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A ferociously angry testimony from Ukraine on the impact of war, where even literature loses its power to consoleOleksandr Mykhed and his wife Olena lost their home when the Russians invaded Ukraine. Before February 2022 he had never held a gun in hi...
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Company performing Shakespeare classic formed of 12 members who moved to small Uzhhorod town during warVyacheslav Yehorov was working at a film school creating art therapy for children when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 20...
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In 2022, the writer was living an ordinary life with his wife in Kyiv. Now, after fleeing his home and volunteering for the army, he’s written a powerful account of the past two yearsBefore 24 February 2022, writer Oleksandr Mykhed, then 33, and his...
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Once predicted to rival Berghain, wartime has seen the queer-friendly club find new purposes as a bomb shelter and frontline fundraiser. But can it survive Ukraine’s new mobilisation drive?As Anastasiia Syradoieva awoke to the sound of air raid siren...
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1 month ago
In this evocative, amusing memoir, the author and podcaster recounts her 1990s fling with a guitarist – and considers whether the Russia-Ukraine conflict could have been foreseenIn the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, author and p...
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Ivan Sautkin’s work as a volunteer helping people to safety gave him rare access to the trauma faced by people forced from their homes. The director relives the challenges of making the film as it screens in CannesThere’s a moment in Ivan Sautkin’s n...
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Gaia-24 explores human and environmental disaster caused by Russian attack on Kakhovka dam Taking a casual glance at the elegant Kyivans queueing outside the lemon-yellow neoclassical theatre perched above Independence Square, an onlooker would have...
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Former teacher alyona alyona and singing partner Jerry Heil are favourites at this year’s contest – and they’re using their rousing song Teresa & Maria to help children who have lost their childhood‘When you know how a country sounds,” says Jerry...
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Singer says her country needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russia’s invasionUkraine’s former Eurovision winner Jamala has said her country “cannot afford” to boycott the song contest because it needs the opportunity to remind Europe of Russia’...