Tamara’s story. Why Irpin family, whose house was destroyed, declines offers to move, instead living in their garage Tamara’s home is among more than 100 private houses in Irpin that have been completely destroyed in the 2022...
Ukrainian doctors Olha and Andriy Svyst were recently invited by the President of Ukraine to receive the National Legend Award. The presidential award – National Legend of Ukraine – was established to honour citizens for...
Bucha genocide A minibus stops ten minutes away from Bucha, Ukraine, by City Market in Hostomel, or, rather, whatever is left of a once spacious, modern supermarket after the Russian invasion. A billboard of a fancy pet store flaps in the...
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...
My friend Nina is a journalist from Finland. She came to Ukraine just a few days after I came back from a village of Borodyanka, which had been completely destroyed by Russian occupiers. Together with Nina we decided to go to the Kyiv...
Pets, animals and wildlife face death and extinction and endure much suffering in the midst of the war in Ukraine. But, there is no doubt that the human toll is the most shocking and heartbreaking aspect of this chaotic nightmare. As...
Now that Ukrainian forces have retaken Bucha and other villages near Ukraine, the horrors of the Russian military occupation of those places are being reported, shocking people of good will everywhere and marking a turning point in...
At the beginning of April, Russia withdrew about two-thirds of its troops around Kyiv, and sent most of them back to Belarus with plans to redeploy elsewhere in Ukraine. Before the Russian invasion, the sleepy village of Mykulychi in Kyiv...
I stood on the sidewalk, full of motor oil stains, engine parts, and fragments of uniforms near a totally destroyed house in Bucha. The iron fence fell into the yard, bearing distinct tank tracks. Only charred remnants of the walls were...
Under the threat of encirclement, Russian troops retreated from devastated suburbs of capital Kyiv. The town of Bucha was one of the key points on the way of the Russian forces in their failed attempt to capture Kyiv. Shortly after the...
First stereotype: Ukrainians are very poor Some Europeans viewed Ukraine as extremely poor. Many Ukrainian refugees were surprised to learn that. “They perceived us almost like we are cave people who do not know and have not seen...
