Lyudmila, 54, lives in Kherson in a one-bedroom apartment with her daughter Galina, 30; grandson Vasyl, 18 months; son, 20; son-in-law, 32; and five dogs and a red cat. A small apartment is littered [...] Continue Reading
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Firewalls Falling
Dark Parallels: Munich On Feb. 14, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dark joke at Munich Security Conference 2025, saying that there will be no agreement because “well, it is [...] Continue Reading
Two Nations, One Struggle
Russia’s aggression has destabilized regions, displaced millions and violated countless human rights, demonstrating that its actions are not only a regional crisis but also a global challenge. In [...] Continue Reading
Human Safari across Ukraine’s Frontline Cities
“I was six in 1942—or was it 1943?” says Svitlana. “I remember a shell swishing by and ducking to hide.” Svitlana ducks. Small and neat, with shiny blue eyes and silver hair tucked under a [...] Continue Reading
What Trump’s Return Means for Ukraine
Donald Trump’s election in 2024 signals a geopolitical shift that could put at risk Ukraine’s sovereignty and embolden Russian aggression. His administration’s ties to the Kremlin, history of [...] Continue Reading
When the Sky Kills: Metal Birds Hunt Kherson
On Oct. 7, four aerial bombs struck residential areas in the city of Kherson in Southern Ukraine, injuring 20 civilians, including two children, two and four years old. At one of the sites, across [...] Continue Reading
Inferno Tactics
Lukashivka, a Ukrainian village in the Sumy region in northern Ukraine, located just 200 meters from the Russian border, was razed to the ground by guided aerial bombs in March 2024. Oleksandrivka, [...] Continue Reading
Kherson’s Hell from Above
On Aug. 2, around 11 a.m., Angela was at work when her husband of 32 years, Serhiy, drove their car home from the auto repair shop and parked it under a leafy tree to hide it from a drone. Just a week [...] Continue Reading
Human Toll of Broken Security Promises
“We were the first to meet the enemy,” said Tetiana Mironenko, representative of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Commissioner for Human Rights Protection. We met in a spacious office in downtown [...] Continue Reading
On the Edge: Chernihiv’s Resilience Amid Russian Threats
Volodymyr is the mayor of Novoselivka, a village in northern Ukraine, located only 50 miles south of the border where Russian troops are conglomerating again. There are talks of a new offensive. A [...] Continue Reading
Ukrainian Displacement’s Impact on EU Elections
On Feb. 24, 2022, Olha was planning to take her 13-year-old cat Busynka to a vet for chipping and vaccination as they would have to flee Ukraine. The war could start at any moment. Living in [...] Continue Reading
At the Crossroads in Ukraine
At 10:30 p.m. Kyiv time, on April 14, by Odesa railway station, a short, middle-aged woman with a boyish salt-and-pepper haircut gets on the long-distance bus to Moldova and cries quietly, sunglasses [...] Continue Reading