Volunteer activities of religious organizations in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war (2014–2025)

The article analyzes the volunteer activities of religious organizations in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014–2025. Two stages are identified. In the first stage (2014–early 2022), volunteer initiatives of religious organizations adapted to the localized conflict in Donbas. In the second stage (early 2022–2025), under the conditions of the fullscale Russian invasion of Ukraine, volunteering by religious organizations took on the character of humanitarian mobilization. The role of interfaith structures–above all, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO)–in shaping and supporting volunteer initiatives is demonstrated. It is argued that humanitarian assistance to civilians and military personnel was implemented primarily at the level of individual denominations. The article concludes that religious organizations became an important component of the volunteer movement and a factor of Ukraine’s national resilience in the humanitarian dimension.