Scholars have come to share the perspective that this war is a pivotal conflict with consequences for the entire globe

“I thought I could come to Canada and live for myself,” says a survivor of the Mariupol destruction. “But the war has changed me.”

Civilian victims of Russia’s terror, Oleksandra Ikonnikova and her 6-year-old daughter Nadiia, spend three weeks at a Ukrainian field hospital for the wounded of heart. The survivors learn to become warriors, not victims as a way to fight back against Russian aggression.

A United Nations commission has found that war crimes against civilians by Russian forces and federal police were widespread and included deliberate killings, rape, torture and the kidnapping and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russian territory.

Leysa Lavrenova has witnessed first-hand the different experiences of women and men on Ukraine’s front line. She is a soldier fighting on two fronts — defending her country from Russian aggression and combating stigma at home.

An isolated village not far from Bakhmut has no power and little water for a year, while suffering attacks. Here’s why many are waiting it out.

“There are few safe places to hide now with all the water.” Ukrainians affected by destroyed dam are urging the world to intervene.

When the Russians came, most villagers fled, naturally. But a few felt they couldn’t. Now they survive in a decimated landscape that even some insects have left behind.

‘Not Thailand anymore’: Russians are flocking to Phuket — but not all is well in paradise

Antonina Romanova, a trans soldier in Bakhmut, faces threats on both sides. But “our commander doesn’t care who we are as long as we are good fighters.”

As Ukrainian families fear for children taken by Putin, Russian charities fear growing crisis

Volodymyr Demchenko, one of Ukraine’s many ordinary citizens who volunteered to defend the country has survived many of the war’s most bloody battles — and is determined to fight to the end.

“I don’t want this fate for my country. And I don’t want it for Ukraine. It truly hurts for every victim.”

The war caught Svitlana Kuzminskaya by surprise. She was stuck in Mariupol, but separated from her sons in the city, then had to flee without them.

Chernivtsi built a reputation long ago as a humane, welcoming place. A flood of people displaced by Russia’s invasion are putting it to the test.

“The women are destroyed….I have never heard such horrors in my life.” “The enemy allowed them to continue living but their weapon destroyed their lives.”

‘A lot of our guys have died,’ said one soldier near besieged Bakhmut. ‘But as long as we have food, we will feed the dogs.’

‘A system of terror.’ Recently freed female PoWs detail Russia’s pattern of abuse.

The trauma of women and children who have been attacked, tortured and raped by Russian soldiers is leaving victims in a dark place. Many have nowhere to turn for help.

Many who have experienced violence from Russian attacks, lost a parent or have no home to return to are in deep distress