“This isn’t the Middle Ages, and we aren’t serfs”: Locals in Ukrainian-controlled parts of Donbas react to Putin’s territorial demands

Kostiantynivka. Photo: Donetsk Regional Military Administration

Island of war. How Russia’s bombing of a bridge in Kherson forced residents to evacuate the city’s island district and what it means for the front line

A person stands in front of a damaged building in Kherson, southern Ukraine, 15 November 2024. Photo: EPA/MARIA SENOVILLA

‘Worse than prison’. Inside Russia’s migrant detention centres where Ukrainians can be kept in limbo for months

A window of the Butyrka pre-trial detention centre in Moscow. Photo: Denis Sinyakov / REUTERS / Scanpix / LETA

Chorus of disapproval. Young Russians have responded to the arrest of singer Naoko with protest videos that are going viral on TikTok

Stoptime performing in St. Petersburg, October 2025. Photo: Bumaga

Double whammy. Could sanctions and drone strikes lead to the collapse of Russian oil production and end its funding of the Kremlin’s war machine?

An oil refinery in Orsk, in Russia’s Orenburg region, on 28 August 2025. Photo: AFP / Scanpix / LETA

Why children should be kept off social media

The digital wild west is destroying childhood