Mines below, drones above: Sumy’s farmers stay put
Frontliner talked to the farmers about why they are staying on their farms despite the enormous risks.
On their first day in Ukrainka, the team from the Siverskodonetsk hospital scrubbed the run-down building themselves so they could start seeing patients as soon as possible. Frontliner journalists went to see how it works.
Who will conduct the Russian mobilization and take responsibility for the ruined tourist season in Crimea and the regular strikes on rear cities?
Ivan Akimov signed the “18–24” contract, having dreamed of joining the military ever since 2014. Frontliner reporters tell the story of what he lost on the way from home to the military and what he gained.
The weaver's fingers settle on a skein of soft yellow. The choice is made: this kots will be blue and yellow. Frontliner watched a third-generation kots weaver bring a forgotten craft back to life.
Rough, cracked hands, white with clay and weathered by years of pottery, knead the pliable clay. Frontliner witnesses firsthand how raw clay is transformed into a traditional lembyk in a Poltava workshop.
As soon as armored vehicles appear near the gray zone, the “safari” begins. Frontliner looked into whether there is any future for combat vehicles that Ukraine rarely deploys to the front line due to the lethal risks.
She spends hours making paper flowers before immersing them in wax. Frontliner witnessed the making of this traditional Poltava accessory.
A chisel taps on wood as an old machine, in use for almost 50 years, keeps running in the village of Richka in the Frankivsk region. Frontliner's reporters visited the craftsman to see firsthand how he is reviving this ancient craft.
This wood will become a musical instrument that will sound almost exactly as it would have one or two hundred years ago. Frontliner reporters visited his workshop to see how this ancient sound is born.