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Brussels' humanitarian crisis: seeking asylum, being homeless - in the heart of the EU

In Belgium, the government is overwhelmed by the steady increase in asylum applications. Even recognized refugees slip into homelessness. Volunteers try to alleviate the suffering.

Locations

Pidhaine: Traces of Devastation

Away from the well-known places around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Pidhaine was particularly hard hit by the Russian attack. Local residents tell what happened.

People

Aleksandr Semenchenko: Music cook with a special intuition

Aleksandr Semenchenko traveled the whole world, now he is back in Kyiv. For musicians like him it is difficult to make some income now.

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Tank exhibition in Kyiv: Reality as a museum

While the war is still raging in the country, Ukraine is already exhibiting destroyed Russian equipment in the capital Kyiv.

People

Vadym Tereshchuk: Views of a Ukrainian local politician

Vadym Tereshchuk is member of Odesa's Council. With the city being under military administration, there is not much local politicians can decide. But they have other worries.

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How Stanislava Liasota started Ukraine's first musical group

Stanislava Liasota is the founder of Ukraine's first professional musical theater group. Russia's full-scale invasion on her country will change arts and culture, she says.

Locations

Mayaky… and then the rocket hit

Mayaky is a small town, far from the frontline in Ukraine and next to the border to Moldava. When a rocket hit, Sergey Stepevoy was among the most affected.

People

Tatiana Ovays: IDP from Sievierodonetsk starts over in Vinnytsia

After two weeks of war, Tatiana Ovays fled Sievierodonetsk with her family. She had to start over in Vinnytsia, central Ukraine, and quickly gained a foothold.

People

Dmitro Soochekov's painful return to Bakhmut

Dmitro Soochekov took an early opportunity to flee Bakhmut with his family. In the midst of war he has returned to salvage possessions.

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How young people in Dnipro provide humanitarian aid

While numerous people have left the city of Dnipro because of the war coming closer, hundreds of thousands are finding refuge here - and organize humanitarian aid.

People

Leonid Maslov: Lawyer on second deployment

In Donbas Leonid Maslov already fought for the Ukrainian army. Now the 55-year-old lawyer is defending his hometown of Kharkiv.

Projects

The "Caring Cats" from Kyiv

Powerlessness gives way to a thirst for action: despite fearing for their own lives, three women in Kyiv have founded an aid organization and are helping their fellow human beings in Ukraine.