A memorial was opened in Kirovohrad to commemorate the residents of the city who lost their lives defending Ukraine against the Russian invasion. The memorial carries names of 117 heroes. Unfortunately, as the foreign aggression continues,...
Close to a thousand years ago, when sultans of the Ottoman Empire were looking for obedient soldiers to execute their wars, they started enslaving young Christian boys from conquered lands into their military. Some of these boys lost their...
Watching Putin on TV talk about “Russian world,” the Russian-speaking people from the corners of the former Soviet Union exposed to Russian media imagine this promised world to be a bright and wealthy place full of brotherly...
The non-stop drumbeat of chauvinism and alleged superiority of Russia coming from the top of the Kremlin and amplified by the Russian media has been resonating with the Russian populace and creating horrific visions of the future for the...
Exposed bricks, that’s all that remains in place of the commemorative plaque to one of the bravest people that ever lived in Donetsk. The Russian occupation force cowardly took it down. The plaque attached to the facade of Donetsk...
You might say this picture is out of focus, colors are washed out, and its overall photographic value is doubtful, but I will tell you its value is truly high and here’s why… The picture shows a free-standing fog bell on a...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
