Dark, damp and deathly: inside a hospital on Ukraine’s front line
Medics must perform life-saving procedures under constant shelling
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Washington Post
Ukraine flood victims say occupying Russians aren’t sending help
Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas of the south, inundated after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, described continuing chaos.
The Guardian
Life in Kharkiv still precarious despite Ukraine’s recent victories
Disruption to water and energy supplies is routine and the liberating troops have found bodies of civilians showing signs of torture
The Guardian
Russia keeps up pounding of Ukrainian cities amid ‘nightmare’ for civilians
Red Cross chief says ‘history is watching’ as UN confirms almost 3 million people have fled country
The Guardian
Russia preparing to mobilise extra 500,000 conscripts, claims Ukraine
Kyiv’s deputy military intelligence chief says force will form part of new offensives over spring and summer
The Guardian
Ukraine ‘endangers civilians’ with army bases in residential areas, says Amnesty
Ukraine government and international law experts argue report ignores wartime realities
The Guardian
‘Putin’s terror affects everyone’: anarchists join Ukraine’s war effort
Activists from Kyiv and around world join state forces in fight against totalitarianism
The Guardian
How the barbaric lessons learned in Syria came to haunt one small Ukrainian village
West of Kyiv, a Russian unit led by Syria veterans set up camp and began a drunken, murderous campaign
The Guardian
The siege of Mariupol – podcast
For weeks the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been under constant bombardment from Russian artillery. With the city in ruins, residents who risked everything to escape can now tell their stories
BuzzFeed News
Russian Troops Pounded The Town Of Irpin. Now They’re Moving Into Ukrainians’ Homes.
“For many years, Russians tell us, ‘We’re brothers! We’re one people!’ But look — they’re killing us!”
BuzzFeed News
Russia Is Shelling Evacuation Routes And Killing Ukrainians As They Try To Flee
Russia is bringing death and chaos to Irpin, where people trying to get to a Kyiv railway station to flee the war are being attacked on the way.
BuzzFeed News
The New Mayor Of This Ukrainian Town Became An Overnight Wartime Leader
Natalia Balasynovych was elected mayor of Vasylkiv as an independent progressive. Now she is helping defend her city’s critical military airport from a Russian assault.