#Russian Missile Attacks

As civilian planes are shot down over Russian airspace, global calls to close these skies grow louder and more urgent.

As the holiday season approaches, Russia continues to break with traditions of wartime Christmas ceasefires, choosing instead to escalate attacks on Ukraine—while blaming Kyiv for rejecting so-called “peace” efforts.

When a Russian missile strike levels a building, there’s rubble, flames, and frantic rescue efforts. While firefighters and paramedics save lives and recover bodies, another group of first responders comes in—psychologists. 

“Never lose hope,” says Sara, a 28-year-old pharmacist from Hama, Syria. Years of war under Russian bombs, Syrians now watch with a unique perspective, as Ukraine battles its own existential fight.

Every day across Ukraine, sirens pierce the skies. Someone, somewhere, is in danger—or worse. But who are the men and women working behind the scenes to protect them? When the sirens sound, they don’t run to bomb shelters. Instead, they rush to their posts, ready to defend.

A look at the dollars and cents behind Russia’s mounting battlefield losses and declining international arms deals as a result of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.