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Now almost a hundred dogs are living here. They are brought here more often than they are taken to new families 💔

Frontliner reportes visited the shelter to support Mr. Anatolii, who takes care of his four-legged friends alone.

Thanks to our friends and pet partners — the animal welfare platform U-Hearts — we donated 150 kg of high-quality food for evacuated dogs.

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Novi Kryla ("New Wings") is a free rehabilitation center in Ivano-Frankivsk founded and run by veteran-turned-physical-therapist Ihor Dilnyi, where veterans treat and support fellow veterans through often-painful but necessary physical recovery from war injuries.

https://frontliner.ua/en/inside-a-rehabilitation-center-for-veterans/

“The logistics changed within two months. Now everything is on foot. They drive the group to a certain point, and then the real ordeal begins. Even in what’s considered the rear, vehicles keep getting hit. Drones are reaching deeper and deeper. Most people are wounded on the road, from FPV drones, Molniya, or Gerbera drones. The risks are enormous. The Russians are now far more focused on Dobropillia than they were a month ago,” says Denys Tsyba, an accompanying press officer with the National Guard of Ukraine’s 15th Operational Brigade Kara-Dah.

Over the course of a year, Russia has systematically restructured its large-scale combined attacks on Ukrainian rear cities. The types of targets, strike scenarios, and weapons have evolved, with the primary goal ultimately shifting from exhausting air defense to destroying civilian infrastructure. Frontliner examined how Russia’s large-scale combined attacks on Ukraine’s rear cities have changed over time, as well as how effectively Ukrainian air defense has intercepted incoming targets, to explain what has changed over the past year and what threats these developments pose to Ukraine. http://frontliner.ua/en/how-strike-intensity-across-ukraine-has-changed/

Russia has damaged hundreds of Ukrainian museums, churches, libraries, and historical sites. Among the sites damaged by Russian attacks are the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Hryhorii Skovoroda Museum, the Oleksii Shovkunenko Kherson Regional Art Museum, and the Chornobyl Museum. Each preserves a distinct part of Ukraine's past: its spiritual and cultural traditions, its intellectual and artistic heritage, and the memory of one of history's greatest technological disasters. These are more than cultural landmarks: they are tangible records of the centuries-long development of Ukrainian history and culture. Frontliner examines this through the stories of several heritage sites that have been deliberately targeted by Russian attacks. https://frontliner.ua/en/evidence-of-a-nation-why-russia-destroys-ukraines-cultural-heritage/

Ukraine opened its first underground kindergarten in the Kharkiv region. For frontline areas, this is an opportunity to return to a normal childhood: to safely study, play and communicate with peers during air raids.

The building simultaneously functions as a bomb shelter and anti-radiation shelter, has its own air filtration system, and can operate autonomously. 

People in Vyshneve knew a defense plant sat nearby, but had no idea how much ammunition it held, until a Russian strike hit it and set off detonations that lasted for hours, killing nine. The CEO has since stepped down, and a company executive is now in custody, but residents are still waiting: for answers, and for compensation. https://frontliner.ua/en/after-the-tragedy-life-in-vyshneve-where-detonations-destroyed-hundreds-of-homes/

Enemy FPV drones are already reaching Kharkiv's ring road; the city suffers from daily strikes, and during air raid alerts, which only ever pause briefly and rarely, GPS navigation goes down. And yet, the proximity of war and the constant threat of death seem only to make life surge with greater intensity. Modern exhibition spaces, classical and alternative theater formats, poetic graffiti on boarded-up windows, partially destroyed buildings. Small businesses are developing alongside countless humanitarian and volunteer initiatives. "Full-scale life" is a phrase printed on a local woman's T-shirt that perfectly sums up the city's collective spirit. Frontliner journalist Olena Maksymenko witnessed this firsthand and now reports on how Kharkiv's teenagers live and spend their free time. https://frontliner.ua/en/the-full-scale-life-of-young-kharkiv/

This is childhood for thousands of children in front-line cities. They live in bombed-out buildings or in basements, as their parents chose not to evacuate from the front line. Frontliner explains why police still can't help these children, even though a law meant to solve this problem has been enacted. https://frontliner.ua/en/police-cant-evacuate-children-from-the-kill-zone/

https://frontliner.ua/en/the-reasons-soldiers-with-prosthetic-limbs-go-back-to-the-front/

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Yehor tried to persuade his brother not to go. “I’m afraid for you,” he admitted. His fear was well-founded, because he already knew the possible consequences firsthand.

Now, on the knuckles of  Yehor’s fingers, there is a tattoo that reads “Kolia” (shortened version of Mykola) with a heart next to it. Mykola was killed on March 21, 2025, during the evacuation of a group in the Donetsk region.

The true scale of the disaster is almost impossible to measure. Scientists estimate that only about 5% of dead dolphins wash ashore. The rest sink to the seabed, unseen and undocumented. Every carcass found on the coast is likely just one small piece of a much larger tragedy. - https://frontliner.ua/en/russia-is-killing-the-black-sea-dolphins-are-dying-and-the-ecosystem-is-collapsing/

An evacuation convoy races down the empty Donetsk highway at over 100 kilometers per hour. Driving any slower is dangerous, since occupying forces target anything that moves. Yet even on this deadly stretch of road, evacuation vehicles have no choice but to travel it. But when soldiers spot the canteen along the highway, even the seriously wounded ask the driver to stop, hoping for a home-cooked meal.

Frontliner report, explore why this place matters so much to soldiers, and how a field canteen operates on the edge of a kill zone: https://frontliner.ua/en/before-the-front-civilian-family-has-fed-ukrainian-soldiers-for-free/#

Analysis of the patterns, and a forecast of what comes next: https://frontliner.ua/en/crimea-has-become-an-island-how-ukraines-long-range-sanctions-are-working/

Photo: Publicly available photos of the Tuapse oil refinery after a strike by Ukraine's Defense Forces

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Today “Mars” shows recruits how to clear a dugout. Despite a slight limp caused by his prosthetic, he never cuts corners, and always goes all out. After rehabilitation and prosthetic fitting, Bohdan returned to the training ground as an instructor.

Read here why soldiers with prosthetic limbs don't quit https://frontliner.ua/en/the-reasons-soldiers-with-prosthetic-limbs-go-back-to-the-front/

The sun beats down on Chornomorsk just as it would in any peacetime summer. The illusion of a normal summer day ends when you look beyond the rows of sun loungers.. For more than 12 kilometers, the coastline is lined with massive concrete anti-landing barriers known locally as “hedgehogs.” They became part of Odesa region’s coastal defenses from Russia. Read more here: https://frontliner.ua/en/the-reality-of-chornomorsks-resort-season/