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How it feels to escape death while your comrades do not
[editorial] Ukrainian fighter Ivan (name changed) was at the Yavoriv military base when it was attacked by Russian…
I am a researcher, not a military man. But there is war in my country: letter from the front
[editorial]Historian and writer Nazar Rozlutsky like many other Ukrainians of completely peaceful professions has found himself on the…
“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
[editorial] What happens in a modern city cut off from electricity for an extended period of time? Volodymyr…
“Russians are wrecking everything out of envy”: Ukrainian recalls harrowing escape, shares thoughts about Russia
[editorial]Pavlo, a man from an ordinary Ukrainian village, woke up from a beam that fell on his face…
“They talked on the phone until his father’s heart stopped.” How Russia’s invasion destroyed my world
[editorial]Sofiya was born in Rubizhne, Luhansk Oblast, which currently lies on the frontline of Russia’s invasion, with fighting…
