Joanna Kakissis
Stories
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Ukraine's fast-growing defense tech sector takes center stage in Iran war
While Ukraine seeks to shift its image from not only a recipient of military aid but also a provider, its battle-tested, anti-drone tech is taking center stage in the Iran war.
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Ukraine hopes for more cooperation after Hungary elects new prime minister
The incoming prime minister of Hungary is no fan of Ukraine, but he says he wants to work with the European Union, raising hopes he'll lift a Hungarian veto on a $100 billion EU loan to Kyiv.
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For Orthodox Easter, a bakery in Ukraine is selling bread that helps remove landmines
In Ukraine, the most land-mined country in the world, restaurants are selling bread for Orthodox Easter using wheat from recently demined farmland. Proceeds fund the clearing of more fields.
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What's it like to cover the Ukraine war as the world's attention is focused on Iran?
In this week's Reporter's Notebook conversation, we take a closer look at what it's like to cover the war in Ukraine, and how the war in Iran is changing that.
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After years in Russian captivity, former mayor of Ukrainian city returns home
After spending most of the full-scale war in Russian captivity, the former mayor of a frontline Ukrainian city recalls his ordeal as he returns to a hometown deeply transformed by modern warfare.
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Kherson, Ukraine: A hometown changed (Pt. 1)
Four years of Russia's all-out war on Ukraine have transformed not only Ukrainian cities but also how modern warfare is waged, in the first of this two-part story from Kherson.
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How drones are reshaping modern warfare around the globe
From global conflicts to criminal networks, drones are reshaping the nature of war and the balance of power.
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Russia thought it would take days to seize Ukraine. 4 years later, war is still raging
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, and the fighting continues. Here's a look at where the war stands today.
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Ukraine enters fifth year with no end in sight
The war in Ukraine enters its fifth year this week, with millions of Ukrainians displaced, hundreds of thousands of soldiers killed, and little change on the battlefield.
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Amidst ongoing war, Ukrainian grandmothers are finding joy in cheerleading
Struggling with stress and depression after years of war in Ukraine, a group of friends in their fifties and sixties throw themselves into competitive cheerleading.
