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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

Ukraine’s retreat from Kursk appears to mark end of audacious operation

Some say incursion achieved many goals while others wonder if it cost Ukrainian lives for no tangible gain

The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2025

Ukrainians condemn US call to lower conscription age amid Russia’s war

Rift between allies emerges after Washington suggested teenagers join the war amid Ukrainian demands for more US aid.

Al Jazeera · Dec 3, 2024

Kherson's underground resistance: How ordinary people fought Russia from the shadows

Residents of the Russian-speaking city became partisans who fought for the independence of Ukraine. The nine-month occupation is over, but Russia continues to shell the city.

WEKU · Feb 25, 2023

Ukrainian army medics fight to save lives near frontline

In a dingy medical outpost near eastern Ukraine's front lines, army medic Viktor battles to save lives on a daily basis.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2023

Rebuilding in a warzone: no time for grand visions in Ukraine

As people try to reconstruct their lives, the focus is on critical projects vital to the country’s survival

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2023

Swamps, forests and shelling: new year on Ukraine’s northern frontline

Amid talk of Russia reinvading from the north, volunteer units of the remote Sumy region represent the first line of defence

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

A Ukrainian woman's harrowing quest to find her family

Nina Melenets finally buried her son in November, more than seven months after she said he was killed by shelling in their village in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters · Dec 8, 2022

Ukrainian officials search for evidence of Russian war crimes

Tamila Pehyda, a retired school teacher, looked on in tears as gravediggers exhumed her husband's remains and a forensic pathologist examined them to establish the cause of death.

Reuters · Dec 5, 2022

‘How can we rebuild?’: Ukrainians return home to wreckage and tragedy in liberated Mykolaiv

“I am old, I don’t have much of my life left. How can I rebuild it all now?”

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2022