Olena Badiuk is a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Crimea.Realities and The News of Azov Region project.
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.
