BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

Ukrainian toddler sent back to warzone after being unable to secure UK visa

Alika Zubets, aged four, was considered to be an 'unaccompanied minor' under Home Office regulations, as she was travelling with her grandmother Tanya, rather than her parents.

Daily Record · Jun 14, 2022

Four-year-old girl faces being sent back to war-torn Ukraine with gran amid visa row

Little Alika Zubets' extended family are in the UK, but her parents remain in war-torn Ukraine caring for disabled relatives leaving the tot travelling with her grandma to reach safety

Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2022

'Unkillable' Ukrainian shot and buried alive with tortured brothers crawls out of grave

Mykola Kulichenko, from the village of Vyshneve, just outside Kyiv in the Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast, was chucked into a grave alongside his older brother in March with Vladimir Putin's forces believing he was dead

Daily Mirror · May 17, 2022

'Don't betray your country': The letter 'Z' used to intimidate Russian anti-war activists

Activist Dmitry Ivanov returned home one day to find the message "Don't betray your country, Dima" written on his door, alongside a large letter "Z". Acts of vandalism like this one to intimidate anti-war activists in Russia have become more common as the war in Ukraine rages on. The letter…

France 24 · Apr 12, 2022

In speed and scale, Russia's war against Ukraine has forced the worst refugee crisis since WWII

In just five weeks, 4 million people have fled Ukraine. Children are being killed, losing their families and their homes in a war they are too young to understand. Aid workers warn this crisis will have lasting consequences for generations to come.

ABC News · Mar 31, 2022

How the letter 'Z' is being used to intimidate anti-war activists in Russia

People in Russia who support the invasion of Ukraine have adopted the letter "Z" as a pro-war symbol. People have been getting the Z – which appears on Russian military vehicles in Ukraine – printed on posters and T-shirts and sharing Z drawings made by their children online. Someone has…

France 24 · Mar 30, 2022

'We had a minute to put our clothes on' Residents describe escaping Cardiff city centre fire

Areas of Cardiff city centre were cordoned off after the blaze

Wales Online · Mar 25, 2022

Edinburgh woman who lived in Ukraine says she won't stop trying to save lives

The local woman Zhenya Dove once lived in Kherson in Ukraine before moving to Edinburgh and she has vowed to continue on with her online campaign to try and save lives back home

Edinburgh Live · Mar 23, 2022

Russia-Ukraine: The civilians fighting on Kyiv’s front lines

People are swapping suits for army fatigues, volunteering with the Territorial Defence Forces to fight Russian troops.

Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2022