“My spirit is not broken”: one Ukrainian soldier’s harrowing account of surviving in captivity
Three years in separatist captivity in eastern Ukraine have taken a toll on Mykola Herasymenko’s health. He has…
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Donbas war (2014-present)
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There will be no miracle. There will be war
There will be no miracle This does not resemble the holidays at all. Despite the Christmas tree in…
Torture and humiliation: freed Ukrainians talk about Donbas captivity
Ivan Tyrenko is a released hostage who is undergoing rehabilitation at Kyiv’s the Feofaniya Clinical Hospital. He says…
Things looking gouda again for Mariupol cheese maker
Before Russia’s war in the East, Oleksandr Shkatula worked in a restaurant in his native city of Makiivka.…
Moscow Patriarchate takes lead in prisoner exchange to its benefit in Ukraine
The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, virtually “the last acceptable mediator between Moscow and Kyiv,” played…
Largest prisoner swap in Donbas: 73 Ukrainians released from captivity of Russian-run “republics”
Russia had effectively blocked the prisoner exchange process in the Donbas for 15 months from September 2016, when two Ukrainian…
What Ukraine can take from the “Croatian Scenario” of conflict resolution
What do people mean by “the Croatian Scenario”? What time does it refer to? The “Croatian Scenario” refers…
Another ceasefire begins in Donbas after pullout of Russian observers followed by escalation
Russia’s pullout from ceasefire monitoring team The Joint Control and Coordination Center (JCCC) for the issues of ceasefire and…
Ukraine 2017: Breaking vicious cycle?
Improving some spheres of life and nurturing closer ties with the EU while rolling back some reforms and…
From combat to coding: how one IT company is helping Ukraine’s war veterans
Serhiy Koziuk is a web developer. He decided to enter the profession after being wounded in the war in…
UGCC Major Archbishop Svyatoslav: “The war will stop when we stop pretending there’s no war!”
Such an opinion was recently expressed in a radio broadcast by the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic…
REPORT/APPEAL No.5 (March-December 2017) Help Us Help Our Soldiers (HUHS)
This project is run as a private initiative under the auspices of KRYLA Ukrainian Volunteer Association [http://kryla.org.ua/]. Your generous…
‘State Reserve Fund Running Out, Ruble Collapse Predicted’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Children of war: 17-year-old Misha and Artur talk about their fathers, childhood and war
My father, Viktor Makidon, was an officer in the Myrotvorets Battalion. He died of a heart attack in…
“Ever More Russians Fleeing Moscow’s Oppression for Ukraine” and other neglected Russian news
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Almost Four years into Russia’s war, Ukrainian front Line volunteers still play crucial role
Natalia used to be a director of marketing in a pharmaceutical company, a successful businesswoman. Her whole life…
Arming Ukraine: capability requirements—a view from Kyiv
Much of the recent discussion in NATO capitals focuses on whether Ukraine should be supplied with “lethal aid”…
Russian blood, urine, and lies
The counterfeit athletes are just a part of Russia’s giant machinery of falsification. The same thing is true…
Ukraine may swap its 74 hostages in occupied Donbas before New Year
The prisoner swap process had been de-facto blocked by Russia for 15 months. The last exchange took place on…
New Ukrainian ‘Cyborgs’ war film chronicles heroic defense of Donetsk Airport
The fierce fight for Donetsk International Airport over the winter of 2014/2015 became much more than a battle…