The current security situation in Sumy is eloquently illustrated by the headlines on a single page of local media, which might read: “Enemy drone downed”, “Constructing fortifications” “New podcast on city life launched”, and “Local craft festival to take place”....
The full-scale Russian invasion has drastically increased the number of abandoned animals in Ukraine. Some pets are directly harmed by the enemy shelling, while others lose their homes and owners due to hostilities. Despite the unprecedented challenges posed by the...
Ruslana Danilkina is a veteran whose own experience with injury and prosthetics helped her discover new calling in rehabilitating soldiers. Now, the veteran assists injured servicemen in adaptation to life with prostheses, demonstrating through her own example that an active...
Trostianets is a town in Slobozhanshchyna, just 35 km from the Russian border, where reconstruction and development have been consistently hindered by Russia. From the first day of the invasion, the city was occupied for almost a month, leading to...
The Revolution of Dignity is widely considered the starting point of the revival, or “new wave”, of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking. The need to film events on the Maidan, particularly the crimes of the security forces of the then-president, and...
The Ukrainian volunteer movement has become a large-scale phenomenon that united the entire country and helped the nation withstand the Russian invasion. Zgraya was among the organisations that brought together Ukrainians from different parts of the country. Founded in Kyiv...
To focus on critical infrastructure or restore all damaged objects is a challenging question for Ukraine, which is even more pressing for the border settlements in the country’s east and north. The proximity to the Russian border does have an...
Colonies settled by the mostly forgotten today ethnic group of Zabuh Hollanders developed in Volyn, in the west of Ukraine, from the late 18th until the middle of the 20th century. They developed a unique cultural landscape, distinct from the...
