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4 Jan 2023 5 minute read

Wealth safari

Prices getting you down? Spare a thought for the rich, says Vanessa Baird – those booming profits won’t count...

A rally to mark Defender of Ukraine Day, in Kiev, on 14 October 2017. Activists and supporters of the Azov, Svoboda (Freedom), Ukrainian nationalist parties and Right Sector took part.

28 Jun 2022 7 minute read

Who are you calling a nazi?

Richard Swift and Conrad Landin examine Vladimir Putin’s bogus claims of ‘de-nazification...

6 Jun 2022 5 minute read

The war in Ukraine has hit Africa’s food security

Russia’s invasion has triggered cost rises and staple shortages. Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo examines the crisis...

Kharkiv’s musicians came together in a secret underground bunker for a fundraising gig, in aid of the city’s defence efforts. JEN STOUT

29 May 2022 3 minute read

Kharkiv’s patchwork resistance

Without networks of civic activism, the war might be going very differently for Ukraine, writes Jen Stout.

A woman with a child, fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, speaks with a volunteer as she browses for basic necessities and clothes at the Humanitarian Aid Headquarters in Perechyn, Ukraine, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak

7 Apr 2022 5 minute read

The volunteers shouldering Ukraine’s humanitarian response

Mutual aid networks in Ukraine have stepped up to support those in need across the country, writes Tina Burrett.

A woman kneels down next to a child and both smile

31 Mar 2022 3 minute read

Defiance in Kyiv

As lives are turned upside down by war, Bennett Murray reports from Kyiv on the defiant mood in the...

31 Mar 2022 6 minute read

‘Why are you killing us?’

Is the war in Ukraine reaching a stalemate and is Russia showing signs of taking a step back? Having recently returned from...

Refugees from Ukraine arrive at the central station, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

21 Mar 2022 5 minute read

Must we ration compassion?

Europe’s response to accommodate people fleeing Ukraine illustrates how sanctuary for all refugees is possible. Jun...

7 Mar 2022 7 minute read

Ukraine, the peace movement and the rush to pick sides

Richard Swift explores why the Cold War's old certainties can no longer hold.

protesters hold a banner that reads: stop war, end fossil fuels

4 Mar 2022 5 minute read

‘We don’t know what will happen tomorrow’

Caught in the chaos of war, Paul Krantz speaks to young climate activists in Ukraine whose message is clear...

a man wearing a mask is arressted by 2 police officers

4 Mar 2022 5 minute read

Russians say: ‘Stop the war!’

Tina Burrett speaks to the people taking to the streets of Russia to protest the invasion of Ukraine.

30 Apr 2020 5 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

Country profile: Ukraine

Written well before Russia’s recent invasion, this 2020 profile of Ukraine, by Bennett Murray, provides...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine requires urgent action. Vanessa Baird asks what we can do.

25 Feb 2022 4 minute read

Ukraine – what can internationalists do?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine requires urgent action. Vanessa Baird asks what we can do.

The internally displaced queue at one of the five entry exist checkpoints, many of them pensioners. Credit: Right to Protection

20 Mar 2020 4 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

In Ukraine, COVID-19 is a threat multiplier

Frank Martin and Eric Fritz – of the Ukrainian humanitarian organization Right to...

13 Dec 2018 5 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Forgotten people from a forgotten war

Ukraine’s internally displaced people are paying the price for a proxy conflict stoked by Russia. Daisy Gibbons...

Women inside the fenced yard of the Svyatoshinsky psychiatric institution, Ukraine

22 Aug 2018 6 minute read

This article is more than four years old.

Locked away forever

Inside Ukraine’s psychiatric institutions: Madeline Roache reports.

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