Russian propaganda, trying to justify aggression against Ukraine, relies on the thesis that Russians and Ukrainians are one nation, divided by the treacherous West. It tries to argue this using new disinformation about the oppression of the Russian language in...
Before the full-scale invasion, communities across Ukraine were developing strongly, thanks partly to decentralisation reform and various government programmes. For example, in 2020, a new outpatient clinic was opened in Makariv, built using Canadian technology. Unfortunately, it functioned only for...
This is a report about two people who managed to flee the occupied town of Oleshky amidst the chaos following the Russian explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. They got lucky, if one could even call it that. Residents...
What is it like to leave for the unknown with hastily packed bags and explosions sounding all around? What do Ukrainian women with children experience after fleeing to unfamiliar environments abroad? Nataliia Fadieieva and her friends set out to investigate...
The Bosnian War (6 April 1992 – 14 December 1995) ended almost 30 years ago. According to estimates, which, of course, are unlikely to be final, about 98,000 people died. Although the brutal war has subsided, for many survivors, the...
This episode of “Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others” features Deborah Fairlamb, a founding partner at Green Flag Ventures, a venture capital firm focusing on tech products, founded in 2023. Deborah has extensive corporate, entrepreneurial, and government experience across different...
‘Hear the Voice of Mariupol’ is a series on people who survived the Russian blockade of the Ukrainian port-city Mariupol in 2022, and managed to evacuate. Two years later, we meet them again to learn how their life has...
The settlements north of Kyiv were among the first to begin the restoration process after the Russian occupation and battles for the region, as Ukrainian defenders liberated them in April 2022. However, the invaders spent over a month there, and...
