Running short of food, fuel and cash, and with a Ukrainian counteroffensive imminent, many civilians are defying a directive by occupation forces, unsure where they would go.
Author: Marc Santora and Anna Lukinova
Explosion on a Kherson Bridge Severs the City’s Last Major Crossing
Videos and photographs posted to social media showed the Antonivsky Bridge to be heavily damaged.
On a corpse’s wrist, an emblem of Ukrainian fortitude.
When they pulled Serhiy Sova’s body from a grave in Izium, his wrist bore a bracelet in Ukraine’s colors, given to him by his children. The image has transfixed the nation.
On a Corpse’s Wrist, an Emblem of Ukrainian Fortitude
When they pulled Serhiy Sova’s body from a grave in Izium, his wrist bore a bracelet in Ukraine’s colors, given to him by his children. The image has transfixed the nation.
First Day of School in Ukraine, Upended by the Bleak Season of War
For those lucky enough to have schools to return to, back-to-school day is still colored by war. Schools must now have bomb shelters, and first-aid kits are handed out along with pens and paper.
Pencil, chalk and first-aid kits: Ukrainian children return to school in the midst of war.
An estimated 2.8 million of the nation’s six million children have been forced from their homes because of the war. If they are fortunate enough to find a seat in a classroom, it will probably be in an unfamiliar town or city.
The Mood of Ukraine’s Independence Day? Defiance.
Volunteers raised a Ukrainian flag over a giant Soviet-era monument in Kyiv as President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a speech in front of ruined Russian tanks in the city’s center.