Colombian soldiers trade jungle combat for Ukraine’s tech-driven war
Battle-forged in wars against cartels, Colombian veterans hit brutal truth in Ukraine as guerrilla tactics offer little help against Russia's hi-tech killing zone.
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Ukrainian sappers race against the world’s largest minefield
Deep in Ukraine's south, Ukrainian sappers face deadly mathematics: 3,000 deminers against 180,000 square kilometers of mine-riddled territory, with Russian forces adding more nightly.
An entrepreneur’s journey to leading one of Ukraine’s deadliest drone units
Heorhii Volkov never imagined his marketing skills would be used to outwit Russian forces, yet his business background proved crucial to make a UAV unit that now defends the most dire of directions
Inside Sudzha, where Russia’s war comes home to bite
In Kursk Oblast, some stranded civilians still cling to Kremlin propaganda, while others begin to question everything they've been told about the war.
Russia’s war devastates Black Sea ecosystems and communities
A year after the Kakhovka dam attack, activists are racing against the clock to prevent an eco-collapse fueled by drifting mines and war-driven pollution.
“I’m fortunate to have been born in Ukraine,” says young Kyiv resident
Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress) The ongoing war with Russia has not deterred…
“The war has names”: Memorials echo across Ukraine’s cities
Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress) After over 2.5 years of war, Ukrainian cemeteries…
Ukraine deploys demining drones to break Russia’s Dnipro wall
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
Russian drones terrorize Kherson civilians with “human safari”
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress) Two years after liberation, Kherson faces…
Chasiv Yar’s survival rests on daring night drone team
Each night, a team of drone pilots elopes bombs and FPV attacks to make coveted shots of Russian troop movements in occupied Bakhmut -- hoping that their thermal covers and jammers will not let them down
Lviv residents “shaken” after missile attack on city center
Переглянути цей допис в Instagram Допис, поширений Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress) On 4 September, a Russian attack on central…
Russian drones hunt civilians, terrorize Kherson with “human safari”
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
Fifty-year-old howitzers crack under strain in Ukraine’s Kharkiv defense
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
Ukraine now has drones rescuing fallen drones from hazardous battlefields
In a remarkable display of ingenuity, a Ukrainian unit is now using drones equipped with ropes and grappling hooks to retrieve fallen drones from minefields and enemy-controlled areas, reducing the risk to soldiers' lives.
Ukraine’s plan B: turning everyday citizens into defenders
As Russia's aggression continues, Ukraine transforms its civilians into a force capable of "total resistance."
Rescuing art while the world burns: Prymachenko’s paintings survive Russian invasion
Invasion As Russia's "special military operation" turned Ivankiv into a war zone, a ragtag band of museum staff and locals decided that saving some folk art was more important than staying alive.
Ukrainian soldiers hold back Russian onslaught with scavenged 1950s howitzer, DIY shells
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
Russian war’s cruel whims: some Ukrainian towns rebuild, others remain decimated
Thirty kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, the villages that saved it from the Russian invasion are now either ghost town or success story
Is Moldova the next Ukraine? Nation battles Russian hybrid warfare amid EU bid
Bolstered by moderate victories in recent local elections, a defiant Moldova pushes towards EU integration despite an intensifying Russian hybrid warfare campaign aimed at derailing its Westward momentum.
In a Ukrainian soldier’s mess tin: balancing abundance and malnutrition on the Ukrainian frontlines
"An army marches on its stomach," goes the famous saying. So volunteers step in to deliver ready meals to soldiers where procurement is lacking