Yulia Surkova

Author

Yulia Surkova is a Ukrainian journalist covering frontline and humanitarian issues related to the impact of war for Western media for over a decade. Author of The Most Mined Country in the World project, published in The Ukrainians.

Yulia Surkova

Articles

  • The Man Who Won’t Leave the Most Heavily Mined Place on Earth
    Author
    Yulia Surkova, Ukrainian journalist
    Yulia Surkova
    Category
    Life in Ukraine
    The Man Who Won’t Leave the Most Heavily Mined Place on Earth
    Amid the wreckage of war, some fight each day to reclaim their lives and land. In one of the world’s most heavily mined villages—located in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region—a house stands amid the ruins left by Russia’s invasion: a house Ihor built. This is the story of a farmer who chose to return home and rebuild, despite everything Russia has taken.