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Andriy Dubchak

Andriy Dubchak is the founder and director of the independent reporting media outlet Donbas Frontliner and was a correspondent and photographer for many years for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. He specializes in telling the stories of soldiers and civilians caught up in the war in eastern Ukraine. He received a 2022 Free Media Award from the Fritt Ord and ZEIT foundations for his "courageous professional reporting from battle zones." He also received a Lovie award for his coverage of the Maidan protests in 2014 and a Gold Medal in the LifePressPhoto competition in 2020.

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July 21, 2024
Lviv Residents Mourn Slain Politician

A makeshift memorial appeared in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 20, a day after a gunman shot former lawmaker Iryna Farion in the head. People brought candles and flowers to the site of the shooting.
November 11, 2022
'God Bless You': Relieved Residents Welcome Ukrainian Troops As They Advance Toward Kherson

Local residents welcomed Ukrainian soldiers into Snihurivka on November 10, as advance forces of the Ukrainian military recaptured the town in the southern Mykolayiv region.
September 06, 2022
What It's Like To Survive A Russian Cluster-Bomb Attack

Ukrainian journalist Andriy Dubchak barely escaped with his life as he came under cluster-bomb attack. The weapons are widely banned, but both Russia and Ukraine are accused of using them. The attack blew out his car's windows, ripped through the vehicle, and fragments even tore through his pants.
August 04, 2022
A Desperate Thirst For Water In Ukraine's War-Torn East

The eastern Ukrainian city of Druzhkivka has almost no drinking water, and wherever the residents can find it, people line up with canisters to gather it. Many parts of the Donetsk region are without a regular supply of water.
March 06, 2022
Russian Shelling Kills Ukrainian Civilians Fleeing Irpin

The deadly moment a shell landed next to fleeing Ukrainian civilians in the town of Irpin.
December 06, 2021
'Expect Anything': Ukrainian Troops Brace For Possible Russian Attack

As reports of Russian military buildups on the Ukrainian border intensify, there has been no letup in the low-level war between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in the Donbas region.
October 08, 2019
Ukraine's Frontline Children

Some 100,000 children live within 10 kilometers of the front line in war-torn eastern Ukraine. The United Nations says more than 100 children have been killed during the five-year conflict and thousands are living with physical and psychological wounds. Andriy Dubchak of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service spoke to children who have been growing up amid the conflict.
January 13, 2019
This Street Once Brought Ukrainians And Russians Together. Now It Divides Them.

Friendship Of Peoples Street long served as more of a bridge than a divide between two towns along the Russia-Ukraine border. Now, a fence bisects the street, driving a visible wedge between neighbors.
August 17, 2018
'They Really Worked On Us': A Day In A Government Forces Trench In Eastern Ukraine

Despite a 2015 cease-fire deal, fighting continues in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russia-backed separatists. RFE/RL cameras spent a day in a Ukrainian forces military trench near the city of Krasnohorivka capturing exchanges of gunfire.

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