RUSANIV, Kyiv Oblast — Ukrainian emergency response workers dig into the fresh soil by a riverbank. “Careful,” they tell each other. “Just like that. Remove the upper layer bit by bit.” Every strike of the spade unearths new items in the moist dirt. Parts of cloth tatters, boot bottoms, traces of
BORYSPIL, KYIV OBLAST – About a hundred people gathered in a city memorial park to say their last goodbyes to an outstanding combat commander, colonel Valeriy Gudz, who had been killed in a battle near Russian-occupied Luhansk on March 12. Gudz, 51, had defended Ukraine from Russia’s army since the
IRPIN, Ukraine — Hundreds of terrified people cautiously walk through the debris of concrete and twisted metal, trying to cross the Irpen River on foot. “Come on, no need to rush, careful,” a Ukrainian soldier says while helping civilians onto concrete blocks leading to a stairway. Mothers hold up their crying
