksym Kosmyna was born and raised in the city of Ternopil. In 2022, he entered the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) for the law program, where his worldview underwent a significant transformation under the influence of the constitutional law course. During 2022-2023, he successfully completed a formation program at the UCU Collegium. During this period, he actively participated in extra-academic activities of the university, in particular, he participated in the summer school of public speaking, anti-corruption moot court, and volunteer activities. Influenced by the academic environment and the ideas of freedom, individualism, and a critical attitude towards excessive state intervention, Maksym became interested in libertarianism. In 2024, after completing his second year of study, he joined the Ukrainian Students for Freedom (USF). In the organization, Maksym quickly revealed his potential: he lectured to schoolchildren about economic freedom, participated in the project school, and was elected head of the organization’s branch at the university. Maksym Kosmyna continues to actively develop as a public figure, consistently combining academic studies with public activities and promoting the ideas of individual freedom.

“Freedom is never too dear at any price. It is the breath of life. How much would a person pay for life?”
Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom for Ukraine is not an abstract concept, but a circulatory system of national self-identity, formed by centuries of struggle and resistance. Gandhi’s quote “Freedom is never too dear at any price. It is the breath of life” acquires an extremely deep and literal meaning in the Ukrainian context.

Every Ukrainian today is a bearer of this freedom. He pays the highest price – his own life – so that future generations can breathe the air of independence.

In this war, freedom is transformed from a philosophical category into a daily practice of resistance, where every act, every resistance is a component of a great national struggle.

Glory to Ukraine!