Last Stand at Mariupol Azovstal Iron & Steel Works

For 80 days, at a sprawling steelworks, a relentless Russian assault met unyielding Ukrainian resistance. This is how it was for those who fought, and for those trapped beneath the battlefield. The two Mi-8 helicopters tore across enemy territory early on the morning of March 21, startling the Russian soldiers below. Inside were Ukrainian Special

Staying Back in Kharkiv

We Survived Another Night’: In Ruined Suburb, Solace in a Small Community In a largely abandoned apartment complex on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, the people who stayed behind find comfort in their surroundings and each other. Heavily damaged apartment blocks in the Saltivka neighborhood, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine. On a