Understanding Ukrainian society before and after the Russian invasion

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a watershed moment in modern European history.It quickly became evident that the war would have significant consequences for Europe's security, politics, and economy.Ukraine is shaken by the invasion to an extent comparable to the devastation during the Second World War.As Editors of European Societies, we realized that there was little sociological research on Ukraine, one of the largest European countries.Only a handful of articles were ever published on Ukraine in European Societies or other leading general sociological journals.Thus, we initiated a Special Issue on 'Understanding Ukrainian Society Before and After the Russian Invasion,' co-edited by two Ukrainian sociologists, Tamara Martsenyuk from the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy and Tymofii Brik from Kyiv Schools of Economics.This Special Issue was a large collective effort lasting for more than two years.The Editors received 53 extended abstracts in response to the initial call, out of which 28 were invited to submit a full manuscript.After the peer review process, European Societies accepted for publication the 17 manuscripts that make up the articles of this issue.Writing up manuscripts and reviewing them offered hurdles, as some