«I gave the children just a normal day.» – Meet Pimbo, the Italian clown returning smiles to Ukraine’s frontline kids

Marco Rodari’s signature act is making giant bubbles. He creates enormous, magical orbs and launches them over his young audience. The children go wild, jumping up and down, squealing in delight as they try to pop the bubbles before they float away. For over nine months, this Italian performer has brought joy and laughter to […]

Chancing one’s arm: wounded civilians remain in Avdiivka

Avdiivka, Ukraine – After being treated for near-fatal wounds from a shell explosion at the hospital in Myrnohrad, Viktor made up his mind and walked 50 kilometers back to his besieged hometown, Avdiivka. He casually points to scars on his legs, torso and even face. His body is marred by shrapnel wounds. However, that’s nothing […]

Kamianka: a bird’s eye view of a destroyed village near Izium

Kamianka is a village near Izium in the Kharkiv region that was literally wiped off the map by the russians. There is not a single house left standing. The formerly rich farming village has been caught in the crossfire since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, as it lies in a valley between two heights. […]

A Terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant: Dnipropetrovsk region is dying without water

After the Russians blew up the dam of the Kakhovka reservoir, the riverside of Dnipro became a site of environmental disaster. While one part of the region is being flooded, another part is being destroyed by the lack of water. Immediately after the terrorist attack, the level of the upstream Dnipro began to drop rapidly, […]

Russia Ukraine War / Donbas Frontliner photo diary June 2023

The Russian-Ukrainian war in the photos of our Frontliner reporters. Previous photo diary / Попередній фотощоденник: Russia Ukraine War / Donbas Frontliner photo diary May 2023 Follow us: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram

Steel warriors guarding the border: training fighters to liberate the occupied territories

It is noisy in the clearing. “Man down! Medic!” “How you doing, buddy? Can you hear me?” “Cover!” “Contact on the left!” The grenades that explode are drill grenades. The moans of the ‘man down’ are somewhat theatrical and mixed with witty remarks like, “Be quiet—you’re unconscious! Or maybe not, you’d better be conscious!” But […]

Russia Ukraine War / Donbas Frontliner photo diary May 2023

Here you can see the Russian-Ukrainian war in the photos of our frontliner reporters Follow us: Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Telegram

Russia Ukraine War / Donbas Frontliner photo diary March 2023

Here you can see the Russian-Ukrainian war in the photos of our frontliner reporters

Lost lives and millions spent: the cemetery of russian missiles in Kharkiv

Each Russian missile that strikes Ukraine costs a million dollars — and claims a life. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Kharkiv has suffered relentless attacks from cruise missiles, ballistic weapons, multiple rocket launchers, and artillery shells. The impact goes far beyond physical damage — it leaves behind broken lives, deep trauma, and communities […]

«Sirius»: Lessons of charity. How the largest animal shelter in Ukraine is living through the war

“This is Izyumka, a cat brought from Izyum by Danish journalists after they pulled her out from under the rubble. Her tail had to be amputated because it was torn off, and her pelvis and leg were broken,” says Oleksandra Mezinova, founder of Sirius, an animal shelter in the village of Fedorivka just outside Kyiv, […]

Northern Saltivka in Kharkiv resembles a ghost town