Help rescue animals from the front line — shop our Companion Collection 🐾

Shop Now
Author
Katerina Sergatskova photo

Katerina Sergatskova

Katerina Sergatskova, an award-winning journalist and entrepreneur, is the executive director of Daily Humanity, an organization that promotes safety culture and supports media workers, civil society organizations, humanitarians, and those operating in high-risk environments. The organization's duty-of-care resources, including a personal risk assessment worksheet, are at dailyhumanity.dk/duty-of-care

Articles

Distance from the front line is not a guarantee for safety. Your security protocols must catch up

by Katerina Sergatskova
Russia is hitting warehouses, workshops, logistics hubs, exhibitions, and trains far from the front line. Many organizations working in Ukraine are not updating their duty of care as fast as the risks are changing, and make decisions on gut instinct. On Sept. 13, a Russian drone struck the locomotive of a Kyiv-Warsaw train that carried more than 200 passengers at Yahodyn station in Ukraine, about 2 kilometers from the Polish border. A train carrying European officials had left the station only
U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S. on March 30, 2025.

Ukraine’s democracy faces collapse as civil society aid disappears

by Katerina Sergatskova
The space for civil society and a free press is shrinking dramatically after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration launched a war against American aid, which had long supported crucial social initiatives and journalism in countries in need. Following that crisis, the United Kingdom announced plans to cut international aid in order to increase defense spending. Its Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office has already cut resilience programs across Europe, including in Ukraine, Central