The Latest Breaking News from Taras Shevchenko

The puppet shows bringing storytelling and solace to bomb shelters in Ukraine

As war threatens to erase everyday life in Ukraine, artists have turned to puppetry, one of the oldest forms of storytelling. Light enough to travel, intimate enough to gather a crowd and able to capture the attention of children, puppet shows have become resilient tools of resistance, support and relief…

The Conversation · May 15

“All who believe in freedom and sense the jeopardy we Europeans now find ourselves in are not sleeping easily on this, the third anniversary of the invasion”: U2 send message of support and music to President Zelenskyy and Ukraine

Bono reads out poem by Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko

MusicRadar · Feb 25, 2025

Trump's tariffs expose Ukraine's steel industry to another war

One of Ukraine’s largest steel plants lies in the country’s industrial east, where Russia’s 3-year invasion of its neighbor threatens to throttle production at any moment

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2025

As bombs fall, a Calif. librarian rushed to preserve Ukraine’s cultural legacy

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The night Russian bombs began falling, Dr. Ulia Gosart was 6,000 miles from her native Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2023

Russians lay flowers at improvised memorials to commemorate Dnipro dead

Russians in St Petersburg and Moscow have been laying flowers at improvised memorials to the victims of a Russian missile attack on a nine-storey apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Reuters · Jan 20, 2023

Life in a Ukrainian town: rampaging Russians, power cuts, a visit by Banksy

Borodianka was largely reduced to rubble by the Russian invasion. It's become a symbol of the devastation inflicted by the Russian forces, and attracted a recent visit by the artist Banksy.

WEKU · Dec 10, 2022

Sandbag sculpture: how Kyiv is shielding statues from Russian bombs

Target of bombs is unclear, with some speculating Russia is trying to destroy key Ukrainian monuments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2022

‘This only unites us’: defiance as deadly strikes bring war back to Kyiv

Series of missiles shatter several months of calm but normal life quickly returns amid the destruction

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2022

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

Protests after Russia calls up reservists and repeats nuclear threats; ‘referendums’ announced for four occupied regions; and life after liberation

The Guardian - AU · Sep 23, 2022

‘I was born here and I’ll die here’: liberated Ukrainians tell of life under occupation

Ukrainian recapture of Shevchenkove, Kharkiv region, reveals method of Russian takeover

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2022