In the far west of Ukraine lies a city that has never been hit by a Russian missile. In Uzhhorod, exhausted people are recovering from the war as draft dodgers hide out. Death comes to this peaceful place with an army hearse and the sad song it plays every time.
Russian troops have transformed the fighting front into what is likely the largest minefield in the world. Ukrainian sappers are making but slow progress through this sea of death. But they haven t lost their optimism.
The Kakhovka Reservoir was once a vast body of water in the heart of Ukraine. In June, after the Russians apparently blew up the dam holding it back, the lake ran dry. We traveled along the Dnieper River to see how people s lives have changed.
Russia says it has "taken in" more than 700,000 Ukrainian children. UN-backed investigation found that Russia's forced transfer and deportation of Ukrainian children constituted a war crime. Children have repeatedly become a weapon in wars. Partly to demoralize the people, to use children as soldiers, but also simply to rob the affected countries of their future. The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the beginning of the year. The Kremlin has rejected the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant as legally "null and void"
The Russian mercenary force Wagner Group has propped up autocrats from Mali to Syria in recent years. In Bakhmut, however, it now finds itself in the bloody spotlight of the war in Ukraine. Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has long enjoyed Putin s support – but for how much longer?