Ukrainian resistance

How Ukraine’s civil society battles Russia in the information war

In today’s world, information warfare is a core element of hybrid warfare — a strategy that blends traditional military operations with non-military tactics such as information operations, cyberattacks, economic pressure, political destabilisation, and psychological warfare. Since at least 2014, Russia...

Akim Galimov on the continuity of Ukrainian resistance

While Ukrainian defence forces battle the Russians on the front lines, civilians in occupied territories risk their lives to assist from behind enemy lines. Despite the ever-present fear of torture or death, the drive to expel the occupiers fuels acts...

Powerful Quotes from the Heavenly Regiment of Ukraine

The Russian Federation’s current war against Ukraine began with the shootings on the Maidan during the Revolution of Dignity. At that time, the Heavenly Hundred appeared in Ukraine — these people who were killed during the Maidan Revolution. The names...

Situational awareness: the role of aerial reconnaissance during the war

Aerial reconnaissance is an important component of warfare. Thanks to it, defenders survey and transmit information, destroy enemy targets, and most importantly, save the lives of not only military personnel but also civilians. In 2014, at the beginning of the...

The chronicle of the early Battle for Kherson

Kherson and the entire Ukrainian South was one of the first to take a hit from the Russian army. At the time of the publication of this material, Kherson remains under the temporary control of the invaders for more than...

On the cyberfront of the Russian-Ukrainian War

​​Russia is fighting against Ukraine not only on land, at sea, and in the air, but also online: it is organizing phishing attacks on Ukrainians, spreading fakes, and gathering information on the Armed Forces of Ukraine via social networks. Thanks...

Why is Russia so afraid of the Ukrainian language?

Linguistic repressions were the main tools of the Russians in their fight against Ukraine. While developing their stereotypical narratives about the “brotherly people”, the Russian politicians continue to make increasingly absurd statements that the Ukrainian language is artificial and was...

With or without weapons. Ukrainian women defend their country

As of December 2021, when the Russian/Ukrainian war was already going on, but the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation against Ukraine had not yet begun, 57,000 women served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, almost 22% of the Armed...

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