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first-hand account
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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…
28/08/2022
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…
05/07/2022
“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…
04/07/2022
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…
23/04/2022
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…
21/04/2022
“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…
16/04/2022
“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…
14/04/2022