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Of death – and laughter: how to write plays in Ukraine during wartime

A dozen playwrights and directors meet in Kyiv and find comedy can be an important part of their creative process

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2024

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

EU opens membership talks with Ukraine but Orbán vetos aid package; on the frontline in Avdiivka

The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2023

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Women’s football under Russian air raids, Ukrainian soldiers’ bridgehead in enemy-held Kherson, and the cinematographers flying deadly drones

The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2023

‘We have to be very creative to survive’: the show goes on at Kharkiv opera house

Company continues to perform, often for troops and volunteers, in war-torn city on the Ukraine frontline but calls for support

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

Windows for Ukraine: donations help villagers rebuild shattered homes

In villages such as Kamianka, about which ‘no one cares’, some pink recycled windows make a big difference

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Subway schooling: the Ukrainian children taking class in metro stations

Covid then the invasion meant Kharkiv could offer little in-person education. Now a scheme brings it deep underground

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023

‘They said my husband had died – but there wasn’t a body’: The families hunting for Ukraine’s missing soldiers

Mothers and wives have been left in the dark, forced to make endless phone calls and scour the internet for clues

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023

‘Like playing a computer game’: on the frontline with one of Ukraine’s deadliest drone pilots

Olexsandr worked in IT for a logistics company when Putin invaded and now he blows up Russian tanks. But he has nothing but scorn for the way profiteers are hampering his own side’s war effort

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2023

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

The Ukrainian father who rescued his children from Russia; a tale of two visits as Xi meets with Putin and Kishida travels to Kyiv

The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2023

‘If we get out of here it will be a miracle:’ a family at war in the hell of Bakhmut

After volunteering for the Ukrainian territorial defence force, a headmaster and his son found themselves in frontline battles

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023