As of May 2026, in the heart of Europe, in Ukraine, the largest war since World War II and the bloodiest in terms of casualties in the 21st century is still ongoing.

For decades, developmental psychology treated adulthood as a finished state, as if identity crises belonged only to adolescence while adults had already “figured themselves out.” 

May 9 military parade on Red Square exposed a growing sense of disgust toward a tired, heavily guarded Vladimir Putin rather than projecting superpower strength, an analyst wrote following the event.

Every time I step into the ring, it is already the final stage of work done by my large team. Behind every bright fight are hundreds of hours of routine work.

Ukrainian NGO Social Movement (Sotsialnyi Rukh; SR) organized a Social Forum in Kyiv on April 25, bringing together trade union leaders, social activists, and representatives of political organizations to discuss labor reforms, workplace safety, and social protections during wartime.