Dame Melinda Simmons
@MelSimmonsFCDO
Former British Ambassador to Ukraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦
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http://www.gov.uk/world/ukraine 15-10-2009 20:48:31
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All 🇷🇺 attacks on 🇺🇦 are terrible. Inevitably it hurts more when there is a strike on a place that has personal resonance. I visited #Chernihiv several times. A beautiful place. Forested, calm, pretty. Brutal 🇷🇺 Iskander missiles have no place there or anywhere in 🇺🇦
Beautiful photo exhibition Foundling Museum showcasing stories of women and children who were forced to flee 🇺🇦in 2022. How do you pack to leave when you are fleeing rockets, said one woman. Even clothes feel like an indulgence. Very moving and personal stories.
Tough for anyone to reveal a cancer diagnosis. Thoughts with The Prince and Princess of Wales at this time. Anyone who has been the world of cancer knows how hard this road can be even if prognosis is good.
A box of 🇺🇦 chocolates I was given today by a dear 🇺🇦 friend. Tanks, air defence and missiles emblazoned on the front. If you don’t think the #Russianinvasion is affecting every part of Ukrainian life, take a good look.
For #mothersday2024 I baked these whisky spice cookies and gave them to my Mum. There’s enough whisky in those cookies to ensure a very happy Mothers Day 😊❤️
❗Уперше в житті я почула сирену
Посол Великої Британії в Україні леді Dame Melinda Simmons, яка очолювала дипломатичне представництво цієї країни в 2019—2023 рр., запам’яталася багатьом активною підтримкою України.
Голос України.
📲Деталі: golos.com.ua/article/377106
Many thanks London Business School for great discussions about leadership in crisis. We covered resilience, motivation, delivering tough messages, modelling the right culture, influencing without power, and challenges for women leaders. A great, thought provoking opportunity.
Really enjoyed tonight’s Ukrainian Institute London event on the future of 🇺🇦. Good opportunity to talk about how women are experiencing the invasion. Greater awareness of 🇺🇦 in 🇬🇧. And what it will take to push 🇷🇺 out of 🇺🇦 sovereign territory.
Really good debate and questions about 🇷🇺abduction of 🇺🇦 children and #sexualviolence attacks on 🇺🇦 civilians. These are tools of hybrid war and they need to be highlighted. Thanks to Chatham House for providing the forum to do just that.