Combat surgeons pioneer advances in maxillofacial reconstruction of Ukraine’s injured heroes
GRAPHIC PHOTO WARNING: This gallery contains news images from war that some viewers may find disturbing. Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's...
Milwaukee donors cover cost of reconstructive surgery for American volunteer wounded in battle
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
The trauma of living: When being killed is the preferred choice to being disfigured from battle
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
President Zelenskyy offers gratitude and awards to wounded soldiers while visiting Lviv Hospital
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Former Vice President Mike Pence visits Irpin during unannounced campaign trip to Kyiv
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Iryna Suslova: The superwoman saving Ukrainian children abducted by Russia
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
How a group of Ukrainian mothers, wives, and daughters are distributing vital humanitarian aid
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Freeing Freddie: Educational program aims to reduce PTSD for Ukraine’s war-weary children
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Milwaukee offers Ukrainian refugee family life-saving treatment for son’s genetic condition
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Nikita Pirnach: Irpin student hopes to help his country after finishing education in Milwaukee
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...
Sick children wait for overseas medical treatments as a new generation is born in Ukraine during war
The deliberate targeting of hospitals in Ukraine by Russian forces has been a core military tactic since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, aimed at weakening the healthcare system and creating fear among the civilian population. Such actions are clear violations of international humanitarian law and have been routinely condemned as war crimes.
Milwaukee photojournalist on assignment in Kyiv during July 2 Russian drone strike targeting civilians
Return to Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from areas across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, from June to July of 2023. It was the second time in the span of a year that the...