Life in liberated Kherson: euphoria, blackout and Russian bombs
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The unsung heroes of the first battle for Kherson
Kherson residents remember 1 March 2022 as one of the most tragic days in the history of their…
“Russians feared us, frightened women, because they couldn’t break us”: Ukrainian women on Russian prison
On 17 October 2022, Lyudmila Huseynova and Anna Olsen were swapped together with 108 women as part of…
No place like home. Meet the Ukrainians living in the ruins of their houses destroyed by Russia
Tamara’s story. Why Irpin family, whose house was destroyed, declines offers to move, instead living in their garage…
Ukrainian Army officers under 32 explain the meaning of Independence
More and more often, young officers are moving up in the ranks and taking command in the Armed…
“It’s so scary here. And it smells of death.” A day in the life of a Ukrainian soldier
Ukrainian soldiers of the 130th Territorial Defense Battalion of Kyiv have been defending strategically important population centres in…
Man saved 1,000 people from hunger during the Russian siege of Chernihiv
Bobsledder Dmytro Tkachenko volunteered to feed and rebuild Chernihiv “I understood that there would be a war,” bobsledder…
“I had a bucket of liquid manure in case Russians wanted to rape me.” Stories from Ukraine’s deoccupied South
Ivanivka is a village located on a crucial road between Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine’s steel capital) and occupied Kherson.…
The untold story of the first battle for Kherson
All Ukrainian military personnel currently fighting for Ukraine’s freedom are heroes in the eyes of Ukrainian citizens, but…
“The route to life.” How volunteers secretly rescued 75,000 from a city encircled by Russian troops
Although many maps from the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine show that Russians allegedly occupied the…
Bucha slowly comes to life after Russian massacre: Dispatch from Ukraine
Bucha genocide A minibus stops ten minutes away from Bucha, Ukraine, by City Market in Hostomel, or, rather,…
Whoever could, fled the Russians. They went back to Irpin to save the rest
We met with Andriy and Anton in late May 2022 while they were planning the next batch of…
Saving Ukrainian culture, bard of the nation picks up a gun
“We often say about our [Ukrainian] art that we need to finally “stop crying” and create something optimistic.…
“It feels like you are going to die 100 times a day.” How I survived the Russian destruction of Mariupol
It all started on February 24, early in the morning at 5 am, when the first rockets hit…
Hail corruption in Putin’s Russia: we need more, not less, of it
In early June of this year, Russian invaders killed Roman Ratushnyi, a 24-year-old Ukrainian civic activist who volunteered…
Created in three days, Ukraine’s territorial defense ruined Russian plans to capture Kyiv
In July 2022 Kyiv is far from being as vibrant as it used to be. The city’s metro…
Ukrainian sniper-theologian tells why Russians are ready to die for Putin’s regime
This is the second part of Yuriy’s story. On the battle for Kyiv read: Ukrainian theology professor turned…
I’m done believing we’re the stupid ones, Ukrainian soldier tells Jonathan Franzen
In his first hit novel The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen refers to Ukraine as “the Ukraine,” it’s Ukraine’s colonial…
“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…
Ukrainian theology professor turned sniper tells how to hunt for Russian invaders
The second part of Yuriy’s story about Russian ideology and motivation read: Ukrainian sniper-theologian tells why Russians are…