There is a growing understanding among American evangelical Christians that Russia is purposefully erasing evangelical communities in Ukraine to bolster its own Orthodox Church. newsmax.com/newsfront/bapt…

“In Ukrainian music, there is a lot about what people are living through right now,” Ms. Kapra said. “In Ukrainian history, there were a lot of wars, and this music helped people to live and go on.”

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Older women often remain invisible to the outside world, despite their experience, wisdom, and resilience. I had the privilege to travel to Ukraine recently to meet some of them. Here's what they told me and Yulia Kesaieva. Photos by Brendan Hoffman cnn.com/interactive/20…

In a year of war in Ukraine, New York Times photographers have reported from the front line, from cities and villages and in the footsteps of refugees.

See the photos that stayed with them.
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'To the world, these people are known as the 'Bucha bodies.' For us, these are our relatives, our friends, people we know. This is our pain.'
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What an insane power this moment of deep humanity and hope inside the chaotic terror of warlife has.

Magic pic, courtesy of Brendan Hoffman, delivered by SZ Magazin

When Mr. Solovyov began his project celebrating Ukraine’s architecture in 2018, the main threat to his beloved buildings was overzealous developers.
“Now another threat has been added by the Russians,” he said.
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“But when we rebuild the house, we will have a huge party there. I’ll get drunk and then I’ll start crying and I’ll cry out all of the pain, every last drop of it,” Oksana said.
Read more here: nytimes.com/2023/01/08/wor… with photos by Brendan Hoffman

Misty and damp parts of Ukraine have long beckoned to mushroom hunters. But now, the hunters see their tranquil walks in the forest as a sign of resilience and a way to preserve ordinary life during wartime. nyti.ms/3um7Fgz

Off the battlefield in Ukraine, a Herculean rebuilding effort lies ahead. Fully 61,000 square miles could be littered with land mines and other explosives left by retreating Russian forces, while half of the country's electric grid has been destroyed. nyti.ms/3Auroyp

This once-beloved school in Ukraine is now a reminder of a four-week captivity. Months later, the village community is still struggling with how to process what happened. nyti.ms/3Ataksz

Rolling power outages have left Kyiv mostly dark at night. Our reporter saw apprehension, but also moments of beauty.
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Die NGO »Chesno« entwarf eine Briefmarke, die die Zerstörung der von Russland gebauten Krim-Brücke zeigt – noch bevor diese am Samstag, den 8. Oktober wirklich massiv beschädigt wurde. Der Fotograf Brendan Hoffman fragt sich, was passiert, wenn tägliche Gewalt normalisiert wird.

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My friends and colleagues Evgeniy Maloletka and Mystyslav Chernov have made it out of Mariupol and are safe. And just in the nick of time, according to their harrowing account. They did incredible work there, showing the world what Russia’s doing. Read this: apnews.com/article/russia…

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