Imagine running one of Ukraine's coolest symphony orchestras for two decades, surviving everything, only to have a local politician decide they suddenly know how to run a classical music gig.
Just another day in the Russian handbook of peace: dropping heavy glide bombs on residential neighborhoods in Slovyansk.
Just another day of neighborly love from across the border, this time tearing through a residential area because apparently, that's what passes for military strategy in Moscow.
Just another regular day in Ukraine where stepping out to wait for a bus can cost you your life because some genius next door decided a public transport stop is a strategic military threat.
It hurts to write about young guys who should be playing football or raising kids right now, but chose the hardest path instead. Oleh Yarovyi joined the legendary Da Vinci Wolves as a volunteer.
Our lovely neighbors decided 4 AM was the perfect time to launch ballistic missiles at Kyiv, injuring eight people and proving once again that traffic lights are a threat to their national security.
Ukraine’s state-in-a-smartphone app Diia is launching an online divorce service. Yes, you can now officially end a marriage without ever having to look at your ex’s face in a depressing government registry office.
Europe is finally learning how to avoid its own bureaucratic torture. Instead of gathering every six months to sweat over whether someone will veto the sanctions, they just quietly doubled the expiration date.
The Ministry of Defense just dropped the details on the new pay system, and it turns out you don't need a fancy new contract to get a raise. You just need to be in the thick of it.
It took months of flaming oil refineries and historic production drops, but Moscow has finally uttered the "S-word". Yes, they actually have a fuel shortage.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces just got a brand new branch, and its entire job description is basically "making things explode very, very far away."
Because nothing says "military necessity" like blowing up a civilian gas station. Russia's latest bright idea involved targeting a regular fuel stop, leaving a trail of fire and casualties.