Google Earth imagery reveals major Russian invasion in summer 2014
It was the summer 2014 and the war with Russia was in full swing. Ukraine was putting together its…
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War in Donbas: videos, news, opinions.
Nadiya Savchenko: This is my life you are playing with
Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko finally got to present her "last word," or closing statement, in the Donetsk (Russia)…
Ukrainian military intelligence identifies top Putin’s generals conducting war in Ukraine
Recently the intelligence department of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense published the true identities of several top Russian…
“Alex” Martynenko: Psychology for the fighter
Oleksandr “Alex” Martynenko has been serving in the army for the past two years. The Kyiv activist took…
Parasitism, separatism and patriotism in Donetsk
To be Ukrainian in the occupied territories means not only surviving, but also maintaining you own Ukrainian space.…
What I would do if it weren’t for the war
Thirteen volunteers helping the Ukrainian army were invited to participate in the photo project Real People - Vitaliy…
Two soldiers from Poltava Oblast killed in ATO zone
Two defenders of Ukraine from Poltava Oblast were killed on February 25 while serving in the Donetsk region.…
Kyiv: Moscow trying to staff its new army corps ‘exclusively’ by Ukrainian citizens
Valentin Fedichev, the head of the Ukrainian defense ministry’s department for social and humanitarian policy, says that the…
Four ATO soldiers released from captivity
Earlier today, "DNR” proxies transferred three Ukrainian soldiers - senior sergeant Serhiy Harnaha, junior sergeant Serhiy Dmytruk, and…
Seven unknown ATO soldiers buried in Dnipropetrovsk (photo report)
Seven unknown soldiers who died fighting in the Donbas were buried in Krasnopilsk cemetery, Dnipropetrovsk. Photos courtesy of…
Small group doing a big service for disabled Ukrainian veterans
Civil society and the diaspora are helping Ukraine’s wounded soldiers and families one at a time. Ukraine’s blessing…
Ukrainian court establishes IDP forced to move because of Russian aggression
The applicant was born in the village of Kostroma Oblast, the Russian Federation, but is a citizen…
Action event in Zaporizhzhya “Give a Soldier your Gift of Love”
Zaporizhzhia volunteers have launched an action event for St. Valentine’s Day. Volunteers of the NGO "Chesne Zaporizhzhia" (Honest Zaporizhzhia)…
Back to the USSR! Photo report from occupied Donetsk
When I went back to Donetsk after an absence of six months, I was greeted by Lenin and…
Repressions in occupied Donetsk tied to economic collapse
As the economic situation in the occupied territories of the Donetsk Oblast worsens, authorities in the so-called Donetsk…
Meet Ukraine’s “Invisible battalion” of women
Brave beauty. Twelve fearless women are depicted on a Ukrainian calendar for 2016. However, they represent a much larger…
Young Anatoliy, one of several Ukrainian soldiers KIA in first month of 2016
There are no weekends or holidays in war. Demining expert from Delyatyn, Anatoliy Harkavenko (aka Moryachok) was killed…
Orest Petryshyn’s story of 9-months in captivity
Orest Petryshyn was held captive for nine months. He recently returned home to Lviv where family and friends…
An Italian Maidan Activist: Now an author and filmmaker combating Kremlin propaganda
(This is a translation of the article Італійський активіст Майдану бореться з пропагандою Кремля: написав книжку і взявся за…
Mykhailo Myhovych, photographer: I’d like to see Ukrainians show respect to our soldiers and not to unscrupulous money-spinners
After spending two years in the war zone, photographer Mykhailo Myhovych has created a series of artistic photos…