The people of Ukraine are suffering horribly as a consequence of the war. At a hospital in Lviv, VOA recently met two young boys, ages 8 and 14. In the fighting, the two suffered serious injuries and lost their parents
In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, Ivanna Holubtsova, a volunteer, looks after more than 50 dogs who were left by their owners and ended up on the streets as a result of the war. She gives stray dogs food with half of her salary
Scores of hospitals and clinics have been bombed during Russia’s war on Ukraine, and there have been numerous power cuts that have the potential to shut off life-saving machines. Medical aid groups are using a Kenyan-made equipment for premature infants that operates without electricity to save helpless newborns in war-torn nations
Volunteers all over Ukraine are doing every thing to defend their country against Russia. One unique and well-known blogger is exploiting his celebrity status to fund the purchase of military equipment for Ukraine
Despite six months of fighting, Ukrainians abroad remained united.Local Ukrainian communities helped in organizing this year’s independent celebrations in Denver to support Ukrainians back home
A charity in the United States with headquarters in Jersey City, New Jersey, is raising funds and collecting donations to help the building of a special bomb shelter at a boarding school for deaf and hearing-impaired children in Lviv,Ukraine
An organization in Kyiv called “Onuky,” which is Ukrainian for “grandchildren,” provided support to 12,000 people in just five months
In Ukraine, more than 100,000 kids have been born since the beginning of the extensive Russian invasion. The ceiling of a bomb shelter was what the most of them first saw. An air raid siren was among the first sounds that many of them heard.In Ukraine, more than 100,000 kids have been born since the beginning of the extensive Russian invasion. The ceiling of a bomb shelter was what the most of them first saw. An air raid siren was among the first sounds that many of them heard. With cameraperson Eugene Shynkar,VOA’s Anna Chernikova went to a maternity hospital in Kyiv that has been serving as a bomb shelter and is also the starting point of a new journey of hope for new parents
The conflict in Ukraine is highly dependent on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. It can be challenging, though, to keep them in the air.One Ukrainian company is doing just that and more
At the time of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the athlete Lyudmila Dzhigalova spent several months in Kharkiv. Later, she was convinced to relocate to California by the Olympic champion’s son. He stayed behind