According to soldiers of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade, the need for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) on the front line is growing rapidly. This Frontliner report explores how the new UGV crew of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade’s artillery reconnaissance battery operates.
Inna left Donetsk as soon as she turned 20. She grew up under occupation, but despite years of living under Russian propaganda, she chose to remain Ukrainian.
Izium in the Kharkiv region remains a key military logistics hub, with a steady flow of troops and heavy equipment passing through the city. Frontliner reporters look at daily life in frontline Izium.
For service members whose hearing was damaged in combat, help is becoming easier to reach. A new microscope at Kyiv’s Hearing Restoration Center is expected to increase the number of complex surgeries, notes a report by Frontliner.
Soldiers of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade traded conventional wedding venues for a torchlit outdoor ceremony. The event, held in the Kharkiv region, was documented by Frontliner.
Formerly incarcerated women have joined the military and are now serving on the Zaporizhzhia front. Frontliner followed their journey from the correctional facility to their first combat deployment and explored why they see the army as a second chance.
They find the enemy by shadows in photographs. All this work allows their comrades to stay one step ahead of the enemy. A cyberintelligence specialist with the KRAKEN 1654 Regiment of Unmanned Systems, a sergeant with the call sign “Pavuk,” (‘Spider’ in Ukrainian) described these and other capabilities of OSINT analysts to a Frontliner correspondent.
Anxious Gen Zers are willing to risk their lives to witness the realities of war. Frontliner journalist Marharyta Fal tells the story of how her desire to understand the war took her from the relative safety of Poltava to reporting from the front lines.
Izium in the Kharkiv region remains a key military logistics hub, with a steady flow of troops and heavy equipment passing through the city. Frontliner reporters look at daily life in frontline Izium.
If journalism is truly your calling, you know it almost immediately. Frontliner reporter Diana Deliurman shares how her search for purpose led her to adulthood and eventually to war reporting.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are aging rapidly. Older soldiers joke that they will hold each position more fiercely than the younger troops. Servicemembers shared their thoughts about it with Frontliner.
Serhii Railian, a veteran of the Russia–Ukraine war, is growing a pottery studio together with his wife. Frontliner reporting explores whether a small craft business can provide a stable livelihood for a veteran’s family.
Curiosity brings many into journalism, a field that irrevocably changes one’s priorities and daily rhythm. Working closely with people means navigating the space between tragedy and triumph: the deep immersion in pain and grief, and the witnessing of man-made miracles.
Soldiers of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade traded conventional wedding venues for a torchlit outdoor ceremony. The event, held in the Kharkiv region, was documented by Frontliner.
First embraces with loved ones and tears of joy after years of separation. Over two days of a large-scale exchange, 500 Ukrainian defenders returned home from Russian captivity. Frontliner journalists captured the moments when families first received the long-awaited news and were reunited.
While mobile fire groups (MFGs) scan the darkness, enemy Shahed drones are evolving. Frontliner journalists investigated why methods that have worked in recent years are unable to keep up with the pace of Russian attacks, and how the work of mobile fire groups can be improved.
Attempts to leave journalism led to unexpected consequences, as unexpected events ultimately upended plans to change careers. Frontliner reporter Olena Maksymenko describes how revolution and war made journalism a defining part of her life.
For service members whose hearing was damaged in combat, help is becoming easier to reach. A new microscope at Kyiv’s Hearing Restoration Center is expected to increase the number of complex surgeries, notes a report by Frontliner.
