Since joining the 2013 Euromaidan protest movement in large numbers, which began when then-Ukranian president Victor Yanukovych elected to strengthen ties with Russia instead of the European Union, women have played a powerful role in Ukrainian civil society and spearheaded relief efforts. Women-led organizations continue to help fund and supply the Ukrainian military; provide medical care, food, and social services to the large internally displaced population; and have facilitated dialogues between ethnic Ukrainian and Russian groups on the margins of formal negotiations. They have also worked to document atrocities committed by Russian forces.