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Karina Piliuhina

Karina Piliuhina is a Ukrainian photographer, producer and reporter. She has been working in documentary filmmaking since 2018. Currently, the main topic she works with is the war in Ukraine, focusing on front line reporting.

Articles

At Chornobyl's edge, Ukrainian soldiers brace for a potential threat from Belarus (Photos)

by Karina Piliuhina
Since June 2024, the 78th Air Assault Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, together with other units, has been stationed in the Chornobyl exclusion zone, north of Kyiv. The regiment has been part of the latest group of forces Ukraine transferred closer to the border with Belarus, following ongoing threats by the country's dictator Alexander Lukashenko, a principal ally of the Kremlin. Before that, the regiment took part in grueling battles in Donetsk Oblast. On Aug. 24, the regiment receiv