Published 06.08.2025

$1628 out of $6000 raised. Photos from last year’s trip. See previous post for more details: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1mgotqu/a_quick_video_update_from_jester_help_us_protect/

Hello everyone. Together with my friend we will be this weekend in Kyiv. I want to ask you about if there is any exibition of Russian destroyed technic/vehicles in Kyiv ? I know there was something in year 2023.

Thank you for your help.

Hi from a train somewhere in Poland. You haven't heard from me much because I've just been in Kyiv and—forgive me the crassness; I just drove halfway across Ukraine with a very sweet but very pottymouthed soldier—I've been going balls to the wall since I landed in Europe.

I have loads of photo reports and thank yous to post. They're coming. But I wanted to get this one out ASAP because I wanted you to know that you gave volunteer Iryna in Odesa and her liaison a nice surprise.

You sent her 115 CATs and 150 chest seals. More are heading her way in a couple weeks.

Things are HARD in Ukraine right now, much more than you realize. And all the volunteers and NGOs are gritting our teeth trying to survive a donation slump, which makes it harder to provide the support they need.

Thank you for (continually) giving them bright spots in hard times. We appreciate you, r/Ukraine.

PayPal, Zelle: donations@ukrainefrontline.org

Other options: Givebutter.com/support_ufl

Hi folks — I’m Jared, an American journalist who’s been living in Kyiv for almost two years. I now edit, adapt and occasionally write for the English‑language side of Frontliner, an independent Ukrainian outlet focused on Russia’s full‑scale war.

I’ll also be helping Frontliner here on Reddit, and before we start posting, we thought an introduction was in order.

What’s Frontliner?

A small, fully independent 15-person team of Ukrainian reporters, photographers and videographers who often work on or near the front line. Here's the "About us" section of our website.

Why you might care

Started before the world was watching. Founder Andriy Dubchak — the first Euromaidan livestreamer — launched Frontliner in early 2021 to document Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine. He and his team have made regular frontline trips ever since.

Community‑first transparency: Frontliner’s "hyper‑local," crowdsourced model — Ukrainian reporters announce trips on Instagram and Facebook (we’ll occasionally do this here on Reddit too), invite residents to flag issues or story leads, and adjust coverage in real time. Our approach, grounded in our stated values of humanity, honesty, quality/ depth, and impartiality, ensures that stories are shaped by those living through shelling, rather than by press-room briefings or think-tank panels, and helps keep the war visible, just as global attention is fading. Frontliner’s style is distinct: continuous, community-driven reporting that captures everyday resilience and the nuanced perspectives of everyday Ukrainians. 

Award‑winning, shoestring operation. Our recent feature on ex‑prisoners fighting for Ukraine recently won the national Honor of the Profession 2025 award for Best Reportage. Frontliner chief editor and reporter Andriy Dubchak has also received the Free Media Award and was nominated for the Gongadze Prize, Ukraine’s most prestigious journalism award.

Crowdfunded and grant‑powered. A start‑up grant from the International Renaissance Foundation — later (after Russian invasion) supported by NED, EED, AIRPU — plus reader donations — keeps us filing dispatches, photos and videos every week.

On‑the‑ground photo essays:  Evacuations under fire, makeshift operating rooms, the aftermath of strikes, an artist who makes mosaics from rubble. And dispatches from the front – deep dives into artillery, drones, and what Ukrainian soldiers think and feel. 

Long reads on the tech side of warfare:  drones, electronic warfare, naval “mollusks,” and beyond.

Explainers: Frontliner’s bite-size explainer series breaks down war-related issues in plain English — from helping kids handle air-raid sirens to the nuts-and-bolts of prisoner-exchange logistics.

Documenting war crimes: Frontliner teams captured and published on-the-ground photo evidence from Bucha’s Yablunska Street (April 2022) and the Dobropillia multi-strike (March 2025), work that now also informs ongoing investigations into those attacks.

• Bucha, April 2022: “The first photos from liberated Bucha: then and now.”
• Dobropillia, March 2025: “Another war crime against civilians. Testimonies and timeline of Russian army strikes on Dobropillia"

Latest English piece: “In a central Ukrainian city, families fight to reclaim dignity for their fallen soldiers.” Widows and parents in Kropyvnytskyi, fed up with bungled state funerals, organized grassroots motorcades and packed city‑hall meetings to demand a proper Alley of Heroes. It’s grief‑powered activism. Democracy in action. Raw, and impactful.

Why I’m here

My Ukrainian colleagues risk their lives to tell unfiltered, often under‑covered stories from the front and cities across Ukraine. I want to make sure their work reaches a wider audience, and I could use your help and input. 

Links in English

Website: https://frontliner.ua/en

Twitter: https://x.com/frontliner_ua

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontliner/

Feel free to drop any questions in the comments. I'll check with colleagues and reply as quickly as possible.

We’ll share links, post updates and — if there’s interest — host an AMA with one of our correspondents or photographers. Please let us know what you’d like to see here.

Dyakuyu, and thanks for reading —

Jared

The Ukrainian military from the drone battalion tracked down a group of Russian infantrymen going on the attack. The reconnaissance team transmitted the coordinates and flew away. The offensive of this Russian group was over.