Winter is upon us, on the frontline, in the cities and steppes, in the villages and forests. It will be one of the most difficult ever. This is a fact. This is what ordinary Ukrainians must endure, keeping the faith and continuing to work...
The Ukrainian infantryman of the 60th Mechanized Brigade with a call sing Vas Vas says he joined the Ukrainian Army to protect his family and “meet the enemy closer to Moscow.” Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense published an...
Kherson residents remember 1 March 2022 as one of the most tragic days in the history of their city. While conducting heavy shelling, Russian forces surrounded the city and reached the main highway, advancing to the village...
Ukrainian soldiers of the 130th Territorial Defense Battalion of Kyiv have been defending strategically important population centres in eastern Ukraine. The Defenders find themselves in “operational encirclement” and are...
The Ukrainian Army has advanced into Donetsk Oblast, liberating towns and villages along the way. Among them is the sleepy, little village of Bohorodychne, which used to be inhabited by about 800 people. In the village of Bohorodychne...
Ivanivka is a village located on a crucial road between Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine’s steel capital) and occupied Kherson. Prior to the full-scale Russian invasion, Ivanivka, a wealthy community, had been under Russian control for four and a...
All Ukrainian military personnel currently fighting for Ukraine’s freedom are heroes in the eyes of Ukrainian citizens, but only a few are recognized as such by the state. Dmytro Chavalakh was honored for his valor and service after...
(Not recommended reading for the faint of heart) I am a ghostly “200”… That’s my official designation. I have the document to prove it. And yet, here I am. I move about, I eat, and I sleep. Just a few hours ago...
We met with Andriy and Anton in late May 2022 while they were planning the next batch of humanitarian aid for Ukraine’s east and south. “The war has begun” Anton awoke at 5:30 a.m. on February 24th to a phone call from...
It all started on February 24, early in the morning at 5 am, when the first rockets hit Mariupol. We woke up, and it was scary. Walls, windows, and the whole house were shaking. My wife panicked — we didn’t know...
In October 2022, a few weeks before the Ukrainian Army liberated Kherson, Russian soldiers parked several school buses next to the Regional Art Museum named after Oleksii Shovkunenko. Over four days, the invaders loaded their vehicles with...
