Kamila Hrabchuk

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Lizzie Johnson |Kamila Hrabchuk

The first drone rattled to life just before sunset, sending the smell of gasoline wafting on the spring breeze. A soldier in a balaclava crouched beneath the car-sized aircraft, called a Liutyi, adjusting its position for takeoff. Soon it would zip hundreds of miles over the Ukrainian border, sending 165 pounds of explosives to a target deep inside Russia, possibly an oil installation of some kind.

Nov 19, 2024 | babel.ua | Kamila Hrabchuk

On the 24 of February, turmoil began in the city. We ran to the Military Commissariat. There they told us: take things and documents, leave for Mykolaiv. Where should I go? My mother-in-law is sick, my mother is without a father, he was buried three years ago. His wife and younger 17-year-old son are at home. I decided that I will help here.

Nov 4, 2024 | babel.ua | Kamila Hrabchuk

Specifically, I learned about the Kursk operation five days before it began. The command informed about the whole plan, and I shared the information further. At first it was a very narrow circle — only two or three people. The number increased every day. The fighters knew that there would be some movement, they were preparing, but they did not know where, what and how [it would be done]. That is, the staff found out only the day before, half a day before the start of the operation.

Oct 24, 2024 | rsn.org | Kamila Hrabchuk

Cases of executions of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers have spiked since 2023. As executions of soldiers remain among the least documented deaths in war, we publish testimonies about three such cases. A decomposed human hand with the remains of flesh, bleak and brown save for one splash of color — two thin blue-yellow rubber bracelets. The colors of the Ukrainian national flag.

Oct 23, 2024 | kyivindependent.com | Kamila Hrabchuk

Warning: This article contains graphic photos and descriptions of graphic scenes. A decomposed human hand with the remains of flesh, bleak and brown save for one splash of color — two thin blue-yellow rubber bracelets. The colors of the Ukrainian national flag. The hand was from a body of the hundreds of victims of Russian troops, soldiers, and civilians, exhumed from a mass burial site near the then-just-liberated Izium, a city in Kharkiv Oblast, in September 2022.