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The exhibition “One Desk. Two Marks,” presented by the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen Global Platform, has opened at the Council of Europe. It features a school desk, divided in half: one half bearing the marks of destruction, the other showing how it should look in a world without war.

While on a visit to Lithuania, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska met with representatives of Lithuanian universities: Vytautas Magnus University, Mykolas Romeris University, Klaipėda University, and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. These institutions have joined the Global Coalition of Ukrainian Studies – an initiative dedicated to the study of Ukraine and Ukrainian studies at educational institutions worldwide. The Coalition already brings together 60 institutions in 23 countries.

During a working visit to Lithuania together with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska met with First Lady of Lithuania Diana Nausėdienė.

In Kaharlyk, Kyiv region, the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, and the President of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, visited a shelter in one of the lyceums that the Olena Zelenska Foundation completed renovating two months ago.

A new “12–21” youth space has opened in Chernihiv – the third in the network developed by the Olena Zelenska Foundation. The space is designed for adolescents and young people aged 12 to 21, combining leisure activities, peer-to-peer interaction, and professional psychosocial support.

The shows of the free Christmas performance “Speaking Are Those Who Have Listened to Eternity,” organized by the Olena Zelenska Foundation, have concluded on the grounds of the National Conservation Area “Saint Sophia of Kyiv.”

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska took part in a meeting presenting the results of the Ukrainian delegation’s study visit to Vienna. Ukraine’s representatives examined how issues of a barrier-free environment are managed at both the state and municipal levels.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska took part in a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Riley M. Barnes. The meeting focused on the issue of the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

Over five years, it has scaled from an annual meeting into a permanent Global Platform, which during this time has brought together more than 50 first ladies and gentlemen, as well as opinion leaders and soft power agents from different regions of the world.

In 2025, the Olena Zelenska Foundation focused on scaling programs and launching new initiatives aimed at ensuring access to education and development, supporting family-based care, and providing psychosocial support to adolescents and young people under wartime conditions.