Serhii Falatiuk, call sign “Fara,” shot down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter with an Igla-1 MANPADS during the battle for Hostomel in February 2022. Frontliner met with Falatiuk in eastern Ukraine to discuss the first days of the full-scale war, the evolution of modern warfare, and a commander’s responsibility for his troops.
Performances at the Kharkiv National Opera and Ballet Theater continue even during air raid alerts. Frontliner reporter witnessed this firsthand.
Instead of the usual school bell, a Vesnianka plays over the loudspeaker. Frontliner reports on what young people are learning at the center for national and patriotic education.
In the morning, they play a mournful march and the national anthem at the cemetery. The tune genuinely feels like an erupting volcano, sounding as though it will soon reach the high ceiling and spill out of the building. Frontliner explores the service of a military band during wartime.
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.
Pokrovsk is in a difficult situation. This is a fact officially confirmed by the General Staff and clearly reflected on DeepState maps. Russia is pressing with everything it has, trying again and again to break through the defenses.
Horlivka was one of the first cities in the Donetsk region to fall under Russian occupation in 2014. Eliza Zhdanova tells Frontliner about the home that now exists only in her memory.
The museum of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade Kholodny Yar is located in one of the frontline towns of the Donetsk region, so for safety reasons it is almost entirely underground. It bears little resemblance to a traditional museum where you can check the website for opening hours, buy tickets, and spend an educational weekend with your family.
Uzhhorod, once quiet, peaceful, and unhurried, now feels different. The war has touched it in unexpected ways – bringing new, interesting people, introducing both good and bad ideas, and creating a skyline bristling with tall construction cranes.
After returning from captivity, he spent months fighting the consequences of Russian abuse – broken ribs, ulcers and other injuries. He also struggled with nightmares, fear of silence and recurring memories of what he had endured. On Nov. 16, 2025, the heart of 36th Marine Brigade serviceman Oleksandr Savov stopped.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
