War diary: “Terrified of what He saw, God has left Mariupol, my neighbor said”
Mariupol diary: February 24 Anya is from Odesa, Alena from Kramatorsk, Natasha from Kharkiv, Halya's from Irpin! We…
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What is Azov Regiment? Honest answers to the most common questions
1. Is Azov regiment / brigade /battalion "neo-Nazi"? I'm used to answering questions about the Azov Regiment from…
Russian soldiers gang rape Ukrainian women, including little girls: witnesses of rape survivors
Officials and human rights organizations report rape Rape cases have been reported by Ukrainian officials, human rights organizations…
Russian ideology: imperialism, militarism, and racism
The modern Russian official ideology bears quite a few similarities with German Nazism regardless of multiple Russian statements…
I am an Untermensch: Ukrainian writer responds to Russia’s “Nazi manifesto”
On 3 April, Russia's state RIA Novosti published an piece which Ukrainians termed Russia's Nazi manifesto. Ukrainian writer…
Ukrainian music about Russia’s war: a tale of struggle, pain, power, and courage
Bird (2020), by DakhaBrakha and Serhiy Zhadan The song was released in August 2020 as a part of…
How the West enabled genocide in Mariupol with its misguided Azov obsession
More than a month has passed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian invaders have already…
Russian occupiers launch war on Ukrainian history, burning books and destroying archives
Seizure and destruction of Ukrainian historical and fiction literature that does not adhere to the requirements of Kremlin…
“They talked to us like we were criminals” – how Russian occupiers deported me from Mariupol
On 24 March, the Mariupol City Council reported that Russian forces started deporting about 15,000 Mariupol residents from…
Why have Z and V become Russia’s symbols of war against Ukraine?
Military analysts claim that Russia planned its invasion against Ukraine as a Blitzkrieg: everything had to be over…
The first three weeks of Russia’s war against Ukraine in photos
16 March 2022 marked three weeks since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. This collection of photos displays…
Moscow’s genocidal war against Ukraine and new strategy of information warfare
Two weeks ago, Russia has renewed its war against Ukraine. Russian invaders target not only the Ukrainian military…
Putin’s Big Lie: the “Donbas genocide” and “impending Ukrainian attack”
The narrative of "genocide" The narrative of “genocide” and “Russophobia” in Ukraine is regularly reiterated to Russian audiences…
“At times, they beat me so that I did not even want to live” – Ukrainian woman hostage survivor of Donbas militant prison
That terrible day Nothing foretold of trouble the morning of 14 October 2016. On that day, Haiova was…
Ukrainian Diaspora in Canada rescues videos, testimonies of Ukrainian dissidents
Director Yuriy Luhovy and producer Zoryana Hrytsenko from Canada have rescued 26 video recordings of Ukrainian dissidents. These…
Which western bands were banned in the USSR?
KISS - neo-fascism, punk, violence Led Zeppelin - punk, violence Madonna - sex What the hell is this?…
Baturyn massacre which brought Russian Empire to rank of global powers and destroyed Ukrainian Cossack state recalled
The Baturyn massacre was never properly researched prior to Ukraine regaining independence in 1991. Since 1995, archaeologists have…
The KGB massacred thousands of Poles in 1940 Kharkiv, declassified files reveal
One summer day in 1969, three schoolchildren of about 12-14 years of age, were strolling in the woods…
Ukrainian Insurgent Army: the glory, the mistakes, and the sins
The 14th of October is a special day for Ukrainians. This day, which traditionally was celebrated as the Orthodox holiday of the Intercession of the Theotokos, in 2015 became the Day of the Defender of Ukraine. Traditionally, it has been the holiday of Ukrainian Cossack warriors (1491-1775) and, now, a day of soldiers fighting the Russian aggression since 2014. Also, on 14th October 1942, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) was founded, even though its first units operated since 1941.
The last hiding place place of Jews escaping Holocaust in Lviv unearthed
Historical background During World War II, millions of people were murdered by Nazis across Europe, including Jews, Poles,…