Donetsk

A close up of an eyeglass lens being cut

Ukrainian eyeglasses market brings pains of deindustrialization into focus

Jobs

The ‘optical capital’ of the Soviet Union in Izyum, Ukraine, struggles amid regional economic decline on the borders of a hot war. 

Youth squad in Donetsk

Soviet-style youth squads are making a comeback in eastern Ukraine

Conflict
A manufactured story in Eastern Ukraine. The billboard reads, "We won't forget, we won't forgive," but Antelava says the photo of the girl has been faked.

Along Ukraine’s ceasefire line, war is ‘crowdfunded’

Conflict
An armed man stands near a truck of the separatist self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic army towing a mobile artillery cannon, February 24, 2015.

For many in Ukraine it’s a life living with guns — big guns

Culture
Amid the war in the eastern part of Ukraine, the Donetsk Opera Theatre has kept its doors open.  The cast and crew want "the show to go on."

Curtain still rises for opera in a battle-scarred Ukrainian city

Culture
An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows the air traffic control tower of the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport damaged by shelling during fighting between pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine.

Oh, Donetsk airport, I knew you when

Conflict

She remembers the Donetsk airport when it was a sad Soviet-era fixture. And when it was transformed, reimagined, for a 2012 European soccer tourney. Now it is rubble in fighting in eastern Ukraine, and she realizes ” how little time it takes to destroy something which has been so painstakingly built.”

A car drives past the remains of a spent ammunition on the suburbs of Donetsk, Tuesday. Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and rebels, as Kiev pressed on with an offensi

A Ukrainian military offensive blocks access to Malaysia Airlines crash site

Conflict & Justice

Ukrainian government forces are on the attack close to where Malaysia Airlines flight 17 came down almost two weeks ago. They’re trying to surround the key rebel city of Donetsk, but they may prevent efforts to retrieve the remaining bodies and wreckage in the process.

A car drives past the remains of a spent ammunition on the suburbs of Donetsk, Tuesday. Intense fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine killed dozens of civilians, soldiers and rebels, as Kiev pressed on with an offensi

A Ukrainian military offensive blocks access to Malaysia Airlines crash site

Conflict & Justice

Ukrainian government forces are on the attack close to where Malaysia Airlines flight 17 came down almost two weeks ago. They’re trying to surround the key rebel city of Donetsk, but they may prevent efforts to retrieve the remaining bodies and wreckage in the process.

A Ukrainian soldier stands near a destroyed military vehicle of pro-Russian separatists just outside the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk, July 7, 2014. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Ukraine’s military is making a comeback against pro-Russian separatists in the east

Conflict & Justice

Ukrainian forces scored major tactical victories this weekend against pro-Russian rebels. Ukraine’s military appears to be gaining the upper hand against the separatists, according to a BBC reporter, who suspects the end result of the conflict will be a more nationalist and anti-Russian Ukraine.Ukrainian forces scored major tactical victories this weekend against pro-Russian rebels. Ukraine’s military appears to be gaining the upper hand against the separatists, according to a BBC reporter, who suspects the end result of the conflict will be a more nationalist and anti-Russian Ukraine.

Ukraine clashes

Ukraine has a new president, but it still simmers with tension

Global Politics

Ukraine’s new President has only been in office for a few hours but so far under his watch, the country’s biggest military operation against the pro-Russia separatists has taken place.Ukraine’s new President has only been in office for a few hours but so far under his watch, the country’s biggest military operation against the pro-Russia separatists has taken place.