Where it started: the Recovery Plan meeting in Leiden
The recovery effort took shape at the meeting "Recovery Plan for Ukrainian Astronomy", hosted by Leiden Observatory and the IAU European Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (IAU-EROAD). Ukrainian astronomers described the impact of the war on people and facilities to their European colleagues, and opened a dialogue on rebuilding the field with deeper integration into the international community. The outcomes were summarised in a Nature Astronomy article.
Read more: Nature Astronomy article (2025), open-access preprint (arXiv).