– Members of two forensic search groups – Evacuation 20 and Black Tulip – arrived at Donetsk Airport. There were also two vehicles from the OSCE Monitoring Mission and about twenty television crews from Russia. We were...
“We really want to teach them what to do next. When I will be far away from this place, they will have the experience how to make any event – what materials they need, who are the important persons to talk to, how to record and so...
The clock shows almost 6 am. This is time when Mykyta usually gets up. He starts each day with morning exercises and hot coffee. “For today, I have plans to go to Troyitske, to talk with the regional community, ask what problems they...
Denys Kotenko is a former Donbas war fighter from Dnipro. He left home when he was 18 and went to the frontline. He had no military training before, but during two months he turned into a soldier of “Azov” regiment. Denys spent two...
Coming to the cities and villages at the frontline Aliona pays special attention to people’s moods: “The closer the war, the more you notice that people are tired fatigue, they just want peace, they want human ordinary goods, do...
Before the war, Alina lived a common life, being a university student in Dnipro, traveling, having plans to study abroad. She was indifferent towards politics or social activism. But this changed since the beginning of the Maidan protests...
When the days or nights become too difficult to bear, Mykola takes his “amulet” from a secret pocket in his backpack, and the dark, depressing dugout suddenly brightens up, becoming warmer and more comfortable. Mykola knows that his...
Back in 2015, the 57-year-old couldn’t just watch Ukrainian soldiers on television, defending the country against Russia’s war. Serhiy’s age meant the military recruiting office rejected him three times; but he...
Vladyslav Horbovets (vascular surgeon): Military medicine has always been at a high level in Ukraine. In the USSR, it was basically practiced in military district hospitals. But how did these military hospitals function? They mostly...
The ground is still covered with snow, but the morning showers, which were replaced by a heavy fog after lunch, have turned the snow into a skating rink. It’s hard to walk on ice; our legs slide to and fro and sideways. We barely manage...
On 23 June 1978, a Soviet police officer came to the house of a Crimean Tatar Musa Mamut to escort him to a meeting with a prosecutor. Mamut was legally not allowed to live in Crimea, due to his nationality. In fact, he had just returned...
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