Five Main Myths about Crimea. Where They Came from and What to Do about It
New Crisis between Warsaw and Kyiv: Why Ending the Blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian Border Will Not Be Easy

Sex

“We Lived One Day at a Time”. Severely Wounded Soldier and His Wife Gave Birth to Their Third Child: How Sexual Rehabilitation Works

Recent stories

A Test for Reforms. What Else Should Ukraine Do to Start EU Accession Negotiations?
A Test for Reforms. What Else Should Ukraine Do to Start EU Accession Negotiations?
Warsaw hosted the largest rally in the country’s history against the abortion ban. Zaborona spent the day with the protesters

Memory studies

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War

In Staryi Saltiv, 28 horses remain in an abandoned complex. Local sheriffs are saving them from being slaughtered. Zaborona visited the place.
More and more frequently, traumatized soldiers are undergoing canine therapy — healing sessions with dogs. Zaborona spent a day with them. Here is our report
“War Is Not Romance. It Is Sweat, Tears, Blood, Nerves, Guts and Brains.” An Interview with an Infantryman from near Bakhmut about the Most Difficult Battles and Personal Losses
“Sunshine, Where Are We Needed? I’d Rather Stay In My Basement.” Zaborona’s Report from Lyman, Where Residents Have Been Living Underground for a Year and a Half

Culture

Movie Posters Reminiscent of Childhood. Why Artist Vasyl Vorobets Still Paints Them

Photography

“We are heading for death. You have to live and tell the truth to your grandchildren.” 75 years ago, Mykhailo Kutsiaba was the only one of his family to escape exile to Siberia. Zaborona tells his story

#Colonialism

How Would Ukraine Liberate Crimea? What Will Happen to Collaborators? Will the Language Law Work on the Peninsula? Zaborona Compiled FAQ on the De-occupation of Crimea
Can Crimea Be Considered a Russian Colony? We Found Four Reasons for This
“The Annexation of Crimea Is Needed to Protect Russians.” We’ve Heard It Before, the Nazis Used a Similar Scheme to “Protect the Germans” in Four Countries. We Debunk Seven More Myths about Crimea (And Show Which Totalitarian States Did the Same in the 20th Century)
A Cure for Colonial Trauma: What Is Decolonization and What Do Ukrainians Have to Do With It?
Five Main Myths about Crimea. Where They Came from and What to Do about It
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Recent stories

New Crisis between Warsaw and Kyiv: Why Ending the Blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian Border Will Not Be Easy
Movie Posters Reminiscent of Childhood. Why Artist Vasyl Vorobets Still Paints Them
“We Lived One Day at a Time”. Severely Wounded Soldier and His Wife Gave Birth to Their Third Child: How Sexual Rehabilitation Works

#Colonialism

How Would Ukraine Liberate Crimea? What Will Happen to Collaborators? Will the Language Law Work on the Peninsula? Zaborona Compiled FAQ on the De-occupation of Crimea
Can Crimea Be Considered a Russian Colony? We Found Four Reasons for This
A Cure for Colonial Trauma: What Is Decolonization and What Do Ukrainians Have to Do With It?
The majestic culture is majestic at the expense of 22 republics. The curator, Katya Taylor, explains in her column about Russia’s colonization of Ukrainian culture and how museums can help counter it

Special Project

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War

A Test for Reforms. What Else Should Ukraine Do to Start EU Accession Negotiations?
A Test for Reforms. What Else Should Ukraine Do to Start EU Accession Negotiations?
“We are heading for death. You have to live and tell the truth to your grandchildren.” 75 years ago, Mykhailo Kutsiaba was the only one of his family to escape exile to Siberia. Zaborona tells his story
In Staryi Saltiv, 28 horses remain in an abandoned complex. Local sheriffs are saving them from being slaughtered. Zaborona visited the place.
More and more frequently, traumatized soldiers are undergoing canine therapy — healing sessions with dogs. Zaborona spent a day with them. Here is our report

Comics

Words I will never say again: a comic on processing grief after facing a loss by Anastasiia Opryshchenko
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Photography

“I Didn’t Think I’d Ever Shoot an Armed Conflict until the War Started On My Country’s Border.” Zaborona Talked To Polish Photojournalists Who Have Been Working in Ukraine Almost Constantly for Two Years Now
“War Is Not an Excuse for Censorship.” Photographer Maxim Dondyuk Spent Two Weeks in the Trenches in Donbas, Despite Shelling and Drone Strikes. Zaborona Spoke to Him
Bernd and Hilla Becher, a couple who turned coal mines and water towers into art. Art explainer in a stories
9 років тому СРСР розпочав депортацію кримських татар. Ось історія родини, яку відправили в голодний степ
“My Mom Gave Me Just a Few Spoons: ‘Feed Her, This Girl Is Dying of Hunger’.” 79 Years Ago, the USSR Began the Deportation of Crimean Tatars. Here Is the Story of a Family Sent to the Hungry Steppe