Global community must drop romanticized image of Russia – Ukrainian Dialogue
“The war simply started as Putin’s fundamental willingness and commitment to destroy Ukraine” Pavlo Klimkin was the Minister…
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How ordinary Russians were turned into murderers and rapists through TV and smartphones
Ukraine is going through the most difficult period in its history. The largest war since World War II…
Lviv Garrison Church chaplains help soldiers find God amid war. And a pair of good boots
We enter a 400-year-old church in Lviv’s city center where ancient frescoes on the ceilings have recently been…
“With start of invasion, foreign firms started selling us sh*t.” How Ukraine’s top military charity saves lives today
The Come Back Alive Foundation was born out of the Russian aggression in Donbas and the illegal occupation…
Russian propaganda in war: fake “fact-checkers,” far-right conspiracies, and distracted progressives
Since the onset of the February invasion, both the West and the Kremlin were then taken aback by…
Russian propagandists must be tried for inciting genocide and war – international lawyer
In May 2022, three committees of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada appealed to national parliaments in EU and NATO…
Ukrainian man climbs out of grave after being shot by Russian invaders
The three brothers were captured by the Russians after the occupation of their village. They were then taken…
Hunting fascism in Ukraine, you overlooked fascism in Russia
In 77 years since the end of World War II and the Holocaust, matters of fascism are close…
Pushkin monuments disappear from Ukrainian streets following Lenin, as derussification is underway
The new Ukrainian cultural liberation includes abandoning the narrative of “Great Russian Culture” that implied that other cultures…
“At first, I did not want to live.” Ukrainian nurse got married after Russian mine took her legs
Oksana: “I did not want to live like that. I didn't want to be a burden to my…
“Three Russian soldiers raped my mother and sister. The fourth made me watch.” Hundreds of cases of rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine
Rape – a “standard tactic” of the Russian military On 12 April, President Zelenskyy said that hundreds of…
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…
“Hey Hey Rise Up”: Pink Floyd revived Ukrainian military anthem
German singer Marlaine Maas is the first artist to perform a cover of the anthem of the Ukrainian…
Saving Private fluffy: how Ukrainians rescue pets and zoo animals from war
Pets, animals and wildlife face death and extinction and endure much suffering in the midst of the war…
“You’ve always been my helping hand”. Daughter of a Bucha victim helps orphans to cope with trauma
"Mama, now I have to repay your love and give it to the world" On 7 April, Olha…
Russian occupiers in Makariv shelled the civilian shelter “in an instant” – Dispatch from Ukraine
The town of Makariv is a small quiet picturesque place in the Kyiv Oblast. For a long time,…
“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…
How Russia justifies the murder of Ukrainians: Russia’s 2022 “genocide handbook” deconstructed
Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder called the Russian infamous declaration “What Russia should do to Ukraine” published on 3 April 2022 a “genocide handbook”. The text justifies the Russian murder of Ukrainians and the destruction of the Ukrainian nation, testifying an intent to destroy a specific group, which falls under the legal definition of genocide.
“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…
Russia turned Bucha into one big torture chamber. Dispatch from Ukraine
I stood on the sidewalk, full of motor oil stains, engine parts, and fragments of uniforms near a…