After Russia’s extensive attacks on energy infrastructure, thousands of buildings in Kyiv were left without heating. Frontliner reporters went out to report on the conditions people are living in and the places they can turn for help.
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.
The Frontliner team shares a live playlist — music that accompanied reports, trips to the front, and work during the war in Ukraine.
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.
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.
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.
The Association of Independent Regional Publishers of Ukraine, together with Media Freedom, the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), organized a photo exhibition of Andriy Dubchak at the World Media Congress in Copenhagen.
For over a decade, Russia has been waging a war to destroy Ukraine’s historical and cultural heritage: ruining buildings, conducting illegal archaeological excavations, appropriating museum artifacts and archives, and using the findings for its own propaganda. Russian authorities are attempting to eliminate as much of Ukrainian identity as possible. Since the full-scale invasion, 945 cultural […]
❗️SENSITIVE CONTENT❗️ Mechnikov Dnipro Regional Clinical Hospital is the largest medical facility in eastern Ukraine providing surgical and stabilization care. It welcomes critically wounded soldiers from all over the frontline. Since 2022, the hospital has treated 28,000 troops. The wounded are evacuated from Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions [where the toughest battles […]
The Soniachnyi neighborhood is located on the outskirts of southern Zaporizhzhia, as the modular town of “On the Edge of Pisky” peeks through it. Germany funded this project in 2015 to temporarily accommodate internally displaced persons from the occupied territories and the frontline. Since then, the town’s population has been constantly changing—some people find a […]
Kharkiv has been switching to its new life underground for almost two years of Russia’s full-scale war. Concerts, performances, and even school classes are held in basements and subway stations. Kharkiv children also get extracurricular education underground. Young dancers of the Happy Childhood dance ensemble, who used to watch the Freedom Square from their ballet halls before the war, moved to the basement.
“Our goal is to preserve the history of the resistance of the Ukrainian people for future generations and bring together key documentary photo projects related to the events of the full-scale invasion and its consequences on a single platform,” said Mstyslav Chernov, President of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. Follow the […]
The true number of Ukrainian soldiers who have lost their sight in the Russo-Ukrainian war remains unknown. However, rehabilitation programs for the blind report a growing demand from veterans. Frontliner spent a day with Denys Abdulin, gaining insight into his new reality after the soldier lost his eyesight a year and a half ago in […]
What happens to children after they lose a family member in a war. What if they lose multiple family members and home in a single strike? If they’ve watched a parent get murdered as they tried to escape? How does a child learn to live with what they’ve seen and experienced? Generation Ukrainian started […]
Marco Rodari’s signature act is making giant bubbles. He creates enormous, magical orbs and launches them over his young audience. The children go wild, jumping up and down, squealing in delight as they try to pop the bubbles before they float away. For over nine months, this Italian performer has brought joy and laughter to […]
Avdiivka, Ukraine – After being treated for near-fatal wounds from a shell explosion at the hospital in Myrnohrad, Viktor made up his mind and walked 50 kilometers back to his besieged hometown, Avdiivka. He casually points to scars on his legs, torso and even face. His body is marred by shrapnel wounds. However, that’s nothing […]
This makeshift modification of the Grad has certain advantages over the standard variant. The cost of converting a civilian SUV into a multiple rocket launcher is only 160 thousand UAH. The Guerilla Grad has a range of up to 25 kilometers (15.5 miles). It also has high target destruction accuracy, even compared to the standard […]
Kamianka is a village near Izium in the Kharkiv region that was literally wiped off the map by the russians. There is not a single house left standing. The formerly rich farming village has been caught in the crossfire since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, as it lies in a valley between two heights. […]
