New Ukrainian ‘Cyborgs’ war film chronicles heroic defense of Donetsk Airport
The fierce fight for Donetsk International Airport over the winter of 2014/2015 became much more than a battle…
Donbas on the brink of environmental catastrophe
Chemical plants and steel mills are just some of the more than four thousand ticking ecological time bombs…
Meet the foreign fighters defending Ukraine from Russian aggression
This is Mamuka Mamulashvili. He’s one of the foreign volunteer fighters currently serving in Ukraine’s armed forces. He…
How Stalin starved 1930’s rural Ukraine to quash political enemies: Anne Applebaum interview
TAMARA ROZOUVAN: Thank you so much for joining me. In your book, you've written that near four million…
Ukrainian soupmakers set up shop in Warsaw
It’s so delicious that you can even eat the plate. Most of the time, that’s only a turn…
Filmmaker David Lynch visited Kyiv to help Ukrainian veterans fight post-traumatic stress disorder
On 18 November, the world-famous director David Lynch has visited Kyiv for a charity dinner, aimed at gathering…
Cleaning up the Dnipro river
The water temperature is a little higher than 0 degrees Celcius. 20 fisherman make the dive. Today their…
Kyiv bakery employs people with mental disabilities
"I like to bake and do other things here. Different masterpieces, or other things. Cupcakes, muffins, and everything…
Chocolate and charity: how one Ukrainian woman helps deaf and blind communities
Cupcakes, marshmallow, and chocolate. For Olena Polozok, making these sweet delicacies is much more than just a hobby…
Japanese actor takes lead role in new Ukrainian comedy
In everyday life, his name is Kasai, but in this film, he’s called Hiroshi. In both reality and…
Nature takes over Ukraine’s Chornobyl exclusion zone
After the explosion at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the first thing to fall under the radioactive cloud…
How one hospital has become a medical lifeline for Ukrainians in combat zone
Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes — among them Hennadii Hryhoriev, an expert…
Ukraine launches campaign to fight breast cancer
Svitlana discovered the tumor for the first time on her own. She found a lump a little smaller…
Kremlin political prisoner allowed visit from mother
One of the Kremlin’s political prisoners, the Ukrainian Stanislav Klykh was allowed a visit by his mother. This…