All editions of "What about Ukraine?" newsletter (2023-2025)

The weekly newsletter gives insights on the war against Ukraine discussed in European media, debunking disinformation, and spotlighting key narratives and voices from Ukraine.

Browse all previous editions below:

#70 The three gifts of General de Gaulle (27.03.2025)

#69 Military reserve duty: should it be compulsory? (20.03.2025)

#68 Russia declared Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna dead: what happened to her? (13.03.2025)

#67 How residents in temporarily-occupied Luhansk cope with the invader’s obstructions to healthcare (06.03.2025)

#66 A Greeting to Arms (27.02.2025)

#65 How US money was a lifeline for Ukrainian healthcare, energy, demining, and services for veterans and kids (20.02.2025)

#64 Who is bold enough to declare part of the country a no-go zone for 100 years? (06.02.2025)

#63 How Odesa tackles a break with the Russian myth (30.01.2025)

#62 Who are the assassins who kill Russian war criminals and Ukrainian traitors? (23.01.2025)

#61 A majority of Ukrainians do not want elections during wartime (16.01.2025) 

#60 Female resistance in action (09.01.2025)

#59 How young Ukrainians in the occupied territories receive a Ukrainian education in secret (19.12.2024) 

#58 One day in Dnipro with Yaroslava Mahuchikh (12.12.2024)

#57 150,000 Ukrainians have allegedly returned to occupied territories. Is this true? (05.12.2024)

#56 How Ukrainian and foreign historians guarded the truth about the Holodomor (28.11.2024)

#55 10000 days of full-scale war (21.11.2024)

#54 Behind closed doors: Families of captured Ukrainian civilians fight for loved ones to return (14.11.2024)

#53 The shooting should not stop (08.11.2024)

#52 Ukraine’s evolution over ten years of war (31.10.2024)

#51 In memory of Viktoria Roshchyna (24.10.2024)

#50 No room for gloom: why Ukrainian military cemeteries need elevation (17.10.2024)

#49 Ukrainian army rocked by AWOL debate (10.10.2024)

#48 How the cinema of Ukraine survives, while Russia targets its culture (03.10.2024)

#47 This bus is all about "How are you, buddy?" (26.09.2024)

#46 Restoring Lviv and its suburbs (19.09.2024)

#45 How the new education reform changed school – and my life (12.09.2024)

#44 Pokrovsk: a city living out of a suitcase (05.09.2024)

#43 The best podcasts on Ukraine to follow (29.08.2024)

#42 Killer tourists: how Kazakh special services have alleged links to hit on journalist Aidos Sadykov (22.08.2024)

#41 How YouTube taught a female ex-sniper to stuff sausages and milk goats (15.08.2024)

#40 "If you fear landmines, stay out of the woods": life at the Belarus border (01.08.2024)

#39 Who controls the media in Ukraine? (25.07.2024)

#38 Female DJs in wartime (18.07.2024)

#37 Sunbathing in the red zone (11.07.2024)

#36 Ten reasons why we stayed at a warzone (04.07.2024)

#35 Army recruitment centres across Ukraine compete for the best candidates (27.06.2024)

#34 Far-right surge in Germany, France tests support for Kyiv (20.06.2024) 

#33 Getting ready for a harsh winter while sun still shines (13.06.2024)

#32 The impossible picture (29.05.2024) 

#31 "We started realising our responsibility" (23.05.2024)

#30 Uncertain steps to freedom: How volunteers still evacuate people from seized Mariupol (16.05.2024)

#29 "My husband is not made for war": how relations between military personnel and civilian families can break down, and how to mend them (09.05.2024)

#28 Torture, forced confessions, judged for journalism: a reporter in the penal colony (02.05.2024) 

#27 Nothing but the truth: ten Ukrainian war documentaries (18.04.2024)

#26 Why Ukraine needs fair trials for Russian suspects of war crimes (09.04.2024)

#25 Freeze the war, make peace or wait for surrender: what does Russia want? (02.04.2024)

#24 Who killed Alla Horska? (26.03.2024)

#23 Mariupol two years after annexation (19.03.2024)

#22 Constitution put to test during martial law (14.03.2024)

#21 Crimean Tatar Leader on occupation, autonomy and a phone call with Putin (05.03.2024) 

#20 How should we remember 24 February? (29.02.2024) 

#19 “Let her dance, and I will stop the bombs” (22.02.2024) 

#18 Revealing the Hrynkevychs’ clandestine multi-million property empire (08.02.2024)

#17 From the State of Security to the State of Fight (01.02.2024)

#16 We had to learn to help each other, not go through pain on repeat (25.01.2024)

#15 Mature or die — There's no other option for our state (18.01.2024)

#14 That was 2023 (11.01.2024) 

#13 War literature on loss (04.01.2024)

#12 A necessary medicine for wounded souls (21.12.2023)

#11 Reporting from the Polish-Ukrainian blockade (14.12.2023) 

#10 Meet the female military commanders (07.12.2023)

#9 A handful of breadcrumbs (30.11.2023)

#8 Young, zealous, and tenacious: the Ukrainian students behind revolutions (23.11.2023)

#7 Online start-ups tap into Ukraine's 359 million euro therapy market (16.11.2023)

#6 Someone else's war no longer exists in the modern world (09.11.2023)

#5 Create in spite of fear (02.11.2023)

#4 Why I decided to get a mortgage during wartime (26.10.2023)

#3 Meeting the rebuilders of Kharkiv (19.10.2023)

#2 The only checkpoint between Ukraine and Russia (12.10.2023)

#1 Welcome to our newsletter (05.10.2023)

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