Leaving their prosthetics in the stands, veterans enter the ice rink
The ice rink is chilly and alive with sound. It’s much like a regular hockey game, but only coach Serhii Shvets is wearing skates. Frontliner reporters watch the session unfold.
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‘We’re used to it, always on alert’: life in Izium, 30 kilometers from the front
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.
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Invisible trauma of war: how Ukrainian surgeons restore hearing to wounded soldiers
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.
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Love under fire: 3rd Assault Brigade soldiers start a new family on the front lines
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.
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A step toward a new life: women from prison join the war effort
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.
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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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Old weapons against new Russian tactics: how the 1129th regiment protects Kyiv’s skies
Ukrainian service members continue to protect the sky over the country using mostly foreign-made weapons developed in the last century. They still work – but how well do they keep pace with the tempo of modern warfare?
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Soundtracks of war
The Frontliner team shares a live playlist — music that accompanied reports, trips to the front, and work during the war in Ukraine.
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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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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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A culture of remembrance shapes life in Khmelnytskyi for the better
Khmelnytskyi is a city little known to people outside its region of Ukraine. It is not a tourist destination yet it has nevertheless become home to many service members. Though small, it has welcomed 130,000 displaced people since the start of the full-scale war.
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Breaking through the wall: how far can you run on prosthetic legs?
After losing both legs, Serhii Telehera decided to train for a 42-kilometer marathon. It’s his way of challenging fate and proving that life didn’t end in a hospital bed. He may never complete the full distance, but every training session brings him closer to his goal.
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How does patriotic education differ from the militarization of children?
What are the younger generations taught? What is the difference between national-patriotic education and the militarization of children? Seeking answers to these questions, Frontliner reporters visited the celebration of the anniversary of the founding of the public organization “Patriots 1654” and talked with its participants.
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Odesa. Our sea – our strength
Enemy missiles and kamikaze drones approach Odesa from the sea. In the morning, Odesans head to the shoreline – to listen to and gaze into the waves with which they shared another terrifying night. Frontliner reporter Diana Deliurman reflects on how the sea has taken on a sacred meaning for Odesa’s people during the full-scale war.
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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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Between plywood and certificates: where Kyiv residents live after their homes were damaged by Russian shelling?
Russian shelling in Kyiv has left dozens of loved ones and neighbors dead under the rubble – losses that cannot be let go – as well as countless destroyed apartments.
