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Rescuers: how the East SOS evacuation mission operates in Donetsk
Being under fire is terrifying. But it is many times worse for a bedridden person who cannot make it to a shelter or leave a dangerous city on their own. People with limited mobility rely on family, social services, and rescuers, and a single mistake or delay can cost them their lives.
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To survive and fight back: 51 days of training for war
Amid simulated explosions and the buzzing of drones, cadets drill until their reactions become automatic – ready to fight and to help a comrade. They are not superheroes, but ordinary people who were recently mobilized.
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Hurt but unbroken: veterans enter the ring
Despite amputations and severe wounds, they prove that injury doesn't stand in the way of reaching your goals. Fourteen veterans from across Ukraine entered the ring.
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Still infamous: former inmates go to war but lack their promised rights
About 11,000 convicts have joined the army, according to the Penitentiary Service of Ukraine. Many have distinguished themselves in battles on the most difficult sections of the front.
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Facing the future: how an international team of surgeons is saving the faces of soldiers
Surgeons from the US and Canada came to Ukraine to work alongside their Ukrainian colleagues, operating on soldiers with severe facial injuries. Over five days, surgeons perform thirty procedures on people injured in the war. This Frontliner article explores how surgeons are restoring the appearance and function of their faces.
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The situation in the Oleksandrivka direction is becoming more difficult – the Ukrainian Armed Forces are implementing a new defensive tactic.
The situation in the Oleksandrivka direction has been steadily worsening in recent weeks. Russian forces are pressing forward with infantry assaults, attempting to break through Ukrainian positions using motorcycles and light armored vehicles, while covering their advance with attack drones from above.
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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.
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Where lives are saved: a stabilization point in the Donetsk region
The calm at the stabilization point suddenly ends, as if someone flipped a switch. Just moments ago the medics relaxedly drank coffee with snacks, went out for a smoke break, and scrolled through social media, the corridor was filled with the stamping of feet, shouts of “seriously wounded!”, and groans of the wounded.
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Armor shortages, blocked routes, and conscription risks – the challenges of evacuation under fire
The sky over Kostiantynivka is swarming with FPV drones, hovering before striking vehicles. The anti-tank warheads attached to them pierce straight through armored cars, while ordinary ones are shredded to pieces.
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Gun ‘Milf’ gives the occupiers hell – the 80-year-old M114 howitzer still firing near Pokrovsk
The American M114 gun is now in action on the Pokrovsk front, holding back the Russian onslaught. Originally built in 1943 to halt the advance of Nazi forces during World War II, it was transferred to Ukraine by the Czech Republic during the full-scale war.
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Act of faith or challenge to security: how old rituals defy the realities of war
A mass religious pilgrimage from Chernivtsi to the St. John’s Monastery in Khreshchatyk highlighted how religious identity can harden into social inertia. In August 2022, local authorities formally suspended religious pilgrimages under martial law.
