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Olena Barsukova

Olena Barsukova

Graduate of Journalism Institute at Kyiv National university after Taras Shevchenko.
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It was eating away at me that my country was at war while I was here: the story of a Mariupol surgeon who returned from abroad to serve in the army
"It was eating away at me that my country was at war while I was here": the story of a Mariupol surgeon who returned from abroad to serve in the army
Olena Barsukova, 2 October, 11:15
She had such good taste in everything: assistant to ex-Defence Council secretary killed in Kyiv strike on Academy of Sciences
"She had such good taste in everything": assistant to ex-Defence Council secretary killed in Kyiv strike on Academy of Sciences
28 September, 18:12
Russian strike on Dobrobut medical centre in Kyiv injures seven, including six staff members
28 September, 17:37
Four of them couldn't walk: how a Special Operations Forces company commander evacuated a wounded soldier on foot, then went back for his comrade's body
"Four of them couldn't walk": how a Special Operations Forces company commander evacuated a wounded soldier on foot, then went back for his comrade's body
Olena Barsukova, 9 September, 18:00
Taken hostage and held at gunpoint: how children in Russian kindergartens and schools are being "prepared" for terror attacks
20 August, 13:52
Six children brought back to Ukrainian-controlled territory from Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast
18 August, 20:11
Video Operation Bambi: Ukrainian forces rescue baby deer and take three Russians prisoner – video
15 August, 11:40
Ukraine names two Russian soldiers as suspects in rape and murder of woman in Bucha
28 July, 16:08
Second medical student injured in Russian strike on Kharkiv dies in Germany
6 July, 10:41
40 children remain without gas and water in occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast; 182 children in total in community
13 June, 11:45
UNFPA: 95% of childless people in Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, actually want children
5 June, 15:30
"We did it": UN adds Russia to "list of shame" over sexual violence against detainees and POWs
29 May, 11:13
Four decades on from Chornobyl: an 86-year-old first responder on radiation, survival and illness
Four decades on from Chornobyl: an 86-year-old first responder on radiation, survival and illness
Olena Barsukova, 21 May, 12:03
Iryna Zarutska's accused killer deemed mentally unfit in US, Trump calls for his execution
Iryna Zarutska's accused killer deemed mentally unfit in US, Trump calls for his execution
9 April, 10:31
Russia sentences Ukrainian from occupied Donetsk Oblast over pro-Russian Volunteer Corps posts
8 April, 16:29
Russia sentences Crimean Tatar POW who fought for Ukraine to 20 years in prison
3 April, 16:07
Russia confirms death of Polish citizen tortured in Taganrog for alleged opposition to war
30 March, 19:58
Russian strike hits Kharkiv school for third time, blowing out 160 windows
7 March, 14:06
Communists in occupied Luhansk handed out Valentine's Day cards featuring dictators
16 February, 11:06
Environmental terrorism: new oil slicks and dead birds found off Odesa coast after Russian attack
11 February, 14:50
School holidays in Kyiv extended until 1 February
School holidays in Kyiv extended until 1 February
16 January, 12:02
3D models of mass graves and destruction: exhibition about Kharkiv Oblast opens at Kyiv's War Museum
13 January, 17:28
Ukrainian Railways makes extra stop to help serviceman's 7-year-old daughter get to hospital in snowy weather
13 January, 15:52
Polish man tortured to death in Russia after visiting occupied Ukrainian territory to see whether war was real
7 January, 12:48
Ukraine brings back 11 children from Russian occupation
22 December 2025, 19:07
"We kept hoping until the very end": Sofiia, 4, and her mother confirmed dead after Russian attack on Ternopil
10 December 2025, 14:03