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A century of deportations. How Russia has been destroying nations

Russian occupiers commit a terrible crime by deporting Ukrainians. Since the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities and their accomplices (in particular, local collaborators) have been organizing mass deportations by forcibly transferring Ukrainians deep into the...

Mariupol: News from the Occupied City

The whole world was watching the siege of Mariupol and Azovstal. The full-scale invasion turned this once-flourishing city with a population of 500,000 into a devastated wasteland occupied by the Russian army, with no more than 100,000 residents remaining. The...

Krymchaks of Ukraine. Who are they?

Krymchaks are an indigenous people of Ukraine that emerged on the Crimean Peninsula alongside Crimean Tatars and Karaites. Their primary distinguishing feature is their faith: they practice Orthodox Judaism with Krymchak prayer rituals. The Krymchak population has always...

Memories from the occupied Bucha

Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel — names of these small towns in the outskirts of Kyiv are now known all over the world. It was there that the first brutal mass murders of Ukrainians were discovered, committed by the Russian military that...

Ukraine Through the Eyes of Reporters: Wolfgang Schwan

Our fifth episode of Ukraine Through the Eyes of Reporters features Wolfgang Schwan, a photographer who’s been in Ukraine for a year now, working for Anadolu and Wired agency. In this interview, he shares his thoughts on the role of...

Russia’s playbook for creating “dark ages” in Europe

The civilised world can hardly be called a comfort zone anymore due to the migration crisis, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, economic instability and the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian tanks in Ukraine and daily attacks on Ukrainian civilians prove...

Ukraine Through the Eyes of Reporters: Lorenzo Cremonesi

Our fourth episode of Ukraine Through the Eyes of Reporters features Lorenzo Cremonesi, the Italian journalist. For more than forty years, Lorenzo has written for one of the major Italian newspapers – “Corriere della Sera,” the oldest daily in Italy....

Helping Ukraine from Poland

Natalka Panchenko is a volunteer who lives in Poland and has been supporting Ukraine in every way for many years. She is the leader of the Euromaidan-Warszawa Association which organises information campaigns and sends humanitarian aid and military equipment to...