StoriesPoliticsCatch and release Some of Belarus’s most prominent opposition figures react to their surprise return to freedomDmytro Durnev-
StoriesPoliticsA voice from the kill zone One Ukrainian sergeant tells Novaya Europe he is prepared to defend Donbas from Russian forces for as long as it takesDmytro Durnev-
StoriesSocietyThe doctor’s plot Serhiy Petrik, a paediatrician from occupied Donbas, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for ‘espionage’Dmytro Durnev-
StoriesSocietyFight or flight A remote village in Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains has become a pit stop for military-aged men escaping to RomaniaDmytro Durnev-
StoriesSocietyRunning dry A record-hot summer, a failing utility system, and a key Soviet-era waterway destroyed by war have left Donbas on the brink of humanitarian catastropheDmitry Durnev-