The frontline is the “zero line,” and going there means being sent to “zero” or, to some, “the meat grinder.” nytimes.com/live/2022/06/1…

A Shopping Trip for Apples, Over the Last Bridge in Lysychansk. ⁦Natalia Yermak⁩ ⁦Tyler Hicks⁩ nytimes.com/2022/06/21/wor…

Ah yes some GWOT lingo to describe retreating in small boats across a river under blistering artillery fire that pretty much no one in that 5 sided building has experienced in their career.

I’m in Kremenchuk at the site of the place that was once an Amstar shopping center. 13 people are dead, 25 in the hospital. “People just burned alive,” the interior minister said. I saw a photo of a burned corpse which looked to me that the woman was writhing in agony.

On Front Lines, Communication Breakdowns Prove Costly for Ukraine. Natalia Yermak nytimes.com/2022/06/28/wor…

“It’s a tragedy for us — so painful — that the best of our nation are going to die in this war,” said Vira, whose brother Yurii volunteered with the territorial defense and was killed in the east. w/ emile ducke, Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Natalia Yermak nytimes.com/2022/07/02/wor…

‘Get the Stretcher!’ Life and Death on Ukraine’s Front Line. ⁦Natalia Yermak⁩ ⁦Tyler Hicks⁩ nytimes.com/2022/07/05/wor…

This was a year of anxiety, worries and sorrows for so many Afghans. And with the distance between my new American neighbors and myself almost tangible, I reached out to my Afghan friends who have been scattered around the world. nytimes.com/2022/08/12/wor…

A Frontline Shadow Economy: Ukrainian Units Swap Tanks and Artillery. Natalia Yermak nytimes.com/2022/08/30/wor…

"“Dad won’t leave behind his children,” she added, speaking of the bees. His other children had left home long ago." Natalia Yermak Tyler Hicks nytimes.com/2022/09/08/wor…

. Natalia Yermak and I spoke to a Ukrainian soldier who just came off the line around Siversk in Donbas. He was eating his first hot borscht in three months and wanted to show us where he had been living:

In a Kyiv ceremony, Zelensky honors soldiers and civilians. ⁦Natalia Yermak⁩ nytimes.com/live/2023/02/2…

Hell yeah! Welcome Thomas Gibbons-Neff

An update on Kupol, the battalion commander who candidly told us about his frustration with poor training of newly mobilized troops and ammo shortages: He was removed from his position of battalion commander in the 46th brigade because of his interview with us.

Russia blew up Kakhovska HPP that is on the Dnipro River. This is an act of terrorism and a global threat, the consequences of these actions could be colossal and unpredictable.

‘It Doesn’t Count as a War Crime if You Had Fun’: Inside the Minds of Some Russian Soldiers. Natalia Yermak nytimes.com/2023/06/14/wor…

“Leave the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium and turn west onto rougher roads, where dead trees and twisted power lines give way to a string of shattered villages.” Natalia Yermak Dzvinka Pinchuk + Mauricio Lima nytimes.com/2023/07/14/wor…

Irina and Petro evacuated from Bohdanvika on July 1. They’re with their daughter now. 5 people were left in the village. Their house had been destroyed. Petro managed to free some bees. Irina cleaned one last time. They fled with barely anything and the grandchildren’s hamsters.

In Western Ukraine, a Community Wrestles With Patriotism or Survival with Brendan Hoffman nytimes.com/2024/04/26/wor…

A sobering but absolutely essential read from Francis Farrell and Natalia Yermak. "They are not lying because they are used to lying; they are lying because everyone fears the order to retake lost positions." kyivindependent.com/as-ukraines-fa…