Before Russia’s war in the East, Oleksandr Shkatula worked in a restaurant in his native city of Makiivka. That is where he made the first steps in cheese making. What started off as a hobby has turned into a process of boiling 100...
This is Mamuka Mamulashvili. He’s one of the foreign volunteer fighters currently serving in Ukraine’s armed forces. He lived through the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008. Mamuka and his father Zurab were even Russian Prisoners....
“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...
“We are developing the idea that a veteran is a successful person, a person who has ideas, who knows how to implement them, who works honestly,” says Roman Nabozhniak, war veteran, owner of Veterano Brownie bakery. Roman...
/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...
Musician and former intelligence officer Roman Nabozhnyak and his wife Yulia Kochetova live on the 15th floor of an apartment building in one of the residential districts of Kyiv. They invite us into their small but bright kitchen where a...
I met Julia in 2016, when being a volunteer in the summer peace camp for Ukrainian kids who either came from the frontline areas of Donbas or had been internally displaced persons. In this camp, the participants not only relaxed but also...
The Ukrainian Gliding Championships showcased some of the best glider pilots in Ukraine. The gliders themselves are also impressive. It doesn’t have an engine, but it can fly tens, hundreds and even thousands of kilometers. It becomes...
Yevheniy Koval organized The Games of Heroes a year ago. He envisioned a project that would let amputee veterans participate in competitive Crossfit events. “Game of Heroes is a project. This project is rehabilitation for adaptive...
There is a war in the middle of Europe, forgotten by nearly all. A photo exhibition in London on May 6 will attempt to bring back the reality of it. Featuring photos taken by the soldiers themselves, it will raise funds for the Children of...
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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