Mutual assistance in the war

How Kharkiv is being rebuilt

Kharkiv is one of Ukraine’s largest cities that the Russian enemy came to view as an easy target. With only 30 km [~18.64 mi] separating the city from the Russian border, it didn’t take the enemy troops long to reach...

Culture during the War. The West: story of Andriy Lyubka, Ukrainian writer and volunteer from Uzhgorod

Mutual aid is one of the key factors in how Ukrainians are valiantly resisting Russian aggression. Many settlements in regions far from the front became shelters for people who had to leave their homes because of the war, and

Heroes Without Weapons: a photographer of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service on the work of rescuers during the full-scale war

The work of rescuers is invaluable. They are often the first on the scene of cataclysms and disasters, unafraid of the risks and the gruelling work necessary to preserve the most precious thing — life. Their role became especially pronounced...

Theatres and museums volunteering during the war

With the beginning of a full-scale war, art institutions in Ukraine have transformed the way they work. They began to approach the victory in multiple ways: providing the military and civilians with needed things, organizing shelters for internally displaced people,...

Volunteering without limits: how people with disabilities help during a full-scale war

Disability is not an obstacle to volunteering, even during a full-scale war. This is proven by the heroes who, despite extremely difficult conditions, do everything possible to help other people. In peacetime, they actively defended the rights of people with...

The extraordinary daily life of Ukrainian rescue workers

Staff of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) selflessly rescue people from fire, water, and any other emergency. During the full-scale war they are, without any exaggeration, true heroes who work daily at the limits of human capabilities.

Living inside the school. Kharkiv in times of war.

Kharkiv has been suffering from daily shelling by the Russian army since the beginning of the full-scale war. Some people have got evacuated, but there are also those who, despite everything, cannot leave the city. A few residents of Saltivka,...

How doctors save lives during the war

Despite Russian propagandists’ cynical denials, the Russian military is systematically shelling Ukrainian hospitals. Over the past two months of full-scale war, more than three hundred medical facilities have been damaged. But even in such difficult conditions, hospitals continue to operate;...

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