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

Comics

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

Recent stories

To be a journalist in Ukraine is to be where it hurts. Introductory letter from the new editor-in-chief of Zaborona, Daniel Lekhovitser
Georgi Gospodinov. Bulgarian writer who predicted the war in Ukraine. Art explainer in stories

Sex

Сібарі та бандаж в Україні
“The Rope Is Sacred.” Instead of a Meditation Session, the Editor of Zaborona Visited BDSM-Bondage Studios (One Time She Was Even Hung From the Ceiling!) Here Is Her Report

War

“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
“I Was Torn Between the Role of a Mother and a Citizen of Ukraine”: Three Stories of Servicewomen About Their Worst Day at the Front
“Russian Intellectuals Should Have Chosen the Tactic of Silence Rather Than Sneaking Onto International Platforms to Complain About Fate.” Interview With the Director of the Ukrainian Institute, Volodymyr Sheiko
The Occupiers Kept 386 Residents of the Village of Yagidne in the Basement of the School for a Month. Zaborona Came There

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

Photography

“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

#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?

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Zaborona’s Kateryna Sergatskova awarded Excellence in International Journalism and Human Rights Award
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Zaborona Media received the Siebenpfeiffer Award
More and more frequently, traumatized soldiers are undergoing canine therapy — healing sessions with dogs. Zaborona spent a day with them. Here is our report
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Recent stories

“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
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
“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

#Colonialism

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
Putin Considers Russia an Anti-colonial Champion. But It Is Quite the Opposite. We Explain Why
History of Genocides and Inferiority Syndrome. What Is Colonialism — The Cornerstone of Relations between Ukraine and Russia

Sex

Сібарі та бандаж в Україні
“The Rope Is Sacred.” Instead of a Meditation Session, the Editor of Zaborona Visited BDSM-Bondage Studios (One Time She Was Even Hung From the Ceiling!) Here Is Her Report
Read More

War

“I Was Torn Between the Role of a Mother and a Citizen of Ukraine”: Three Stories of Servicewomen About Their Worst Day at the Front
“Russian Intellectuals Should Have Chosen the Tactic of Silence Rather Than Sneaking Onto International Platforms to Complain About Fate.” Interview With the Director of the Ukrainian Institute, Volodymyr Sheiko
The Occupiers Kept 386 Residents of the Village of Yagidne in the Basement of the School for a Month. Zaborona Came There
Після підриву ГЕС затопило не тільки Херсонщину, а й Миколаївщину. Катерина Сергацкова відвідала затоплені села і побувала на похороні одного з перших загиблих. Ось її репортаж
After the Hydroelectric Power Plant Explosion, Not Only Kherson but Also Mykolaiv Region Was Flooded. Kateryna Serhatskova Visited the Flooded Villages and Attended the Funeral of One of the First Victims. Here Is Her Report

Comics

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

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