Photoreports

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian port workers have operated under constant threat. Every departing vessel carries the risk of being struck, and every container and grain truck moves under the wail of air raid sirens. And yet, grain continues to leave the ports of Odesa.

Flames devoured rooftops. Smoke choked entire blocks. As air raid sirens wailed through the night, Kyiv’s firefighters ran toward the destruction that Russia had unleashed, once again.

Ever wondered what Ukraine’s weapons can do? Meet Bohdana, Ukraine's domestically built howitzer, now destroying Russian forces and leaving craters in their positions.

When Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka Dam on June 6, 2022, thousands of people and dozens of towns were affected. The vast reservoir that once stretched across southern Ukraine turned into a graveyard—fish rotting in the sun, the air thick with decay. Two years later, a sprawling willow forest now rises where water once shimmered.

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it shook the world. For many Americans, it was another headline — something happening “over there.” But for some of the US veterans and volunteers, it was a call to action. They packed bags, bought one-way tickets, and entered a war that wasn’t theirs, at least not by birth. For them, it became a matter of principle.

“Pavlo, can you hear me? Don’t touch your face.” In a Lviv hospital, a doctor reassures his patient just moments after surgery. Pavlo lies on a gurney, barely awake from anesthesia, instinctively reaching to feel what he now looks like. His procedure was one of 26 performed this week by US and Ukrainian surgeons as part of the “Face to Face” medical mission.