Amira Barkhush

For over thirty years, Russia has ranked as one of the world’s deadliest places for journalists, long known for targeted murders and suspicious “accidents.” The danger has now moved to the battlefield itself, where Russian forces deliberately kill media workers in Ukraine with drones—acts that constitute war crimes. Here, we cover the latest examples of this systematic campaign.

Olha Kurtmallaieva has been waiting for her husband to return from Russian captivity for over three and a half years. How does she navigate her life, and what gives her the strength to continue fighting?

Anti-personnel mines, booby traps, and tripwires are discovered daily across territories liberated from Russian occupation. Learn how Ukraine’s deminers are working to clear these hidden threats and reclaim the land.

Few could have imagined Ukraine striking deep inside Russian territory, let alone targeting strategic energy facilities nearly 2,000 kilometers from its borders, at the beginning of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Now, almost four years later, such strikes have become routine, occurring almost daily without drawing surprise.

Russia killed Ukrainian journalist Alyona Gramova (Hubanova), 43, and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, 33, in a direct strike with a Lancet drone on their vehicle parked at a gas station in Kramatorsk, a Donetsk region city about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the active frontline.

War leaves its mark on everyone—soldiers and civilians, children and adults. We have traveled across Ukraine, collecting stories of people whose lives were forever affected by eye injuries sustained following Russian strikes.