War

Projects

A taste of home: Ukrainian charity sends borscht to the trenches

Businesswoman Olga Belenko started a charity to send healthy meals to Ukrainian soldiers. By drones it even gets into the trenches.

Jul 2, 2024

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Locations

Will Kupyansk become a new Avdiivka?

Russia has amassed tens of thousands of soldiers near Kupyansk and is trying to breakthrough. Meanwhile battle-weary Ukrainian troops on the other side await reinforcement and rotation. Sergey Panashchuk reports from a frontline village.

May 15, 2024

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The lessons of living with war

Reporter Sergey Panashchuk lives in Odesa. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion in Ukraine he risks his life to cover Russian war crimes, tells people's stories and reports from the frontline. Here he is sharing his thoughts.

Mar 22, 2024

Afghanistan

Reflection of a life: How Jamila left Afghanistan in search for safety

Jamila faced all the hardships in Afghanistan since the Soviet occupation. Being a mother herself, she decided to start a new life in Germany.

Mar 3, 2024

Srsly...?!

Peace for Ukraine: An unconventional approach to a solution

After two years of war in Ukraine, it is clear that arms deliveries alone are not enough. Why the allies need to step up their commitment - and why a military intervention could lead to peace. A comment.

Feb 24, 2024

Topics

Haunted by war: Ukrainian Jews in Israel face missile attacks - again

Numerous Jewish Ukrainians left their war-torn homes for Israel after Russia’s full-scale invasion. With Hamas attacking Israel now, they are reliving a trauma.

Oct 19, 2023

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People

Aleksandr Semenchenko: Music cook with a special intuition

Aleksandr Semenchenko traveled the whole world, now he is back in Kyiv. For musicians like him it is difficult to make some income now.

Aug 24, 2022

Gallery

Locations

Mayaky… and then the rocket hit

Mayaky is a small town, far from the frontline in Ukraine and next to the border to Moldava. When a rocket hit, Sergey Stepevoy was among the most affected.

Aug 23, 2022

People

Tatiana Ovays: IDP from Sievierodonetsk starts over in Vinnytsia

After two weeks of war, Tatiana Ovays fled Sievierodonetsk with her family. She had to start over in Vinnytsia, central Ukraine, and quickly gained a foothold.

Jul 6, 2022

People

Dmitro Soochekov's painful return to Bakhmut

Dmitro Soochekov took an early opportunity to flee Bakhmut with his family. In the midst of war he has returned to salvage possessions.

Jun 19, 2022

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How young people in Dnipro provide humanitarian aid

While numerous people have left the city of Dnipro because of the war coming closer, hundreds of thousands are finding refuge here - and organize humanitarian aid.

Jun 12, 2022

People

Leonid Maslov: Lawyer on second deployment

In Donbas Leonid Maslov already fought for the Ukrainian army. Now the 55-year-old lawyer is defending his hometown of Kharkiv.

Jun 2, 2022

Projects

The "Caring Cats" from Kyiv

Powerlessness gives way to a thirst for action: despite fearing for their own lives, three women in Kyiv have founded an aid organization and are helping their fellow human beings in Ukraine.

Jun 1, 2022

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Locations

Irpin: Vitali's tour through his destroyed home

In the northeast of Irpin, a residential area was particularly affected by the fighting in the Ukraine war. Vitali shows what happened in his hometown.

May 25, 2022

Projects

Module Club Dnipro: DJs at the front

Music and parties have been out of the question since the Russian large-scale attack on Ukraine. Members of the Module Club Dnipro fight for their freedom on the front lines.

May 19, 2022

Gallery

Locations

Kharkiv: Victory on ruins

In Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army made an important interim victory. But the price is high, as a site visit shows.

May 15, 2022

People

Adam's escape from Mariupol

Adam survived the Russian siege of Mariupol. He spent a month in the war-ravaged harbor city. Here he tells about his experiences.

May 14, 2022

Topics

Why foreign farmers are coming back to Ukraine

Like many foreign colleagues, Michael Dihlmann continues to work as a farmer in Ukraine despite the war. The risk of a global food shortage weighs more heavily on the industry.

May 7, 2022

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Nusaybin: In constant fear of the state

The Turkish city Nusaybin is predominantly inhabited by Kurdish people and located directly on the closed border with Syria. However, people suffer more from the war that their own government is waging against the local population.

Apr 28, 2022

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Transcript of the interview with Juli Karzanova from Chernihiv

A few days ago, we interviewed Juli Karzanova on the situation in Chernihiv. Here you can read the full transcript of the interview.

Apr 9, 2022

People

Sergey Panashchuk: Reluctant war reporter from Odesa

Sergey Panashchuk works as a journalist in Odesa. In recent years he has tried to stay as far away from the war in Donbass as possible. Now the fighting has come to his city.

Apr 4, 2022

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Locations

Juli Karzanova reports from Chernihiv: "We are dying here: for no reason at all"

For several weeks, the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv near the border with Belarus has been under non-stop Russian attacks. Juli Karzanova stayed and reports on everyday life in the war.

Mar 30, 2022

People

From Afghanistan and Ukraine: A family flees for the second time

Canada and the US evacuated Afghans from Kabul with a stopover in Ukraine. With the widespread war there, they are going from bad to worse.

Mar 4, 2022

Gallery

Topics

Chermalyk: Whenever it gets dark…

In Ukraine shootings are happening on a daily basis — visit of a village on the front line

Jul 8, 2019

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