Zarina Zabrisky is an award-winning American author of five books published internationally, including the novel “We, Monsters” and three short story collections, and journalist. She is a regular contributor to Byline Times, and contributed to Indivisible Movement, Crossing Genres, Digital Left, and elsewhere. Follow her on twitter.
They look like they should be fixing your Wi-Fi or brewing oat milk lattes—but inside a bunker near the frontline, they’re building $300 drones that are outsmarting Russian tanks and rewriting the rules of modern war.
Ambulances, first responders, and civilians became prey in Russia's calculated new warfare technique that turned Kherson into a killing zone on Thursday.
Living in Kherson means counting time between explosions. As Russia intensifies its bombardment of this strategic river city, artillery barrages and drone strikes mask preparations for a major new offensive.
With no formal training and limited resources, Ukraine's innovative drone operators are clearing the mined river, their DIY tactics becoming the linchpin in the battle for the Dnipro
Drone attacks are scarier than shelling: they give no time to run for cover, say residents of a city that Russia pummels incessantly since its liberation two years ago
"Awareness and treatment of imperial trauma are paramount in this time-consuming and difficult psychological process," Tetiana Pylypchuk, director of the Kharkiv Literary Museum, told a rapt audience in Odesa, capturing the central dilemma of Ukraine's decolonization debate.
Recycled shells, ammo from allies, and drone detectors keep Ukraine's 57th brigade firing, but modern artillery is needed to save shells and eliminate guided aerieal bombs and impending Russian assaults
Facing an overwhelming Russian force, Ukrainian fighters in Kherson have found a lifeline in a captured Soviet howitzer and their own makeshift shells amid a dire shortage of artillery