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Under the Nuclear Shadow. Documentary film.

10-11-2024 10:06 Nataliya Zubar

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? […]

Flying for Victory

11-06-2024 16:36 Майдан Інформ

The war in Ukraine has push technology forward, especially regarding to drones. Boths sides are using them extensively, but Ukraine keeps pushing the boundaries as to what drones can do, be it in the air, ground, or sea. […]

The first act of nuclear terror in the history of humankind happened in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

26-05-2024 10:22 Nataliya Zubar

I think there is a possibility of radioactive contamination by further destruction of the nuclear facility by structural fatigue as a result of previous damage. And due to the proximity to the Russian border, shelling and bombing of the nuclear facility can be renewed. […]

Acoustic Terror as a Feature of the Russian-Ukrainian War. Executive summary

25-05-2024 18:34 Nataliya Zubar

Our research revealed the impact of acoustic terror, which can affect the entire population of the city that is under permanent fire from Russia. Local authorities estimate that at the time of the research at least 1,200,000 people lived in the city. […]

Mapping the Russian aggression against Ukraine: Damage to cultural heritage and environment

25-07-2023 15:05 Майдан Інформ

The results of the detailed mapping will help in the process of preparing for Ukraine’s post-war recovery and reconstruction and will fill the lack of coverage of these two important topics in war crimes research in Ukraine. […]

The Russian army destroyed a street with a very symbolic name in Kharkiv

12-07-2023 18:38 Гуш Юлія

The photos looked very symbolic: a burned-out house, terrible destruction, and at the same time – the inscription in Russian “Druzhby Narodov Street = Friendship of the Nations Street”. […]

Russian general who had been occupying the Kharkiv region is indicted for war of aggression

20-05-2023 16:18 Сергій Петров

May 20, 2023, Prosecutor General of Ukraine filed a criminal indictment for war of aggression against Lieutenant General Andrii Ruzynskyi, Commander of the 11th Army Corps of the Baltic Fleet of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.
Members of Maidan Monitoring Information Center team participated as involved specialists in the investigative and procedural actions of gathering evidence and in further analytical work on the processing of materials that formed the basis of this criminal case, which is being investigated by investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region. […]

Disinformation, disintegration & debt

15-02-2023 09:59 Adam Sybera

In the last 30 years, the level of debt in Russia rose to galactic levels, quality of life dropped decades into history. As in the case of Buryats, whose mass debt and hopelessness drive them into the Russian army by thousands. […]

War and Ukraine through the eyes of Tim Judah

14-01-2023 04:31 Vira Gryaznova

Czech analyst Adam Sybera talks to the famous British journalist Tim Judah about journalism, wars, Ukraine and Russian aggression. The conversation takes place on November 29, 2022 in an unspecified location of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, 5 miles away from Russian border. […]

What does it mean to live in Piatykhatky during the war

26-12-2022 18:15 Vira Gryaznova

Piatykhatky is a neighborhood of Kharkiv, Ukraine, formerly a small village. After construction of new premises of the Ukrainian Physics and Technology Institutethere in the 1950s Piatyhatky became incorporated into the Kharkiv city. The border with Russia is 25 kilometers north of this district. […]

Christmas thoughts 2022

24-12-2022 11:36 Майдан Інформ

To those fighting for the Freedom of Ukraine,
To those working day and night to provide power and heating,
To those driving supplies to every corner of Ukraine,
To those working day and night to support Ukraine,
Stay safe. […]

First things first. Crucial drivers of positive impact in Ukraine in 2022.

26-10-2022 19:24 Олександр Шевченко

Ukraine has shown an unexpected level of ability to resist Russian aggression. However, what are the crucial drivers of this ability? […]

Nataliya Zubar. Humanitarian disaster in Izyum

11-10-2022 10:33 Ігор Кіянчук

The humanitarian disaster in Izyum as recalled by Nataliya Zubar in an interview with Ihor Kiianchuk. […]

Why Do Ukrainian Children Play War?

30-09-2022 21:46 Гуш Юлія

You pass through the checkpoint. And there you are not met by the military, but by children playing war with toy machines. A similar picture can be seen both near the front and in more or less peaceful towns and villages. Children’s roadblocks became as much a feature of wartime as explosions and air strikes. […]

This is the behavior of a maniac who has no purpose

01-09-2022 12:04 Petr Pojman

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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