The pain could be relieved somewhat if he stared at the sky. It would recede deep behind the coping mechanisms of consciousness, gnawing at the spot where the bullet struck. The pain didn’t seem so daunting and consuming if he focused...
One of them is a dentist from Cherkasy, Valeriy Horbenko, who’s been working for more than a week at Ukrainian positions near Shyrokyne. – The first mobile dental unit, called Tryzub-1, arrived at the front on June 1,...
“The absolute worst part of being a prisoner of war was not knowing when you would be killed- worse than the beatings, just the uncertainty of when that moment would arrive because you begin to fear it all the time…” Father...
“They took Crimea, and the war started. I naturally got the draft letter. I rode up to the drafting center in my BMW Z3, and just said, “I’m ready to serve! Send me out!” It was pretty emotional,” says Vasyl. He received...
The athletes competing in the Invictus Games are proving that they are stronger than their wounds. Their strength of spirit, forged on the battle field, is the source of their motivation. “Our soldiers aren’t just soldiers....
His heart and soul are still over there, far away, with the war… But, the body has returned home. At first, the war inside fades slowly, retreating layer by layer, piece by piece … Slowly, very slowly, yesterday’s soldier...
/Photos: Olena Makarenko Read more: Ukrainians celebrate 26th anniversary of Independence | Photos Pentagon chief in Kyiv: defensive weapons are not provocative unless you’re an aggressor Divisions from eight NATO countries attend...
Russian convoys, often under the guise of ‘humanitarian aid’, have been flowing into Eastern Ukraine regularly since the start of the conflict. Far from carrying relief for the besieged Ukrainian citizens of the Donbas region, these...
I was born on the 28th of June 1978 in the city of Sukhumi (earlier – Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, now – Russia-occupied territory). I finished 8 forms in Abkhazia. After that my family and I, like refugees, moved to the Georgian...
Much has been written about PTSD and the Donbas Syndrome, but not many people have seen it with their own eyes. By chance, I was witness to what havoc and misunderstanding PTSD can cause when I travelled in the same train compartment as a...
History weaponized Just as heavily armored “little green men” invaded and occupied Crimea, and Russian tanks entered eastern Ukraine to wage war against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, another silent front opened in the classrooms of...
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