Kherson, a southern Ukrainian city of 250,000 before the full-scale Russian invasion, was under Russian occupation since March 2, 2022. After its liberation on Nov. 11, the author visited the city of [...] Continue Reading
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Odesa: Kholodomor (“Death by Cold”) Will Not Work
The first snow in Odesa, a southern seaport in Ukraine, was neither joyful nor quiet this year. The city woke up to the rumbling sounds of diesel generators shaking the streets. The Odesa region’s 1.5 [...] Continue Reading
Mykolaiv: Life in a Bunker
Yuri, a small business owner, ran his logistics business and owned a truck and a large garage in Mykolaiv, where he lived with his wife Svetlana, and two daughters, Karina and Alina, 12 and 13, in a [...] Continue Reading
War Crimes and Reinforced Concrete: Kharkiv
On Sept. 23, I witnessed law enforcement officers completing the exhumation of 447 bodies, including 425 civilians, five children and 22 servicemen, from Izium mass graves. The chief of the Kharkiv [...] Continue Reading
A Word about the Azov Regiment: Yaroslava’s Song
Yaroslava, the wife of a Ukrainian prisoner of war, is a warrior. For months, she’s been struggling to liberate her husband of 30 years, a father of her four children and grandfather of four [...] Continue Reading
Bucha, Ukraine: Life after Horror, during the War
Paradise Turns to Hell On Feb. 25, glued to the Internet, Nadiya, a long-time Kyiv resident, watched the Russian troops enter Bucha. Russian tanks surrounded her mother’s private boarding [...] Continue Reading