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Rescuing the living and searching for the dead

The canine unit, established long before the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, has since evolved into one of the most effective dog teams operating in wartime conditions. This article by the Kharkiv Human Rights Group examines how Antares operates, the tasks it performs, the challenges it faces, and how these dogs have become witnesses to the war.

The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part Four

On the night of September 7-8, 2022, in the midst of our counteroffensive in the Slobozhanshchyna region, one and a half hundred Ukrainian prisoners escaped from a torture chamber set up by the Russian occupiers in the Kupiansk police station. Among them was the director of the Lesnostinkivsky Lyceum. We are concluding the story of Larysa Fesenko, who spent 45 days behind bars.

The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part Three

During the occupation of the Kharkiv region, the Russians set up one of their torture chambers in the temporary detention facility at the Kupiansk police station. It was here that the occupiers imprisoned the director of the Lesnostenkivsky Lyceum, who categorically refused to cooperate with them. We continue the story of Larysa Fesenko, who spent 45 days in Russian captivity.

‘Bro-wolfieʼ: The story of a soldier who survived in Mariupol and rebuilt his life

For several years, he has been attending rallies for the liberation of prisoners of war every week. This man, who uses a wheelchair, brings joy to those around him through his constant jokes and by entertaining children. His distinctive appearance has made him a symbol at these events. “Bro-wolfie” reflects on the start of the war, the occupation of Mariupol, and life after losing both legs.

The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part Two

We continue the story of Larysa Fesenko, the director of the Lesnastinkovsky Lyceum, who refused to teach her children under Russian flags and for this was imprisoned for 45 days in a Russian torture chamber.

‘They were striking me on the head, putting a gun to the back of my head, and pretending to pull the triggerʼ

100 days in a secret prison of the Ministry of State Security of the so-called “DPR”. 13 years in a strict regime penal colony. Beatings, simulated executions, broken ribs, and a cold basement — this is the story of civilian prisoner, neurophysiologist Yuri Shapovalov, who waited until a prisoner exchange and eventually returned home.

The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part One.

She survived the betrayal of her colleagues and 45 days of Russian captivity. Larysa Fesenko, the director of a lyceum in the Kupiansk district, was thrown into a dungeon for refusing to side with the enemy and teach children under the Rushist flag.

‘I’m afraid I’ll be kidnapped and taken to Russia’

Obtaining political asylum in Ukraine for someone with Russian citizenship isn’t easy, even if they defend Ukrainian interests and could face imprisonment on terrorism charges in Russia.

‘We brought books to libraries, and two weeks later they were destroyed by the Russians’

Why do people in the de-occupied territories not only need humanitarian aid and medicine, but also books? How to get rid of "Soviet thinking"? We talk with Olha Bondar-Reznychenko, a leading specialist of the Kharkiv Literary Museum and a volunteer of the “Dobrochynets [Benefactor]” OO.

Children of war gave birth to children — about poetry in front-line Kharkiv

Natalka Marynchak is a poet and host of the radio program “Nakipelo [Boiled over]”. She lives in Kharkiv near the front. We talk with her about the role of poetry during the war, various ways of documenting and reliving a terrible experience, as well as the importance of mental health.

Let life conquer all things — “Animal Rescue Kharkiv”

Despite the danger, they go to hot spots to save those who cannot save themselves. 500 fish from Konstiantynivka, cats, dogs, pets, and even a turtle. We talk about life at the animal shelter, the difficulties of adoption, and stories with a happy ending with Yaryna Vyntoniuk, the representative of the organization “Animal Rescue Kharkiv”.

With a bag over my head, I was taken to a torture chamber in Donetsk

Liudmyla Huseinova spent three years in Russian captivity. Unbearable conditions of detention, being placed in a “glass”, being summoned for the “entertainment” of Russian soldiers — the story of a prisoner of the Kremlin is in our article.

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