“Every object is a maybe.” Russia’s cheapest traps are killing Ukraine’s scarce bomb experts
“Could be any of this,” the sapper said, pointing to my phone and a Sprite can. In Kherson, he lost his foot finding out.
Inside the secret workshops where Ukraine’s hipster engineers build killer drones
They look like they should be fixing your Wi-Fi or brewing oat milk lattes—but inside a bunker near the frontline, they’re building $300 drones that are outsmarting Russian tanks and rewriting the rules of modern war.
The UN confirmed what I saw in Kherson: Russia is hunting civilians for sport
What I witnessed wasn't random violence—it was systematic hunting.
“First they shell, then they hunt”: Russia’s savage new civilian terror strategy debuts in Kherson
Ambulances, first responders, and civilians became prey in Russia's calculated new warfare technique that turned Kherson into a killing zone on Thursday.
Kherson under brutal assault as Russia plans a new offensive
Living in Kherson means counting time between explosions. As Russia intensifies its bombardment of this strategic river city, artillery barrages and drone strikes mask preparations for a major new offensive.
Ukraine deploys demining drones to break Russia’s Dnipro wall
With no formal training and limited resources, Ukraine's innovative drone operators are clearing the mined river, their DIY tactics becoming the linchpin in the battle for the Dnipro
Russian drones now drop anti-personnel landmines on civilians in Kherson
Russia's drone hunt for civilians in Kherson has intensified: now, the remaining residents of the city can have their legs blown off on a Lepestok
Russian drones hunt civilians, terrorize Kherson with “human safari”
Drone attacks are scarier than shelling: they give no time to run for cover, say residents of a city that Russia pummels incessantly since its liberation two years ago
Can Ukraine cancel Russia’s imperial history? Odesa debates decolonization
"Awareness and treatment of imperial trauma are paramount in this time-consuming and difficult psychological process," Tetiana Pylypchuk, director of the Kharkiv Literary Museum, told a rapt audience in Odesa, capturing the central dilemma of Ukraine's decolonization debate.
Fifty-year-old howitzers crack under strain in Ukraine’s Kharkiv defense
Recycled shells, ammo from allies, and drone detectors keep Ukraine's 57th brigade firing, but modern artillery is needed to save shells and eliminate guided aerieal bombs and impending Russian assaults
Ukrainian soldiers hold back Russian onslaught with scavenged 1950s howitzer, DIY shells
Facing an overwhelming Russian force, Ukrainian fighters in Kherson have found a lifeline in a captured Soviet howitzer and their own makeshift shells amid a dire shortage of artillery
Russo-Ukrainian War. Day 527: Rising tensions at Poland-Belarus border
A Russian drone struck targets as close as 200 metres from the Romanian border. 90 countries support ending…