BM-21 Grad: 40 rockets, 20 seconds, and zero chance for EW
The Grad halts and is concealed under a tree. Frontliner reporters set out for the firing position alongside soldiers of the 148th Artillery Brigade.
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Odysseus of Kryvyi Rih: How a single father balances war and raising his son
The war tries to harden Yurii Yurchenko, but he stays soft-hearted, not for his own sake, but for his son's. Frontliner's reporters wanted to understand it too.
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Evidence of a nation: Why Russia destroys Ukraine’s cultural heritage
Russia has damaged hundreds of Ukrainian museums, churches, libraries, and historical sites. Frontliner examines this through the stories of several heritage sites that have been deliberately targeted by Russian attacks.
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A fresh grave behind the house: Line of contact nears Dobropillia, city isolated
It's no longer possible to reach Dobropillia by any means of transportation, only on foot. Frontliner journalists succeeded only on their second attempt, and found out why Russian forces are trying to break through here specifically, and how the city, once known as the pearl of Donbas, is living now.
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‘I’m fighting for my leg’: The reasons soldiers with prosthetic limbs go back to the front
Their paths had never crossed. They grew up in different places, fought on different parts of the front. Their stories echo one another in their motivation, their character and the choices they made. Read the stories of soldiers who continue serving after amputation in a new report by Frontliner.
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‘He’ll come back, if your God is alive’: Russia sentences Berdiansk pastor to 22 years in prison
Viktor Bondarenko is one of thousands of civilian prisoners held by the Kremlin, and bringing such people back from captivity is an extremely difficult task. Frontliner met with Viktor’s daughter, Mariia, in Kyiv and discussed the challenges Mariia’s family has faced.
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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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Kharkiv — a city in the east, a city on the edge
Kharkiv is changing its face under the pressure of war: once a city of students and industrial plants, it has become a frontline fortress learning to live under constant shelling.
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Machine Gunner with Amputation Turns Model at Ukrainian Fashion Week
Veteran Dmytro Tereshchenko, once a promising young boxer, is now a model at Ukrainian Fashion Week. After being injured in Luhansk and losing a leg, the former soldier first devoted himself to swimming, and later, due to insufficient funding for veteran sports, became interested in modeling.
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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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Kyiv and a winter that never seems to end
Kyiv remains in a state of internal stillness, even as life gradually returns to the streets. The city coexists with the war: landscapes, habits, and rhythms are changing, and if you listen closely to the silence you can sense the tension in its streets.
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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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Mykolaiv. One cannot forget how the August sun sets over the Southern Bug.
Mykolaiv has transformed from a sweltering industrial city to a symbol of the resilience of the Ukrainian South. The full-scale war transformed both the city and its people, who became a true shield for their home, enduring the threat of occupation and daily shelling.
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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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The “Train of Love” no longer runs to Donetsk
Ukrzaliznytsia trains have stopped reaching the stations in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Whether service will be restored remains unknown, and at the moment it seems unlikely.
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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.
