“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.
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How it feels to escape death while your comrades do not
(Not recommended reading for the faint of heart) I am a ghostly “200”… That’s my official designation. I…
I am a researcher, not a military man. But there is war in my country: letter from the front
I am not a military man. I never wanted to be in the military. I am a researcher,…
“Dearest daughter, it’s total Hell. Death is everywhere” – Ukrainian father on the frontline
Dearest daughter, I’m writing to you from a distant place where the sky and the earth are ablaze…
Escape from Mariupol. “I begged God to let me die quickly!”
Mariupol residents Mariya and her family spent almost one month hiding from Russian shelling and bombs. 17-year-old Mariya…
Imagine your city under siege with no electricity. I lived through it in Ukraine
A large modern metropolis spending a week without electricity. Could anyone imagine something like that happening in Ukraine…
“Russians are wrecking everything out of envy”: Ukrainian recalls harrowing escape, shares thoughts about Russia
First days of Russian war against Ukraine On 24 February, when the war started, I was in Karavan…
“They talked on the phone until his father’s heart stopped.” How Russia’s invasion destroyed my world
My world before and after On 24 February 2022 at 5.30 a.m. my grandmother woke me up with…