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Five women and a spring morning in Paris

Paris in May is incredibly beautiful after a morning rain. My calendar marks a long weekend, the city is half-empty, and my feet carry me on their own. The slow rhythm of the capital — still sleepy and as if...

Forged from hell on earth: the story of Hell’s Kitchen in Kharkiv

Take a stroll through Kharkiv in Spring 2026, and you’ll get the impression of normality: in Taras Shevchenko Park, you’ll see couples in love, pensioners taking a walk, and mothers with their strollers. The local Krystal café will be full...

Marci Shore: “I don’t believe in genetic immunity to fascism”

What was the miracle of the Revolution of Dignity? How did Donechchyna become the start of a new global conflict? Why do Russians struggle to form a protest movement? Find the answers to these questions and more in the latest...

Pekka Toveri: “The worst day on the front line is better than the best day under Russia”

What does it take to live next to Russia — and survive? Drawing on Finland’s experience, Pekka Toveri reflects on Europe’s security failures, the illusion of Russian military strength, and why preparedness — both military and societal — is the...

Nicolas Tenzer: “I tell my Ukrainian friends: do not trust anyone”

As Western governments debate peace and security guarantees for Ukraine, French political thinker Nicolas Tenzer delivers a warning: neither the United States nor Europe can be fully trusted to protect Ukraine’s security.

Father and son in Russian captivity: the story of a Crimean Tatar family

The abduction of a 19-year-old son, followed a year later by that of his father, could sound like the plot of a thriller, but it’s the reality for one Crimean Tatar family. Both were abducted by Russian forces in the...

Druzhkivka: The Last Piece of Halva

A police officer patrolling the sky near a shelled building, rescuers who no longer live here but arrive in an armored vehicle for their shifts — all of them say the same thing as the Azov fighter with the...

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