In response to the full-scale invasion and war in Ukraine, the Centre Pompidou and Bpi joined forces to organise a meeting in the Forum's public space, giving a voice to figures from the Ukrainian art scene and its diaspora. As artist Nikita Kadan says 'visibility can save lives’. In the context of the special assemby, Ukrainian artists, curators and filmmakers were invited to make their voices heard and share their situations, experiences and concerns. This large-scale meeting was made possible thanks to several groups of art and culture professionals who were actively mobilising in solidarity with Ukraine and urged the institution to be the host of a public assembly, particularly within the art scene, among which Théo-Mario Coppola, the Beyond the Post-Soviet and Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care groups, and not-for-profit initiative La maison de l’ours.