Editorial

Under the Nuclear Shadow. Documentary film.

In the northern part of Kharkiv city, 22 kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border, lies the verdant campus of Piatyhatky. Since 2022, this region housing nuclear facilities has been subjected to consistent Russian bombardment.
Amidst this ongoing threat of nuclear catastrophe, how do the residents endure? How do they perceive their future?
What prospects do scientists have in such an environment? How does warfare impact the natural world? What activities do children engage in? And what source of strength allows individuals to persevere? […]

Editorial

Checkpoint Little Rohan. Documentary film.

“Checkpoint Little Rohan” documentary follows the activities of three boys ages 9, 10 and 11 years in the village of Mala (Little) Rohan of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine during August-September 2022. The kids survived the occupation of their village by the Russian Army for one month in February-March 2022. […]

English Articles

This is the behavior of a maniac who has no purpose

What is the purpose of the shelling of Kharkiv’s public infrastructure by Russian troops, and does this purpose exist at all? This is the topic of the interview conducted by Petro Pojman with Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of the Main Department of the National Police in the Kharkiv region, at the site of the kindergarten fired at by missiles, August 30, 2022. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Editorial

From Color to Monochrome and Back Again: A Girl’s Tale of Her Childhood Infatuation

I grew up in a grey rectangular city built by dreamers playing with gigantic concrete blocks. The dreamers imagined a purposeful communal living where workers together would build a glorious future without some negligible material things distracting them on the way. The future-builders would look out of the enormous three-panel windows of their apartments, see and greet each other. They would spend minimal allotted time in their tiny toilets and kitchens conjoined with bathtubs. These were all great dreams of innovators later called “Constructivists”, but these dreams did not belong to the little girl who loved fairy tales. […]