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Kateryna Bankova

Kateryna Bankova joined RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service following the Russian invasion in February 2022. She studied at Mechnikov Odesa National University and has worked in journalism since 2017. She mostly records the stories of people suffering from the war.

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December 10, 2024
Ukrainian Mom Overcomes Darkness Amid Blackouts

Amid the third winter of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians are facing power outages as Russian attacks on their energy infrastructure take their toll. RFE/RL spoke with Tetyana from Odesa, who is raising a 4-year-old child, to find out how she copes with the repeated blackouts.
November 15, 2024
1 Dead And 40,000 Without Heating After Russian Strike On Odesa

A Russian air attack struck a residential building and energy installations in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on November 14, killing one person, injuring 10, and leaving 40,000 people without heating.
May 02, 2024
Russian Missile Strike Damages Odesa Postal Hub

A Russian missile strike early on May 2 on Odesa wounded 14 people and damaged critical civilian infrastructure. It was the third Russian missile attack on the city in as many days.
April 30, 2024
Russian Missile Attack Hits Ukraine's 'Harry Potter's Castle' In Odesa

A Russian missile attack on a building known as "Harry Potter's Castle" in the Ukrainian port of Odesa killed at least five people on April 29. Among the wounded is Serhiy Kivalov, formerly a lawmaker for the pro-Russian Party of Regions, who founded a law school in the building.
March 12, 2024
Ukrainian Actor Turned Military Medic Draws Lessons From Real-Life Combat

Petro Konoplya, a celebrated Ukrainian stage and film actor, once just played soldiers onscreen. Now, after treating wounded fighters as a medic in scores of tense frontline situations, he confesses, "Today, I'd play it differently."
March 02, 2024
Children Among Odesa Residents Killed In Russian Drone Strike

A Russian drone killed at least seven residents of a nine-story building in Odesa on the night of March 1-2. A woman in the southern Ukrainian city told RFE/RL that her sister and 3-month-old nephew were under the rubble. The woman and the baby were later found dead.
September 25, 2023
Russian Attack On Odesa Destroys Grain Storage Facilities

Russia launched a major aerial attack on southern Ukraine on September 25, destroying grain storage facilities in the Black Sea port city of Odesa. Several buildings in and around the port district were also damaged.
July 23, 2023
Volunteers Clean Up Damaged Odesa Cathedral After Russian Attack

Locals rushed to the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa to clear it from rubble after an overnight Russian missile attack on July 23. Odesa's largest Orthodox church was consecrated in 1809, destroyed by the Soviet authorities in 1939, and rebuilt in 2003.
July 20, 2023
Russia Launches Third Consecutive Missile Attack On Odesa

Russia on July 20 struck Ukraine's city of Odesa for a third day in a row. Regional officials said an administrative building, a kindergarten, and a nursery were damaged. Residential buildings were damaged with people wounded. RFE/RL correspondent Kateryna Bankova captured the consequences.
July 19, 2023
Russia Launches 'Massive' Strike On Ukraine's Port Of Odesa

Russia launched air strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa on July 19 for the second night in a row. The overnight attack on the Odesa area was the "most massive" since the beginning of the war, according to the region's military administration.
February 25, 2023
Ukrainian Military Medic Finds He Can Save Lives -- Regardless Of Sides

Former IT specialist Yehen Lata has no medical degree but finds his training as a mountain rescuer is often enough on the front lines of Ukraine. He carries with him everything essential for stabilizing wounded soldiers, he says, and will treat anyone urgently needing care.
November 17, 2022
Ukrainian Medic Stayed At The Front Line Until Her Seventh Month Of Pregnancy

Alina has been a combat medic with the Ukrainian Army since 2016. Just before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, she realized that she was pregnant with her fifth child. She decided to continue working, treating injured Ukrainian soldiers until she was seven months pregnant.
November 09, 2022
Russian Occupation Meant A Mother Could Not Provide For Her Special-Needs Son

With a special-needs son, medication shortages and stale, overpriced food in the shops, life in the Russian-occupied Kherson region became intolerable after five months for one Ukrainian mother. Anastasia Borysova made it to Odesa only after pleading with border guards to be allowed to leave.

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