‘I can’t stop smiling’: residents welcome Ukrainian troops in the frontline town of Snihurivka
Small town a kilometre from army’s positions in southern Ukraine was retaken on Thursday
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‘Ze-len-skiy!’ Kherson crowds cheer president after he gives speech in city
Volodymyr Zelenskiy was mobbed by recently liberated Ukrainians after his soldiers ended the Russian occupation
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‘Biggest challenge of my life’: Kherson’s leaders toil to turn city around
After the euphoria of the Ukrainian city’s recapture, many of its people are living at rock bottom, lacking the basics to survive
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‘Soldiers without the uniforms’: Kherson couple recall anti-Russia resistance
A young couple who helped citizens and Kyiv’s army tell of torture and endurance during the Russian onslaught
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‘I can’t believe this is happening’: Ukraine marks 31 years of independence
As Volodymyr Zelenskiy hopes Ukraine will soon be able to celebrate victory day, public gatherings are banned amid fears Russia plans to step up attacks
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How Sumy’s residents kept Russian forces out of their city
Locals joined territorial defence forces when Russia invaded – and managed to hold the city despite being encircled
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‘Putin’s terror affects everyone’: anarchists join Ukraine’s war effort
Activists from Kyiv and around world join state forces in fight against totalitarianism
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The informal volunteer groups leading Ukraine’s aid effort
Thousands of community groups provide ‘virtually all’ humanitarian aid for conflict’s displaced, but have received just 0.24% of donations
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‘Calls kept coming’: Ukraine’s network for the blind shelters displaced people
One of country’s oldest-running organisations turns factory into accommodation for refugees
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‘A second front’: fight to save 1,000-year-old caves from developers in Ukraine
Archaeologists say cave complex must be preserved for ‘indisputable and cultural value’
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Children return to Ukrainian school trashed by occupying Russian forces
Ceremony held at School No 1 in Borodianka, north of Kyiv, but classes will be conducted online