War

Just before the checkpoint into the city of Chernihiv, I get off the minibus to meet Lesia, who will accompany me through the northern Ukrainian region, bordering Russia and Belarus. Lesia is a well-known figure in the area — young,...

Twice in the span of a decade, Russia launched brutal wars to crush Chechnya’s bid for independence. From the scorched ruins of Grozny in early 1995 to the infernal razing over the winter of 1999-2000, followed by the unrelenting national...

Russia’s war on Ukraine has been marked by an aerial terror campaign unprecedented in Europe since the Second World War. Over three and a half years of the full-scale invasion, it has laid waste to cities like Mariupol and continues...

Since 2014, Crimea has remained under illegal Russian occupation. During this time, the peninsula has been viewed by much of the world as a “disputed territory” or even a potential bargaining chip in the peace process. However, with the start...

Vasylivka is a small town in Ukraine — many of its inhabitants fled the terror of the Russian occupiers. Under the leadership of the mayor, Vasylivka lives on in exile: a lesson in Ukraine’s will to persevere.

Should Ukrainians and their allies support the independence movements of Russia’s subjugated peoples? This idea might sound controversial and provoke rejection, but there are arguments to suggest that it could be one of the keys to Ukraine’s victory and a...

The Flood is a book of documentary prose by Yevhen Lir, a Ukrainian writer and soldier. The English-language edition was published in 2025. The Ukrainian translation will be released a little later.

From fake job ads to threats of visa revocation, Russia uses an intricate system that recruits and exploits vulnerable people to fight against Ukraine.