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Full-scale war in detail. Our feature stories

During the war, “Diia” became the main app for Ukrainians and a wonder for Europeans who learned about it. One day with the main ideologist of the service — Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov

Author:

Maria Zhartovska

Date:

three months ago

”Why donʼt we bomb Rostov?” The Russians fired rockets at the dam on Ingulets river, and a flood began in the city. How Kryvyi Rih residents caught pikes on the road and struggled due to the dam collapse — a report

Author:

Stas Kozliuk

Date:

three months ago

”They lifted the sleeve and pierced the vein.” Mykola Savchuk from the Kyiv region was captured. Russian soldiers forcibly bled him, froze his leg, and deported him to Belarus. He returned home — hereʼs his story

Author:

Ghanna Mamonova

Date:

three months ago

Everyone was impressed by the atrocities in Bucha and Izyum. But Russians have always done this to Ukrainians. Ukraineʼs largest burial site for victims of Soviet repression is located near Kyiv — “Babel” tells about Bykivnya

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

three months ago

Mariupol volunteer Anna Vorosheva spent 100 days in Russian captivity. She sat in a cell with “Azov” members, created a communication network between prisoners and fought with the colony administration. Hereʼs her story

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

three months ago

“The phrase “captive experience” means nothing.” Stanislav Aseev was a prisoner of “Isolation” in Donetsk. He wrote a book about it. Now he established the Fund for the Search of War Criminals

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

three months ago

The Russians burned Oleksiy Yevdokymenko from Bucha in a garage. Only the leg was found. His son became a volunteer at the morgue, but cannot bury his father — hereʼs what he says

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

4 months ago

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What to do if war comes?

Because of the war, I have health problems — I feel bad physically and psychologically. Why did this happen? What to do with it? How to help myself? A very large manual from “Babel”

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

5 months ago

I want to adopt an animal from the shelter that survived hostilities and occupation. How to prepare for this? What can go wrong? Will it love me or miss its owners? Important and detailed instructions

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

half a year ago

Now Ukraine is one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world. How to protect yourself and not explode? Together with the sapper, Babel explains the rules of mine safety

Author:

Oksana Rasulova

Date:

7 months ago

Iʼm a woman, and I serve in the army. Whatʼs better to take to the trenches: tampons or pads? And when there is no water? Wonʼt the bulletproof vest hurt my breasts? The obstetrician-gynecologist explains

Author:

Iryna Lopatina

Date:

7 months ago

Russia occupied my settlement. How to continue living normally? Will I be seen as a collaborator? Together with Vostok SOS human rights organization we answer questions on life under the occupation

Author:

Yuliana Skibitska

Date:

7 months ago

I witnessed or fell victim to a Russian military war crime. Where to go? How to design everything correctly? What evidence is needed? Babelʼs Instruction

Author:

Oksana Kovalenko

Date:

9 months ago

I want to volunteer during the war. How to start? Should I launch some organization? Can I raise money via my personal bank card? – The lawyer explains the rules in Ukraine

Author:

Oksana Kovalenko

Date:

10 months ago

I am planning to evacuate to a safe place or even abroad. What should I take? What to get ready for? How to stay sane on the road? Advice from an internally displaced person who fled the war twice

Author:

Eugenia Grace

Date:

10 months ago

I am watching footage of how Russians are bombarding, shelling, and seizing Ukrainian cities. What should I do if this happens to us? Do not panic. Yes, itʼs hard, but these rules of surviving would help

Author:

Dmytro Rayevskyi

Date:

10 months ago

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And the rest is history

Serbs and Albanians have been killing each other for centuries in Kosovo, recently the war almost broke out again. We tell the story of the conflict and the independence of Kosovo, which has no resemblance with “D/LPR”

Author:

Oksana Kovalenko

Date:

5 months ago

Cartoons of the Ukrainian Peopleʼs Republic of the beginning of the 20th century: indecisive Hrushevsky, dreams of independence, bloody Bolsheviks, neighbors tearing Ukraine apart. A story in 10 illustrations-memes

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

half a year ago

World War II in caricatures: the dangerous marriage of Hitler and Stalin, the lying propagandist Goebbels, the USSR as a new threat to the postwar world. A story in 20 illustrations-memes

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

half a year ago

Alcohol helped in the war if it was consumed in moderation. This relates to beer, wine, rum, vodka, and, of course, cocktails on the frontlines and in the rear of the Second World War — story in archival photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

half a year ago

Ukrainians donʼt like that the Vatican wants to reconcile them with the Russians and does not call Putin a criminal. We explain why this is not surprising, on the example of the Holocaust and Hitler — in archival photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

7 months ago

Red lipstick was a symbol of womenʼs struggle for their rights, and during World War II it also became a weapon for victory over Nazism, as it was hated by Hitler — a story in archival photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

7 months ago

During World War II, the British also experienced bombing, food and fuel shortages. They argued over who was the greater patriot, but united and persevered. Thatʼs how it was — in archival photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

7 months ago

For the first time in history, the Nuremberg tribunal tried for initiating the war. Hereʼs a story of how humanity came up with the idea of war crimes and how the tribunal tried to prevent future wars

Author:

Dmytro Rayevskyi

Date:

8 months ago

Germany renounced the Reich legacy, but Hitlerʼs favorite film director Lena Riefenstahl was given a bright image, and Nazi criminals continued to work. This is how German denazification really went

Author:

Dmytro Rayevskyi

Date:

8 months ago

Adolf Hitler shot himself in a bunker 77 years ago. In besieged Berlin, he continued to believe in victory and called his generals cowards and traitors (yes, itʼs a hint) — a story in archival photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

9 months ago

War crimes are a common thing for the Kremlin. We recall the mass murders and genocide during World War II, for which Russia (so far) has not been punished — a story in archival photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

9 months ago

The Kremlin likes to recognize all sorts of “republics”. Anywhere, but not in the Russian Federation😂 Letʼs recall how Moscow returned and held Chechnya, Tatarstan, the Urals, and other regions by war and political intrigues

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

10 months ago

104 year ago Kuban Peopleʼs Republic declared its independence from Russia and for several times tried to unite with Ukraine. As a result, Bolsheviks captured everyone — hereʼs its story

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

11 months ago

33 years ago, Soviet troops left Afghanistan. We recall the last war of the Soviet Union, which accelerated its collapse — in 15 photos (an article from the Babel archive)

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

11 months ago

82 years ago the USSR attacked Finland. The Soviet Union hoped for a quick and easy victory, but eventually lost more than a hundred thousand soldiers in three months. We recall the Winter War in archive photos

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

year ago

29 years ago Russia forced Moldova to freeze the war in Transnistria. Since then Chisinau lived with the occupied territory, maintaining economic and social ties with it. And all started because of language and Russian army

Author:

Oleksiy Yarmolenko

Date:

year ago

79 years ago, the USSR was accepted into the Lend-Lease program. The United States supplied it with everything from tanks to stew, but the Soviet Union dragged on the payment of the debts until its very collapse

Author:

Serhii Pyvovarov

Date:

year ago

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