In the morning, they play a mournful march and the national anthem at the cemetery. The tune genuinely feels like an erupting volcano, sounding as though it will soon reach the high ceiling and spill out of the building. Frontliner explores the service of a military band during wartime.
Previously, Ukrainian service members who lost limbs more often had to seek out opportunities for quality prosthetics abroad. Frontliner reporters explore in this report how this process looks today.
Families from the left bank of the Kherson region managed to flee to territory controlled by Ukraine after spending four years under Russian occupation. Their stories are presented by Frontliner reporters.
The ice rink is chilly and alive with sound. It’s much like a regular hockey game, but only coach Serhii Shvets is wearing skates. Frontliner reporters watch the session unfold.
After the service, the parish priest, Taras Mykhalchuk, promptly changes from red vestments into black. In just fifteen minutes, the church will once again receive a soldier killed on the front line. This time, reporters from Frontliner are there to witness the funeral rite.
Izium in the Kharkiv region remains a key military logistics hub, with a steady flow of troops and heavy equipment passing through the city. Frontliner reporters look at daily life in frontline Izium.
Soldiers of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade traded conventional wedding venues for a torchlit outdoor ceremony. The event, held in the Kharkiv region, was documented by Frontliner.
For service members whose hearing was damaged in combat, help is becoming easier to reach. A new microscope at Kyiv’s Hearing Restoration Center is expected to increase the number of complex surgeries, notes a report by Frontliner.
On the same day Antonina learned she was pregnant with her third child, doctors diagnosed her 4-year-old son with atypical autism, a condition they said had worsened amid constant shelling. Frontliner tells her story.
The birth of her daughter reshaped Mariana’s view of the world. This is a story about motherhood, and about a love that does not allow her to relax for even a moment, in a report by Frontliner.
