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1 week ago | 
ctpublic.org | Arezou Rezvani |Leila Fadel |Taylor Haney |Claire Harbage
BUDAPEST, Hungary — This capital city doesn't have the trappings of an autocracy. There are no tanks on the streets or intelligence agents stamping out whispers of dissent. While strolling through the streets it's easy to be captivated by the blend of architectural styles, the sprawling public transportation system and the vibrant cafe and restaurant scene where tourists sip wine under twinkling lights. It's easy to miss what critics say lurks just beneath the surface.
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2 months ago | 
rsn.org | Claire Harbage |Catie Dull |Ross Peleh
Arkadii Rubin no longer tells his wife when there is an air raid siren at night. "Why would I wake her up? She has to sleep."
Hanna Rubin, his wife, decided to take the air raid alert app off her phone last year. She doesn't want to know anymore if there are incoming threats to their home in Kharkiv. She'd rather try and sleep.
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2 months ago | 
tpr.org | Claire Harbage |Catie Dull |Ross Peleh
KHARKIV, Ukraine — Arkadii Rubin no longer tells his wife when there is an air raid siren at night. "Why would I wake her up? She has to sleep."Hanna Rubin, his wife, decided to take the air raid alert app off her phone last year. She doesn't want to know anymore if there are incoming threats to their home in Kharkiv. She'd rather try and sleep.
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2 months ago | 
opb.org | Claire Harbage |Catie Dull |Ross Peleh
Hanna and Arkadii Rubin try to convince their daughter Leya, 2, to go to bed, although she doesn't want to. They live in an apartment in Kharkiv where, just over a year ago, part of the building was damaged in a missile attack. Arkadii Rubin no longer tells his wife when there is an air raid siren at night. “Why would I wake her up? She has to sleep.”Hanna Rubin, his wife, decided to take the air raid alert app off her phone last year.
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2 months ago | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Claire Harbage
ODESA, KHERSON, ZAPORIZHZHIA AND KHARKIV REGIONS, Ukraine — On a bitterly cold morning in early February, tears roll down Stanislava Lisovska's cheeks as she rests her head on the edge of her husband's casket, cherishing one last moment with him. Lisovska and a small group of friends, family and military comrades watch as her husband Andrii Ruban is lowered into a grave on the outskirts of Odesa.
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2 months ago | 
npr.org | Claire Harbage |Catie Dull |Ross Peleh
Stanislava Lisovska, 40, (center left) stands at her husband Andrii Ruban's casket (who was killed at 41 years old) with soldiers from his unit, as they bury him in Odesa in February. Ruban a new father when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but like many in those early days, he volunteered to join the army and had been fighting ever since.
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Dec 26, 2024 | 
mprnews.org | Claire Harbage |Catie Dull |Ross Peleh
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. In a remote region of western Ukraine, far from where the violent conflict of war with Russia is taking place and destroying human lives, Ukrainians are fighting a different type of battle: for culture and dignity.
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Dec 25, 2024 | 
npr.org | Claire Harbage
Loading... In a remote region of western Ukraine, far from where the violent conflict of war with Russia is taking place and destroying human lives, Ukrainians are fighting a different type of battle: for culture and dignity. Loading... In this area of Transcarpathia, a historical region in Eastern Europe that is now primarily part of modern-day Ukraine,there are local residents holding onto their history, traditional lifestyle, crafts and cultural identity.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
kpbs.org | Leila Fadel |Arezou Rezvani |Taylor Haney |Claire Harbage
Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. DAMASCUS, Syria – Photographs of tortured and broken bodies are taped to the outside walls of Al-Mujtahid Hospital in central Damascus. Every day, since the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a crowd of mothers, sisters, fathers, brothers gather here to examine this wall of terror.
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Dec 14, 2024 | 
mprnews.org | Leila Fadel |Arezou Rezvani |Taylor Haney |Claire Harbage
Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Syria-Lebanon border to DAMASCUS, Syria – The road to Damascus tells the story of a new Syria emerging from 54 years of authoritarian rule by one family – the Assads. At the border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, 57-year-old Hassan Sweileh paces back and forth wondering if he should return to the country he fled from during the civil war.
