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Zhenya the Tram is an artist and activist. He was born and raised in Bakhmut where, in , the organisation Donbas-Queer was set up. This significant event was quite out of the ordinary for this provincial town in an industrial region. Zaborona’s Deputy Chief Editor, Yuliana Skibitska, spoke to Zhenya about ways to protect LGBT+ rights in Donbas, and why organisations like Donbas-Queer are.

Inside Bakhmut's blackened nightmare Ukrainians are terrified - but Russia's domination could be a pyrrhic victory Bakhmut has seen the fiercest urban combat of anywhere since the Second World War.

Although my research did not focus exclusively on people from Bakhmut, the stories from this city in particular demonstrate that even the very worst of Russia’s destruction is met with resistance and defiance by ordinary Ukrainians—including in Ukraine’s eastern regions, where Russia mistakenly expected to be welcomed with open arms.

Phillips Payson O’Brien and Mykola Bielieskov: What the battle in Bakhmut has done for Ukraine Sometimes, I stare for hours at new photos of ruins published in local chat groups.