Kharkiv learns the language of drones
In a city under daily drone attack, residents are learning how the weapons reshaping the battlefield work
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A weekly newsletter from Ukraine about the people, the everyday challenges, and the strange art of living a life during a war
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Can democracy function during war?
Ukrainians prove it can
Ukraine knocks 92% of Russian drones
The drone intercept rate up 6% comparing January and May
A century of Ukraine's film costumes burned
A Soviet film about Ukraine sat censored for a decade. In 2026, a Russian missile burned its costumes
"Watch out, FPV drones"
How Kharkiv lives with a new threat – and is it really one?
May's deadly start
Russia killed 70, injured 500 in the first week of May, as UN data shows. Two emergency workers died in double strikes
The robot went a little too far off its route. And saved soldiers
The UGV unit commander on what it's like inside his robot company
Dnipro is grieving again
Oil money funds the strikes. And Russia is already burying the evidence
Ukrainian iron infantry
Ukraine is deploying ground drones to assault Russian positions, evacuate wounded soldiers and much more
Guide to living in a city during war – part two
Online safety during wartime. How does what we post change?