War

Where can Russians still fly despite the travel restrictions?

The airspace over the territory of Ukraine has been closed since February 24th. Nonetheless, even when Ukrainians are looking for an opportunity to fly somewhere, it is mainly because they are fleeing for their lives. While the people of Ukraine...

26/03 – 31/03. How Ukraine is resisting Russian occupation. Photo digest №6

During this weekend Russian occupiers attacked Lviv with 6 missiles. In Warsaw, thousands of people lay on the ground of the city square near the Drama Theatre to honor the fallen due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Children are...

How Russian soft power kills

Russia has been honing soft power tools for years. And did it successfully in different countries, not only in Ukraine. Russia is using every means to push and maintain its chauvinistic, imperial narratives in the world. Russia’s cultural expansion has...

Volunteers from abroad help defend Ukraine

Every day since February 24th, soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, territorial defense units, and civilians have been desperately resisting the Russian occupiers. Thousands of people are queuing up to get weapons so they will be able to protect their...

Zeitgeist. Dostoevsky as a reason for war

I am sure that Western Academia uses the argument of “innocent Russian culture” not due to lack of knowledge or understanding of respective contexts but as a means of psychological protection. The approach is akin to what we see in...

Belarusian troops shouldn’t disgrace themselves and die in war in Ukraine

From the early days of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Belarus has been actively supporting the Russian army. The country provides its airspace for carrying out attacks on Ukraine and allows the use of its territory for the stationing, transit,...

20/03 – 25/03. How Ukraine is resisting Russian occupation. Photo digest №5

While residents in western Ukraine learn to use AK-47 Kalashnikov rifles and Kyiv nightclubs become shelters, Russian troops demolished one of the capital’s largest shopping malls, a Russian rocket fell in the middle of a cemetery in Mykolaiv but did...

Listen to the voice of Mariupol. Olia

“Listen to the voice of Mariupol” is a series of stories of people who managed to flee from the besieged city of Mariupol. We continue the series with a conversation with Olia, who witnessed the airstrikes at the maternity...