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Cabinet backs new foreign volunteers bill

The Ukrainian government has approved a bill strengthening legal protections for foreign nationals and stateless people who have joined Ukraine’s military, PM Sergii Koretskyi said.

28 August, 10:51 PM

Volunteer team evacuates remaining civilians from shelled Druzhkivka

Ukrainian volunteer Denys Khrystov, callsign "Holandets," documented the grueling conditions facing remaining residents in frontline Druzhkivka in a civilian evacuation operation featured on the Dim TV channel project Travel of Our Time.

28 July, 11:20 AM

How Kherson residents survive daily Russian drone hunts

Ukrainian Witness journalist Viktoriia Hnatiuk and videographer Mariia Shevchenko traveled to Kherson to document the reality of people living under the daily crosshairs of Russian troops, the film crew wrote and published their video on April 9.

9 April, 11:36 AM

Ukraine has enough drones but lacks operators — Unmanned Systems Forces

Ukraine has enough drones but lacks the operators to fly them, Ivan Kyrychevskyi, soldier in the 413th Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) Raid Regiment and a Defense Express weapons expert, said in an interview with Radio NV.

18 March, 07:49 AM

Students rush to damaged homes as Kyiv youth lead citywide volunteer response — NV photo project

NV presents a series of photo portraits of young Kyiv residents — teenagers and young adults — who have launched their own initiatives to help people whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Russian strikes.

14 March, 02:00 PM

Ukraine to have all-volunteer military after ceasefire—Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s military would shift from a mobilization-based force to a professional army after the Russo–Ukrainian war ends in a peace treaty or ceasefire, maintaining about 800,000 troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Feb. 5.

6 February, 02:52 AM

Russian drone strikes humanitarian vehicle with volunteers and foreign journalists near Kostyantynivka

A Russian drone struck a vehicle of the Proliska humanitarian mission near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk Oblast, carrying volunteers as well as journalists from Spain and Austria, mission head Yevhen Tkachov told Suspilne Donbas on Nov. 8.

8 November 2025, 10:43 PM

Animal rescuers fight for pets lives amid scorched Kyiv buildings

After Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv, the city’s Animal Rescue Team worked at three different sites, pulling animals from beneath the rubble, the volunteers shared on Facebook on July 4.

4 July 2025, 03:26 PM

Cat found alive in Kyiv building rubble after spending several days trapped

A cat who spent several days trapped beneath the rubble of Kyiv building, destroyed in Russia's deadly attack on June 17, was found alive, Kyiv DTEK Electric Networks reported on Facebook on July 19.

20 June 2025, 12:56 PM

U.S. citizen killed in Russian air strike was a humanitarian volunteer

Fred Grandy, 62, killed by Russia’s June 17 air strike on Kyiv, came to Ukraine to help rebuild the country, according to a report by The New York Times on June 19.

20 June 2025, 01:26 AM

Kyiv enlists volunteers with drone skills to fight surging Russian aerial threats

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the involvement of members from paramilitary and volunteer territorial defense formations (DFTG) to bolster the country’s air defense, government representative to parliament Taras Melnychuk announced on June 11.

11 June 2025, 07:24 PM

Ukraine streamlines military recruitment of foreign volunteers

The Cabinet of Ministers has expanded the ongoing program allowing foreign nationals and stateless persons to join the ranks of the Ukrainian military, the Cabinet’s parliamentary secretary, Taras Melnychuk, announced on April 15.

16 April 2025, 02:03 AM

Every fourth Russian soldier killed in Ukraine was a volunteer

Journalists and volunteers have identified 90,019 Russian soldiers killed, with nearly a quarter of them joining after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, BBC News Russian Service reported on Jan. 24.

24 January 2025, 02:43 PM

Da Vinci battalion commander highlights manpower as biggest challenge for Ukrainian army

Ukrainian forces hold an advantage in some weaponry over Russian troops but face personnel shortages as volunteers dwindle, according to Lt. Dmytro Filatov, commander of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion Da Vinci, told Hromadske Radio on Nov. 14.

15 November 2024, 06:45 PM

Poland’s Ukrainian Legion now accepting applications

Recruitment for the Ukrainian Legion began in Poland in October, with a total of 196 people having applied by Oct. 4, according to Polish Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Zalewski.

8 October 2024, 09:31 PM

Dutch volunteer killed fighting in Ukraine

A third volunteer from the Netherlands has been killed in the war in Ukraine, the Dutch Foreign Ministry announced on May 31.

31 May 2024, 09:30 PM

Heartwarming rescue: Volunteers save Alabai amidst Russian shelling

In a heartwarming act of bravery, Ukrainian volunteers have rescued an Alabai dog left behind in a yard near Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, amidst ongoing Russian military offensives.

23 May 2024, 06:05 PM

Foreign volunteers’ citizenship bill advances in parliament

A bill that regulates granting citizenship to foreign nationals who volunteered to defend Ukraine has passed its first reading in the Ukrainian parliament, Oleksiy Goncharenko MP reported via Telegram on May 9.

10 May 2024, 02:19 AM

Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba to visit India in late March

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is planning to visit India in late March, and discuss involvement of Indian citizens in Russia's war against Ukraine, The Hindu reported, citing a diplomatic source on March 19.

19 March 2024, 11:11 AM

Freedom of Russia Legion volunteers vow to end Putin's reign in ‘last election’ raid

Alexey Baranovsky, a volunteer from the Freedom of Russia Legion, commented on the raid that continues in the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts against the backdrop of the sham Presidential elections in Russia during a Radio NV broadcast on March 17.

17 March 2024, 05:55 PM

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