#Healed Lands
We report on the renewal of life in Ukrainian territories that used to be temporarily occupied or besieged by the Russian army. We publish stories based on personal experiences of war—about people who find the strength to go on living and pass that strength on to others and who lead by example, inspire others, or help villages and towns recover from the war through their initiatives
1 December 2023
Sacred ground"Humanity manifests itself in the midst of the darkness of war." The story of Solomakhyno Ranch
27 October 2023
“It’s just fate that you are still alive”How a former arts and crafts teacher defends the Ukrainian border in the Sumy region and builds memorials for fallen comrades
2 October 2023
A house above all othersA story of one Chernihiv building after the Chornobyl reactor explosion and before the Russian bomb attack
4 September 2023
Bees don’t like strangersHow the Russians fled and wandered into the village of Vorhol, only to surrender
9 August 2023
Crusaders on WheelsHow the hobby of a small group of Sumy residents helped save elderly people in a besieged city
24 July 2023
Liubov is dancing againHow Liubov Prochukhan, 74, lost her leg in a village at the front line and regained her ability to dance
2 July 2023
Don’t go outside — there are tanks out there How locals from a liberated village in the Kyiv Region rebuild their homes again and again