‘Our farewell to Russia’: Ukraine takes one step closer to EU membership The path to joining the bloc is not straightforward but most Ukrainians believe it should – and will – happen The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2023
Electric cables, hammers and guns: Ukrainians tell of Russian torture As prosecutors prepare war crimes case, victims reveal how they were beaten and made to dig own graves in Balakliia The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Attack on village cafe kills dozens; how the war in Ukraine gave the EU a newfound sense of purpose The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2023
‘A new form of warfare’: how Ukraine reclaimed the Black Sea from Russian forces Kyiv has turned the region into a no-go zone for Moscow’s bristling warships The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2023
‘Energy war’: Ukraine tries to protect electricity supply before winter It seems likely Russia will target the grid with its missiles again, but engineers say they are better prepared now The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023
‘The show must go on’: 35,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews travel to Ukraine for Rosh Hashanah The annual pilgrimage brings both prayers and partying to Uman. Many have been undeterred by official pleas to stay away this year The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023
‘I couldn’t take it any more’: holdouts quit Kupiansk after renewed Russian shelling People who stayed through last year’s occupation are now abandoning the city amid fears of a ‘Bakhmut 2.0’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Both sides suffer heavy losses as Ukrainian counteroffensive makes small gains; Ukrainians take reconstruction efforts into own hands as billions in aid pledged at London forum The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2023
‘With help, we might survive’: Kyiv sees sharp rise in homeless people Since Russia’s invasion, many more people on the streets that volunteers offering food and other help can’t keep up with demand The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023
‘We couldn’t wait’: Ukrainian farmers improvise to clear their land of mines As charities press for mine clearance to be at centre of recovery conference, some farmers are tackling the devices themselves The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023
‘It’s 21st-century warfare’: on Ukraine’s counteroffensive frontline Despite gradual progress, drone operators remain resolute about their critical role in counterattack The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2023
What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Ukraine recruits prepare to retake Bakhmut; three people, including a child, killed in Kyiv; drone attack sees war reach Moscow The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2023
‘Fear is contagious but so is courage’: the Ukrainian soldiers training to retake Bakhmut The new recruits of the 3rd Assault Brigade are preparing for a long-anticipated counteroffensive The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Ukrainian artist Dmytro Moldovanov: ‘I try to explain the meaning of this Russian fascism’ Ukraine’s leading primitivist painter recalls moment of Russian invasion and says conflict has spurred his creativity The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023
The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2023 ‘I was born to do this’: Ukraine’s 2016 Eurovision winner Jamala on why Putin fears her people, Crimean Tatars Jamala tells how her 2016 song shone a light on Stalin’s deportations and helped to dispel the myths that Crimea is historically Russian
The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023 Soldiers, sirens and a ‘sign of hope’ as Ukrainian opera premieres in Lviv The Terrible Revenge takes place after rehearsal in bomb shelter and with uniformed soldiers in stalls
The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2023 What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis Kremlin drone incident sparks denials; Ukraine prepares for counteroffensive; 20,000 Russian soldiers killed in five months, says US
The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023 ‘We’ll show just how weak they are’: Ukraine primed for crucial offensive With concern among allies seemingly growing, there is a lot riding on an imminent counter-assault on the Russians in the south
The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023 ‘Like reading under the covers’: books flourish in blackout-hit Ukraine After a brutal winter of drone attacks and power cuts, new independent bookshops are springing up in Kyiv
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023 A three-year-old killed and her family ripped apart by missile strikes on Ukraine Young Veronika’s neighbours stunned at brutal arrival of Russia’s invasion in the suburb to where she fled to avoid the missiles
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 Joy and tension as Kyiv marks Orthodox Easter without Moscow clergy Cathedral service overseen by clerics independent of Russian-affiliated patriarchate for first time since 17th century