‘Your life is just ruined’: Refugees reflect on what they left behind
Ukrainian refugees, many of them women with young children, arrived weary but relieved at the Medyka border crossing in Poland on March 9. They then boarded buses that would take them to the next stop on their journey. Read more:…
WATCH: View of the Kyiv as thousands of Ukrainians flee Irpin
Russia promised a new cease-fire that would begin at 10 a.m. Moscow time on March 9 and allow the evacuation of civilians from five cities — Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol — state media reported, a pledge that is…
Civilians escape from Irpin with stories of grief and terror
Panicked residents of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, are fleeing the city across a destroyed bridge, seeking to escape relentless Russian bombardment. Read more: https://wapo.st/3sQ8xdp. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/washingtonpost/…
As Russia bears down on Odesa, the elderly have no way out
The historic center of Odesa is a maze of sandbags and anti-tank barriers, as the city waits nervously for a Russian offensive. But many of its oldest residents have no plans to leave. Read more: https://wapo.st/3tMWrBo. Subscribe to The Washington…
WATCH: View of Kyiv skyline as shelling disrupts civilian evacuation in Ukraine
Fear of a humanitarian crisis looms large over Ukraine as civilian casualties continue to mount and Russia’s heavy bombardment of major Ukrainian cities shows no sign of abatement. Efforts to shuttle Ukrainians to safety via humanitarian corridors were disrupted in…
Leaving Kharkiv: A journey south through war-time Ukraine
The Washington Post’s Whitney Leaming describes what it was like to travel from Kharkiv to Dnipro on Feb. 28 on roads now marked by checkpoints and armed men. Read more: https://wapo.st/3vm8w2y. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow…
Making Molotov cocktails, lining up for guns: Ukrainians prepare for total war
Ukraine’s government has urged its citizens to take up arms to repel the Russian invasion. From Kyiv to Kharkiv, people from all walks of life are answering the call. Read more: https://wapo.st/36MY7mv. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK…
‘Nowhere to run’: Ukrainian families crowd into metro stations
Hundreds of people in the eastern city of Kharkiv sheltered inside a subway station on Feb. 24 as Russian troops advanced on the city. Read more: https://wapo.st/3hfQCX2. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
Fear and confusion in eastern Ukraine after Russian attacks
Following a night of explosions in Kharkiv, a family with a 5-month-old baby wondered what they should do next, and where they could go to find safety. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK Follow us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonpost Instagram:…
Ukrainian forces prepare for war in ghost town near Chernobyl
Amid the threat of a Russian invasion, Ukraine’s armed forces conducted combat and first aid training drills on Feb. 5 in an abandoned town near the site of the 1986 nuclear power plant disaster. Snipers fired at wooden targets in…