Author: Reporter

When the power is out, as it so often is, the high-rise apartment overlooking Ukraine’s war-torn capital feels like a deathtrap. No lights, no water, no way to cook food. And the risk of not being able to escape from the 21st floor in time should a Russian missile strike. Even when electricity comes back, it is never on for long. The situation in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and other major cities has deteriorated drastically following the largest missile attack on the country’s power grid on November 15. “Russian strikes are plunging Ukraine into the Stone Age,” says Anastasia Pyrozhenko....

Powerful explosions from shelling shook Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the global nuclear watchdog said on November 20, calling for “urgent measures to help prevent a nuclear accident” in the Russian-occupied facility. A heavy barrage of Russian military strikes — almost 400 on November 20 alone — also hit Ukraine’s eastern regions, and fierce ground battles shook the eastern Donetsk province, Ukraine’s president said in his evening update. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said multiple explosions near the plant — on November 19 and again on...

Amid the ruins of war outside of Milwaukee’s Sister City of Irpin, the flowerings of art continues to appear. A delicate painting of a gymnast doing a handstand has popped up on the wall of a wrecked building outside of Kyiv and appears to be the work of the British graffiti artist known as Banksy. The anonymous British artist has not previously shared any information about his location. However, because his distinctive style of art has been popping up all over Ukraine, it caused speculation about his whereabouts. Banksy recently posted photos on his Instagram page of the artwork...