ARTICLES
‘I didn’t expect to survive’: Ukrainian soldier reflects on triumph, loss and horror
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.
Russians regret war but wary of West
“I don’t want this fate for my country. And I don’t want it for Ukraine. It truly hurts for every victim.”
A narrow escape, a double tragedy and a childs’s kidnapping — one family’s year of war
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.
When terrified Ukrainians flee the war’s front, this is the city that helps them mourn and heal
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.
‘It is clearly a strategy’: The truth is emerging about Russia’s use of rape in the war on Ukraine
“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.”
Caring for the dogs of war: Ukraine’s front-line soldiers take time to shelter pets caught up in invasion
‘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.’
‘There are no moral rules.’ Russia’s treatment of PoWs shows a systemic pattern of abuse.
‘A system of terror.’ Recently freed female PoWs detail Russia’s pattern of abuse.
‘A wound that will stay with us forever.’ Inside a traumatized Ukraine
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.
‘She doesn’t like to speak.’ The children who fled war-torn Ukraine face long recovery
Many who have experienced violence from Russian attacks, lost a parent or have no home to return to are in deep distress
Stories of deliverance for Ukrainian soldiers after months of Russian PoW camp hell
Three Ukraine soldiers, including a pregnant medic, survive six months in a squalid Russian prison to tell their stories
No end in sight to war for overwhelmed Ukraine psychologists dealing with the mental health fallout
Beyond dealing with the physical horrors, panic attacks, insomnia, flashbacks, anxiety and depression affect majority of patients
Three weeks of hope for the unbreakable mothers of Ukraine war
“Women struggle with sexual assault, even in peacetime, but in war it’s impossible,” said Masha Efrosinina. “I cannot imagine their trauma.”
Once the pride of Canada’s Afghanistan mission, Kandahar’s decaying Sarpoza prison throws its legacy into doubt
Kandahar’s Sarpoza prison has a long history of good intentions followed by bad outcomes, the most recent resulting in its deterioration into a crumbling, squalid facility that exposes prisoners to dangerous health risks.
Finding a father on Facebook Marketplace
Why prospective parents are turning to social media for sperm donations. “I was in such a place of desperation, thinking, ‘Just give me the baby, and I will figure everything else out later.’”
Should diplomats stay in place during war — or evacuate?
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Canadian diplomats fled Kyiv, leaving Ukrainian staff behind and raising questions about their role in war.
‘Our people are so alone:’ Iranian women express hope and despair amid violent protests
Friends since the Iran-Iraq War in the ’80s, one got out, the other stayed. ‘I am sure we are not going to go back to where we were. Everything has changed.’
After the Taliban: Leading Afghan women now struggle to survive as refugees
Once influential Afghan professional engineers, government leaders and journalists now live in poverty as refugees in border countries
Is Canada ready for a menopause revolution?
Half of Canadian women feel unprepared and three quarters who sought medical advice found it lacking
Sexual violence against women in Afghanistan on the rise under Taliban
Afghan women who spoke to The Globe described instances of extreme violence supported by the Taliban’s doctrines.
The Haida’s fight to save their centuries-old ‘trees of life’
More than 2,000 hectares of Haida Gwaii forests are clear cut every year forcing the ‘cedar people’ to travel hours to find ancient giants for their spiritual traditions