Stories from Russia’s war on Ukraine

The Eurasia Center brings Ukraine’s reality and Russia’s threat into focus through video.

Russia’s war has battered Ukraine and presents a persistent threat to US interests in Europe. But Ukrainians continue to fight back against Russian aggression that seeks to destroy their homes and their country. Through long-form video storytelling, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center is highlighting these important themes as the war continues.

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Being near: Faith in the frontline city of Kherson

This film, produced by American Ukraine-based photographer and filmmaker Zachary Tarrant, explores the everyday realities of Russian forces’ persecution of religious and civilian communities in Kherson, a major Ukrainian city only four kilometers from the front line.

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In Focus: Voices from Ukraine

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more than 19,000 children have been abducted by Russia and taken to Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory. Mykola Kuleba and his nonprofit Save Ukraine work to return Ukraine's children to Ukraine and have been the only organization able to successfully rescue children forcibly deported by Russia. In February, the group brought their stories to the US, speaking before the US Helsinki Commission and other bodies to emphasize the ongoing need for American aid. In the first episode of the series In Focus: Voices from Ukraine, the Atlantic Council spoke with Kuleba and Ksenia Koldin, a young Ukrainian who was taken to Russia, about her experience and the organization’s critical work.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, more than 19,000 children have been abducted by Russia and taken to Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.

Mykola Kuleba and his nonprofit Save Ukraine work to return Ukraine's children to Ukraine and have been the only organization able to successfully rescue children forcibly deported by Russia. In February, the group brought their stories to the US, speaking before the US Helsinki Commission and other bodies to emphasize the ongoing need for American aid.

In the first episode of the series In Focus: Voices from Ukraine, the Atlantic Council spoke with Kuleba and Ksenia Koldin, a young Ukrainian who was taken to Russia, about her experience and the organization’s critical work.

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Saving Ukraine’s children abducted by Russia

Since Russia began its war of aggression against Ukraine in 2014, Ukrainian service members have fought to protect their nation’s sovereignty and freedom. The full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 has wrought still more senseless violence and destruction, yet Ukraine’s courageous defenders have stood steadfast, often making unimaginable sacrifices for their country. The Ukrainian government and the Armed Forces of Ukraine readily acknowledge that American military, budgetary, and humanitarian aid has been crucial to the country’s war effort. Support from the United States has an outsized impact on air and land defensive efforts and on saving Ukrainian lives, and without it, the Ukrainian Army is forced to operate on low resources. In the second episode of the series “In Focus: Voices from Ukraine”, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center spoke with two current and veteran Ukrainian service members about their experiences on the battlefield and in Russian captivity, and how aid from the United States and allies has impacted and will continue to influence the trajectory of Ukraine’s war effort.

Since Russia began its war of aggression against Ukraine in 2014, Ukrainian service members have fought to protect their nation’s sovereignty and freedom. The full-scale Russian invasion in 2022 has wrought still more senseless violence and destruction, yet Ukraine’s courageous defenders have stood steadfast, often making unimaginable sacrifices for their country.

The Ukrainian government and the Armed Forces of Ukraine readily acknowledge that American military, budgetary, and humanitarian aid has been crucial to the country’s war effort. Support from the United States has an outsized impact on air and land defensive efforts and on saving Ukrainian lives, and without it, the Ukrainian Army is forced to operate on low resources.

In the second episode of the series “In Focus: Voices from Ukraine”, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center spoke with two current and veteran Ukrainian service members about their experiences on the battlefield and in Russian captivity, and how aid from the United States and allies has impacted and will continue to influence the trajectory of Ukraine’s war effort.

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Ukrainian POWs, service-members, and veterans on the urgency of American aid

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