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Information about Ukraine people’s way of life today.
“With this tattoo, they wouldn’t take me a POW.” Ukrainian top manager takes up arms
A Ukrainian platoon sergeant explains why it is terrible to romanticize war and why he is in the Russian list of Ukrainian so-called "nazis" since 2015.
“We must help people make this unnatural choice” – Ukraine fighters on mobilization
Soldiers argue that while war goes against human nature, new mobilization rules would help civilians do their duty for the greater good and avoid a much worse evil - Russian occupation.
Ukrainian fighter battles exhaustion in 14-hour swim for survival
Special ops achieves one of its most extreme missions, despite two attacks by Russian aircraft
Ukrainian soldier survives hell and walks 200 km to freedom
Oleksandr Ivantsov recounts his incredible story of resilience and escape from the bowels of Azovstal.
He lost his eyes and hands, but not the will to live
"Apostle's" life changed drastically after he came under heavy fire on the front line. Supported by the love of his life, he now seeks rehabilitation and a way to continue contributing to the Ukrainian Army in any role.
“Stopping the modern Hitler”: snipers hold the line in Ukraine’s battle for survival
Ukrainian snipers take out Russian colonels from 2.8 km away, save a battalion of 600 men from encirclement, and enable capturing Russian strongholds without a single KIA. Helping them achieve this is theology professor-turned sniper patron Yuriy Chornomorets, who crowdfunds bullets, scopes, and rifles for Ukraine's victory: "Defending Ukraine is everyone's business"
Female Ukrainian judge jailed, shocked, threatened with firing squad in Russian captivity
When Russian troops invaded Mariupol, Yuliya Matveieva, a judge from the Illichivsk District Court of Mariupol, was ordered…
Ukrainian woman warrior defies despair to carry on the legacy of her beloved men
In the war, warrior Yaryna suffered the loss of her dear father and beloved fiancée, both of whom…
Ukrainian pastor endures Russian captivity and comes home stronger
Pastor Anatoliy Voloshyn, who was among the 130 Ukrainians exchanged on March 7, 2023 has finally returned home.…
“I clearly see what to do, but the path is long and difficult,” Ukraine’s Commander in Chief says in his first video interview
[editorial] In his first video interview since the beginning of the full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine’s Commander in Chief…
Elderly Japanese with golden heart opens free cafe in bombed-out Kharkiv
75-year-old Japanese volunteer Fuminori Tsuchiko was travelling through Ukraine as a tourist when the Russia launched its full-scale…
Anime-like anti-tank squad leader busts three Russian tanks
Osa has a petite build, sports a shock of bright pink hair, and often breaks out in bubbly…
Ukraine’s private fund starts ambitious USD 10 million fundraising to supply heavy infantry weapons for territorial defense
Ukraine’s largest private military fund supporting the army from donations, Come Back Alive, starts an ambitious UAH 400 million ($10 million)…
Small clinic made big decision when Russians invaded; it stayed
Bodro is an exceptional medical clinic for a small town with fewer than 50,000 residents. That’s thanks to…
They thought we are cave people: stereotypes Ukrainian refugees face in Europe
[editorial]7.8 million Ukrainian refugees in Europe are routinely asked if they have tasted Coca-Cola, if they had any…
How the fanciest pizzeria of Chernihiv fed 22,000 daily under Russia’s siege
[editorial]During the Russian siege, Chernihiv’s fanciest pizzeria metamorphed into a self-organized volunteer center that fed 22,000 people daily.…
“Children arrived with bits of shrapnel in their scalps.” Ukrainian doctors recount horrors of Bucha
Ukrainian doctors Olha and Andriy Svyst were recently invited by the President of Ukraine to receive the National…
Man saved 1,000 people from hunger during the Russian siege of Chernihiv
[editorial]Ukraine’s northern city of Chernihiv faced starvation during the Russian siege of March 2022. Stepping in to the…
Saving Ukrainian culture, bard of the nation picks up a gun
“We often say about our [Ukrainian] art that we need to finally “stop crying” and create something optimistic.…
Meet the Ukrainian university professor who gives lectures from the trenches
“The war of the civilized world against Russia on the territory of Ukraine will definitely change the world. War…