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Regular bite-sized shorts focusing on different aspects of the war in Ukraine from a geopolitical perspective.

On 24 February, Russian armed forces invaded Ukraine. We follow the war day by day and provide background information with special insights, reports and documentaries.

A rebel group of photographers in Ukraine’s second city braved Soviet surveillance to create new forms of photography.

The Ukrainian president is under pressure from protests at home, bombs from Russia and criticism on the international stage.

With the men at the front, women have taken over crucial jobs in Ukraine’s coal mining industry.

In April 2026 reporter Edward Kaprov spent two weeks living amongst the last remaining residents of Kherson, a city on the frontline.

40 years after the Chernobyl disaster, the reactor is at risk from Russian drone attacks.

Just three months after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, the Kiev opera house reopened, with a reduced workforce determined to keep going.

With endless air raids and drone strikes, the Ukrainian people are getting used to having to shelter in the metro and basements.

For four years, Russia has struck at Ukraine's vital infrastructure with the aim of demoralising the population. 

Life on the frontline with a Ukrainian drone division feels like a strange and deadly video game.

Before the war, they were marketing entrepreneurs, techno DJs or IT consultants. Now they are at the front flying drones to defend their country. 

The Dnieper is one of Europe’s longest rivers and has been at the centre of the Ukraine war since the Russian invasion.

Could Europe build its own nuclear umbrella, independent of the USA? A focus on the options on the table.

German volunteer in the Ukrainian army, Savita Diana Wagner, died at the front on 31 January 2024. This is her story.

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, the nation is facing a serious demographic problem: The war has led to millions of Ukrainians seeking refuge abroad, the birth rate has been low for years, and hundreds of thousands have died in the conflict. Some areas close to the Russian border are struggling to maintain a significant population level with schools closed, businesses struggling and entire villages empty.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is fighting to protect its people in any way it can

Konstantin Gudauskas is an ordinary hero, risking his life to save victims of the Russian army in Bucha.

This documentary follows Volodymyr Zelensky through a year that takes him to his political, personal and moral limits.

How will Putin react to the proposed ceasefire negotiated between Ukraine and the USA?