Kyiv Zoo saves animals from freezing temperatures – people are working around the clock
Nearly 3,000 animals live at the Kyiv Zoo. Frontliner went behind the scenes to see how the animal park manages to keep so many animals warm during the winter.
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Between tradition and wartime reality: Malanka near the Romanian border
In the border village of Krasnoilsk in Ukraine’s Chernivtsi region, the Malanka festival feels like a parallel world existing alongside life shaped by war. Frontliner reports on how Malanka was celebrated in Krasnoilsk.
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Artillery under drones: holding the Pokrovsk front
Along the boundary between Ukraine’s Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, Russian forces continue efforts to push the front line forward. The Pokrovsk sector remains among the most intense areas of fighting. Frontliner reports on how Ukrainian artillery operates under these conditions.
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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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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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Suspended youth: the story of a young man who witnessed hell in Krynky and survived
Yevhen grew up too fast. He never finished school because his battalion was sent on a combat operation in Krynky – there was no time for online lessons. He spent 67 days there and came out nearly unscathed.
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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.
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Pokrovsk became the first city I witnessed being killed before my eyes
Russian occupiers have been attacking Pokrovsk for over a year – since the summer of 2024, when they launched a major offensive in this direction. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the city’s population has fallen from over 60,000 to barely a thousand (according to the latest data from the Donetsk Regional Administration).
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“If you really want to live, you will survive” – the story of 21-year-old infantryman ‘Korshun’
“Korshun,” an infantryman of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelweiss,” has seen much during his seven months of combat on the front: he captured an enemy soldier, held his position alone for several days, and was wounded. His command has put him forward for the Order of Courage.
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Names that wait: how Ukraine identifies the fallen
Ukraine is bringing home her fallen defenders. But with each body comes a difficult undertaking: determining their identities. Identification of the dead has become one of the most challenging tasks of the war.
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Dignified burial of fallen soldiers: challenges for families, shortage of gravesites, and public dissent
At the National Military Memorial Cemetery, which opened on August 29, 2025, more than one hundred soldiers have already been laid to rest. Frontliner reporters observed the ongoing construction of this site and learned about the challenges Ukrainians face in burying their fallen defenders.
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Float like a butterfly, even with a prosthetic: veterans in the ring push beyond their limits
At the “Beyond the Limit” boxing tournament, veterans who have undergone traumatic amputations stepped into the ring. The thrilling fights showed that willpower can push the boundaries of what’s possible.
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“I’m here so people don’t feel abandoned” – volunteer medics from Kyiv step in to provide aid to frontline regions.
Medics from Kyiv travel hundreds of kilometers to help civilians in villages of frontline regions where there is no access to quality healthcare. They believe that those who decided to stay have the same right to medical care as everyone else.
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Lviv honors memory: remembering the war, far from the frontlines
The city falls silent as it greets the funeral procession. Just a few minutes later, as the procession turns a corner, street traffic resumes. The act of remembrance permeates reality, shaping the rhythm of everyday life. How Lviv lives with the war, far from the front – a report by Frontliner.
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“Shaheds” and radiation – combat duty of a mobile fire group in the Chornobyl zone
Radiation, wild animals, and “Shaheds.” At night near the ghost city of Prypiat, a mobile fire group from the 25th Brigade stands guard under a sky where threats can appear without warning.
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“I took this photo for graduation, not for a funeral” – a reporter on how Ukrainians are losing their youth
At the start of the full-scale invasion, the youngest soldiers were those born in 2003. Now — those born in 2007. Their feats and deaths are felt especially acutely, as recent school photographs have become portraits on graves.
