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23/08 – 28/08. How Ukraine is resisting Russian occupation. Photo digest №31

Ukraine celebrated two public holidays in a row: 23 August — Flag Day; and 24 August — Independence Day. The latter this year coincided with a tragic date: half a year ago, on February 24, Russia launched a full-scale armed...

Fear and loathing in the USSR: what life was like during the so-called golden age of Soviet stability

The Soviet Union, the largest totalitarian neo-empire in the world, collapsed more than three decades ago. However, a generation of older people who lived in the USSR still recall (or re-imagine) it as a haven of solace and peace. It’s...

The extraordinary daily life of Ukrainian rescue workers

Staff of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) selflessly rescue people from fire, water, and any other emergency. During the full-scale war they are, without any exaggeration, true heroes who work daily at the limits of human capabilities.

Rape as a weapon of Russia in Ukraine

“Whether you like it or not, endure it, my beauty” – Putin used a phrase that has sexual assault connotation while talking about Ukraine during a press conference at the beginning of February 2022. The veiled threat of coercion and...

How the world underestimated Ukraine

From the very beginning of its independence, Ukraine has been standing up for subjectivity on the international stage, trying to step out of the shadow and sphere of influence of Russia. World leaders slowly started to recognise the power and...

What awaits Putin: History of international trials of war criminals

Throughout history, we have seen many international trials of war criminals who felt absolute impunity before that. After unleashing an unprovoked full-scale war against Ukraine, Russian president Putin has become the main war criminal that must face an international tribunal....

Gastronomic front of Ukraine

Ukraine’s war for the restoration of its territorial integrity and final liberation from Russian influence continues on many fronts, including gastronomy. Since the first days of the full-scale invasion, “kitchen troops” have been providing food to soldiers, medics, displaced persons,...

Russia deports Ukrainians (once again)

Russians systematically violate the laws of war. One of the examples of such a violation is the expulsion of Ukrainians from temporarily occupied territories. Russia shells official humanitarian corridors, prevents evacuation of the population to the regions controlled by Ukraine,...