Olena Badiuk is a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Crimea.Realities and The News of Azov Region project.
In 2022, Serhiy Davydyuk did not think Russia would launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine – but it did. For Davydyuk, what followed was capture, incarceration, and interrogation aided by beatings, electric shocks, and threats of execution – and, later, release and escape from occupied territory.
As Ukraine's frontline cities continue to come under attack, museums holding historical and cultural artifacts are working to relocate valuable collections to safer parts of the country.
As Ukraine's frontline cities continue to come under attack, museums holding Ukrainian artifacts are at risk of destruction. Museum staff have been hard at work trying to relocate valuable collections to safer parts of the country, but experts say just 10 percent of the items have been safeguarded.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is holding more than 150 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Grozny jails, Kyiv says, accusing him of using the prisoners as a human shield to protect strategic buildings against drone attacks, and leverage in negotiations.
Ukrainian officials from the Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions say Russia is forcibly evacuating civilians from areas near the front line. The behavior of Russian troops resembles their conduct ahead of the Ukrainian counteroffensive that led to the liberation of the city of Kherson last fall.
