Section: Social
How Russians deliberately destroyed the medical infrastructure of the Kharkiv region: evidence and testimonies
The Kharkiv region became a strategic target during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces continue to shell the civilian infrastructure of the region, including its medical facilities. The vast majority of Russian attacks are the result of systematic indiscriminate shelling of civilian infrastructure, completely...
Ukrainian actors: men from the screen who are now fighting against Russian aggression
The full-scale invasion has forced many Ukrainians to change their usual way of life: some have engaged in volunteering, while others have taken up arms. Those who only played military roles on stage or on screen yesterday are now fighting for Ukraine’s independence. We tell the story of Ukrainian actors who have taken a stand to defend...
Neither to be discharged nor to go to the front: the war has turned conscription service in Ukraine into slavery
Several years of daily hard work under the watchful eye of a supervisor who can beat you, hazy prospects of ever getting out of here, and instead of payment — food, a bed in the barracks, and 350-700 UAH per month. That’s what conscription service in Ukraine is like in wartime conditions. Recently, lawmakers have registered a new draft law...
“Elections in a smartphone”. What the Ukrainian government wants and why it is dangerous
E-voting. There are concerns The Putin-led invasion in February of last year deprived Ukraine of only one major headache: holding elections. During the martial law, they are explicitly prohibited by the Constitution. Certain political games, especially at the local level, sometimes break through to the surface, but it seems that everyone has...
How Ukrainian soldiers after being injured are kept in military units with a salary of 500 UAH per month instead of rehabilitation
They were removed without warning Where is the rehabilitation? 500 UAH per month Shirkers Job search What will change in the near future? British experience Thousands of severely wounded, ill, and injured servicemen are being removed from the official records. They are confined to their military units and are unable to undergo proper...
State-kidnapper: How Russia kidnaps Ukrainian orphans and raises them as Russians
IStories or Important Stories (an independent Russian website specialising in investigative journalism) stated that nearly 2,500 orphans who could have been forcibly deported from Ukraine have been discovered. We reveal how Russian authorities kidnap Ukrainian children and attempt to raise them as Russians. In Russia, there is a state database of...
War experience: How Ukrainian operators learned to quickly restore mobile and Internet communication
Ukrainian communication operators and Internet service providers have already learned to quickly restore mobile communication and the Internet after the destruction caused by the aggressive Russian regime. It’s no secret that Russian troops employ barbaric methods. Telecommunications are deliberately destroyed to establish Russian...
Victory in the Dutch court: what does the final court decision on Scythian gold mean for Ukraine?
Ukraine is celebrating a victory in the case of the so-called Scythian gold, one of the first international court cases related to Russia’s aggression since the beginning of its occupation of Crimea in 2014. The dispute, which lasted 9 years, revealed an important motive of Russia in this war — the war against Ukrainian culture and national...
Ukraine after war: social dimension
As of today, we do not know the final price of this war. After all, we don’t know at which point on the trajectory of the war we currently find ourselves. We can optimistically predict that the most dramatic and tragic circumstances of this war have already taken place. However, this is not guaranteed. It could be different. The picture we...
The war for the voice: Ukraine in the awareness of the West
“Until February 24, 2022, Ukraine was perceived as a dark country of “Great Russia” or even as one of the “legitimate backyards of Russia.” Much has changed since then when Ukraine and the Ukrainian army shattered all stereotypes about “Great Russia” and its invincible ‘second army in the world.’ And yes, military victories...
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