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Russia pays young Ukrainians to be unwitting suicide bombers in shadow war

Oleh, 19, was offered $1,000 for a paint attack on a police station – but the bag he was given contained a crude bomb

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2025

The wounded Ukrainian soldiers asking: ‘Ceasefire, what ceasefire?’

Putin announced the three-day ceasefire to coincide with a May 9 military parade on Moscow's Red Square

The Independent UK · May 10, 2025

Ukrainians doubt potential of Trump’s peace plan amid deadly Russia attacks

Ukrainian servicemen and civilian survivors of deadly attacks say a ceasefire seems a distant prospect.

Al Jazeera · Apr 7, 2025

Ukrainian soldiers receive 'bionic' prostheses in Mexico

Oleh, a Ukrainian soldier wounded in the war earlier this year, is heading back to his home country after his injuries led him to spend months in Mexico.

Reuters · Dec 21, 2022

With winter approaching, Ukraine prepares to fight on frozen ground

The coming winter may provide Ukraine with more opportunities to retake land from Russia, Western military analysts say. It will also bring a change in battlefield tactics.

WEKU · Nov 16, 2022

Ukrainian forces brace for bloody fight for Kherson

Oleh, the commander of a Ukrainian mechanized infantry unit dug into trenches west of Kherson, is confident his Russian foes will be forced to abandon the strategic port by winter weather, logistical logjams and the threat of encirclement.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

In the grips of war, Ukraine faces bleak demographic future

The refugee crisis is exacerbating Ukraine’s irreversible demographic decline, which began in the Soviet era.

Al Jazeera · Oct 28, 2022

Disabled teens put in nappies and tied to benches at brutal Ukrainian orphanages

A BBC investigation has exposed the brutal mistreatment of teenagers and adults in Ukrainian orphanages, where disabled adults languish in children's cots for years while youngsters are put into makeshift straitjackets

Daily Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

‘It was worse than hell’: life in Mariupol under Russian occupation

Around 90,000 Ukrainians remain in the city with little access to electricity, phone, internet, water or healthcare

The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2022

‘I’m too old for this’: the harrowing flight from Donetsk’s perilous border towns

Urged to evacuate, vulnerable residents are being carried to safety in makeshift volunteer convoys

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022