Serhiy Dykun is a camera operator for Current Time, the Russian-language network led by RFE/RL in cooperation with VOA.
In occupied parts of Ukraine, Russian forces have imposed a new Moscow-backed school curriculum, eliminating lessons in Ukrainian language and culture. But some teachers have taken their lessons underground, offering clandestine online or in-person classes to thousands of students.
An exhibition of over 500 artifacts telling the ancient history of Crimea has opened in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The items were loaned from museums in Crimea, Kyiv, and Odesa to an Amsterdam museum before Russia occupied and annexed Crimea in 2014. Now the items have been returned to Ukraine.
How do you keep a cafe running when Russian rocket attacks keep cutting your power supply?
Valentina is from Siberia, but she welcomed Ukrainian troops as liberators when they recaptured the village where she lives in southern Ukraine with bowls of hot borscht.
We joined a Ukrainian Army crew manning a German Panzerhaubitze 2000, a self-propelled, long-range howitzer, as it opened fire on Russian positions. After firing a salvo, the crew hid the weapon system among trees and broken branches. They said Russian drones were hunting the howitzers.
There are sections of the front in the eastern Donbas region where the Ukrainian military is slowly managing to push back Russian troops. Current Time's Borys Sachalko has the story of one unit that captured some Russian trenches.
Their homes have been destroyed by Russian rockets, and now they live on a train in a rail siding in Irpin, near Kyiv. One little girl takes comfort from a cuddly alien salvaged from her family's apartment before it burned down.
RFE/RL's Borys Sachalko reports from combat positions near Izyum, where Ukrainian troops come under heavy fire from Russian forces. The Ukrainians respond with Grad rockets and use drones to keep track of incoming artillery as they try to hold their ground.
Ukrainian authorities are desperately trying to persuade those remaining in Lysychansk to get out while they still can. It's a frustrating task for volunteers who race into the city, trying to avoid Russian rocket fire, and find people to evacuate -- and persuade those who don't want to.
