Kyiv Zoo saves animals from freezing temperatures – people are working around the clock
Nearly 3,000 animals live at the Kyiv Zoo. Frontliner went behind the scenes to see how the animal park manages to keep so many animals warm during the winter.
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“Our strength lies in mobility and independence”: Yana Zinkevych on changes in the Hospitallers’ work
The threat posed by enemy drones has made reaching wounded soldiers nearly impossible. Frontliner spoke with Yana Zinkevych, the founder of the Hospitallers, about these and other challenges facing volunteers under current conditions.
“Bone-chilling cold – absolutely unbearable”: stories from Kyiv’s blackout epicenter
After Russia’s extensive attacks on energy infrastructure, thousands of buildings in Kyiv were left without heating. Frontliner reporters went out to report on the conditions people are living in and the places they can turn for help.
Between plywood and certificates: where Kyiv residents live after their homes were damaged by Russian shelling?
Russian shelling in Kyiv has left dozens of loved ones and neighbors dead under the rubble – losses that cannot be let go – as well as countless destroyed apartments.
From discharge to demining: the veterans determined to return to the military service
In Kyiv, veterans are training in humanitarian demining to find their place in civilian life while applying their combat experience and skills. Learning to become a deminer after being wounded and leaving the Armed Forces allows them to continue serving in a new way – helping with Ukraine’s recovery.
Dignified burial of fallen soldiers: challenges for families, shortage of gravesites, and public dissent
At the National Military Memorial Cemetery, which opened on August 29, 2025, more than one hundred soldiers have already been laid to rest. Frontliner reporters observed the ongoing construction of this site and learned about the challenges Ukrainians face in burying their fallen defenders.
“Shaheds” and radiation – combat duty of a mobile fire group in the Chornobyl zone
Radiation, wild animals, and “Shaheds.” At night near the ghost city of Prypiat, a mobile fire group from the 25th Brigade stands guard under a sky where threats can appear without warning.
Healing with a shovel — archaeological excavations help soldiers and veterans recover
Service members and veterans are excavating the Trypillian culture, thereby reclaiming themselves. They are rehabilitating through archaeology near Lehedzyne in Cherkasy Oblast.
The murder of Viktoriia Roshchyna shows: The Kremlin is losing control over its torturers
On August 8, 2025, people in Kyiv bid farewell to Viktoriia Roshchyna, a 27-year-old journalist tortured to death while in Russian captivity. Her killing shocked the international community and became another stark reminder of Russia’s brutality and lawlessness.
Piecing himself together from fragments of memory: a Ukrainian war reporter recovers after being wounded
He lost the memory of his daughter's birth, but he will never forget Russia's crimes against Ukraine. Ivan Liubysh-Kirdei, a Reuters war correspondent and winner of the George Gongadze Prize, was seriously wounded in the head during a missile attack on Kramatorsk in 2024. Almost a year later, he is reconstructing his life from the stories of his loved ones and the few memories that remain after his injury.