(Not recommended reading for the faint of heart) I am a ghostly “200”… That’s my official designation. I have the document to prove it. And yet, here I am. I move about, I eat, and I sleep. Just a few hours ago...
The Russo-Ukrainian war has undoubtedly taken an extremely heavy toll on the civilian population, but none have suffered more than Ukrainian children. No child has been spared, either physically or psychologically as civilian targets and...
In 2014, Russia invaded and occupied Crimea and certain parts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts, thus breaching international law and several bilateral and multilateral agreements. Ukraine lost control over 7% of its territory and has been in...
Ukraine is gradually learning to discuss its history, analyze traumatic historical events, understand the consequences of colonialialism, and look for ways to overcome them. Yaroslav Hrytsak, Tamara Hundorova, Mykola Riabchuk and other...
His heart and soul are still over there, far away, with the war… But, the body has returned home. At first, the war inside fades slowly, retreating layer by layer, piece by piece … Slowly, very slowly, yesterday’s...
When you come from the front, those around you are definitely glad – if not all, then at least some. But there are those who immediately recall the famous “post-war syndrome,” the one that journalist Arkadiy...
In her late teens, my sister had a pen pal in the United States, a sort of “long distance boyfriend.” Michael was a few years older than her, and probably about ten years older than me. Over dinner table we heard some...
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...
