War

How Borodianka is being restored

The settlements north of Kyiv were among the first to begin the restoration process after the Russian occupation and battles for the region, as Ukrainian defenders liberated them in April 2022. However, the invaders spent over a month there, and...

Voices of Mariupol. Kateryna’s life two years later

Kateryna*, the wife of an Azov soldier, spoke about leaving blockaded Mariupol in 2022 in the Ukraїner project “Listen to the voice of Mariupol.” Now, two years after the start of the full-scale invasion, we’re catching up with the...

Celebrities of Ukrainian descent

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has prompted Ukrainians to take an even closer look at their family trees and understand their lineage. The same is true for people with Ukrainian roots, who may not have even realised that they are...

Ewa Thompson: “Ukraine’s victory will force Russians to rewrite their history”

Ewa Thompson is a Polish-American literary scholar and a research professor of Slavic studies at Rice University in Houston. She was editor-in-chief of The Sarmatian Review magazine, published from 1981 to 2017. She has written several books on Russian literature,...

How Mykolaiv is being restored

As part of the “Restoration” project, Ukraїner tells how settlements that have been driven out of the enemy’s hands are recovering and being restored. Our first story was dedicated to Kharkiv, Slobozhanshchyna region, the second one —...

Two years of full-scale war: the story of Maria from Mariupol

In 2022, Ukraïner’s “Listen to the voice of Mariupol” series was released. It features the stories of people who managed to escape the city after it was occupied by Russian forces. In February 2024, with Mariupol still under Russian...

10 years of war as portrayed by Ukrainian cinema

From a Best International Film award to an Oscar nomination, Ukraine has been winning film critics’ hearts through portrayals of life during the Russo-Ukrainian war. The past ten years in Ukraine have been brought to life on the big screen...

Long road to Crimea: story of Mustafa Jemilev

That night, the howling of wild animals, wolves or jackals, was unbearable. “They are going to eat us,” a three-year old boy was crying as the sounds struck terror into his heart. His mother held him on her lap, hugged,...