Halyna Tereshchuk is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service. She graduated from Franko National University in Lviv and worked as a journalist at newspapers and TV stations for many years. She joined Radio Liberty in 2000.
In 2022, a Russian missile killed Roman Oleksiv’s mother and left the seven-year-old boy with massive burns across his face and body. Three years and more than 30 surgeries later, he’s making friends at school, winning accordion competitions, and imparting this advice to his father: “Don’t give up.”
After helping his family evacuate, Nazar stayed in Ukraine to fight. A serious injury near Bakhmut changed everything. Now in recovery, he and his partner, Viktoria, are adjusting to a new life together with their son.
Friends and family of Vitaliy Shumey, who regained his ability to speak despite losing part of his skull in a Russian attack nearly three years ago, say the former Ukrainian soldier is a "living example that miracles happen."
Vitaliy Shumey's family and friends say he's a "living example that miracles happen" after the Ukrainian soldier regained his ability to speak despite losing part of his skull in a 2022 Russian attack.
"I've seen a lot in my life. I'm happy to be alive," says Pavlo Martsenyuk, a Ukrainian soldier who lost his sight in a mine explosion near the frontline city of Pokrovsk. With the support of his family he is recovering and uses a phone app to help him navigate and remember directions.
January 27 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi concentration camp. It could be the last round anniversary at which survivors can play a major role, and the focus is firmly on them.
Ukrainian soldier Mykhaylo Hurzhiy was severely wounded in combat and has endured nearly two years of physical therapy to try to regain the use of his legs. But his path to recovery began with a moment of joy when Mykhaylo's girlfriend proposed to him in his hospital room.
Thousands gathered in Lviv, western Ukraine, on September 6 to attend a funeral service for four members of a family who died in an air strike two days earlier. The attack killed Yevhenia Bazylevych and her three daughters at their home, leaving the girls' father as the only survivor in the family.
A "really massive" Russian missile strike early on September 4 killed at least seven people after striking neighborhoods in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. Rescue teams rushed to the scene to help dig out possible survivors from the rubble of apartment buildings.
Ukrainian rescue crews searched for survivors following a deadly strike on the western city of Lviv. At least seven people including three children were killed, according to Ukrainian officials.
A man charged with shooting to death former lawmaker Iryna Farion on July 19 has insisted on his innocence. Vyacheslav Zinchenko appeared in custody on July 26 following the Lviv killing, which has prompted street protests. Farion was a controversial figure who advocated a ban on speaking Russian.
Ukrainian soldier Vyacheslav Levitskiy, 41, was seriously injured in Ukraine's Donetsk region in February 2023. He lay in the cold without medical help for days before he was captured by Russian forces and taken to Chechnya, where his frostbitten hands and injured lower legs were amputated.
RFE/RL has been given exclusive access to a Ukrainian thermal power plant that was badly damaged after Russian missile attacks in late March. Officials reveal the extent of the damage and explain how Ukraine's largest private energy firm has lost five out of six plants and 80 percent of its output.
Mothers, wives, and children of Ukrainian soldiers held in Russian captivity rallied on February 24 -- two years after Russia invaded Ukraine. The estimated 300 participants chanted: "Bring the heroes back home!" Some waved Ukrainian flags and displayed the photos of their loved ones.
Polish farmers resumed their blockade of roads along the Ukrainian border as they protested against cheaper imports from their war-torn neighbor. Ukrainian truckers held a counterdemonstration demanding the blockade be lifted so they can return to their country.
Western Ukraine's traditional Yavoriv-style handicrafts are bringing Christmas cheer to visitors at the Vatican and St. Peter's Square.
A group of Polish truckers is in its fourth week of blockading freight vehicles at four checkpoints on the Ukrainian border. Some 4,000 trucks are stuck on roads and drivers are struggling to keep warm while parked in huge lines. The protesters claim Ukrainian cargo companies are competing unfairly.
Russian forces on July 6 launched a deadly cruise missile attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The strike, which destroyed an apartment block, is being called one of the "heaviest attacks" on the city's civilian areas. At least five people were killed in the attack and many wounded.
Russian forces captured Ukrainian soldier Yuriy Kuzminskiy on Snake Island on February 24, 2022. During his nine months in Russian captivity, Kuzminskiy says he was tortured and beaten. He claims Russian special forces were hunting for the Ukrainian soldier who spoke the defiant phrase.
Ukraine is producing new, lightweight body armor designed to protect children from shrapnel during evacuations from combat zones.
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