Roman Pelekh had a business in Transcarpathia with his brother: they would buy inexpensive houses, repair them, and resell them. In 2018, in the basement of one of these...
Tamara Balaeva
Editor
I’ve been working in journalism all my life, despite having several attempts to leave it. I started in Zaporizhzhia as a host at the wired Radio Three, then moved to Kyiv, where I worked in daily newspapers. Later, I began writing stories for Focus magazine and the Babel website. As a freelance author, I was published in Ukrainian Esquire, Charitum, Reporters, and other outlets. I have also collaborated with charitable organizations such as Enjoying Life, savED, and UAnimals.
Since 2024, I have been an editor in the long-form stories department at LIGA.net and a mentor for the novice journalists at the Media Development Foundation.
I am convinced that there is nothing more fascinating in the world than human stories.
Publications of the author
Ten years ago, Oleksandra Vakarova started by sewing bandanas in her kitchen for her own dog, a cheerful mixed-breed named Stanislav. Later, she started selling them on social...
After the start of the full-scale invasion, global interest in everything Ukrainian—especially culture and art—grew significantly. Today, more than 160 centers for Ukrainian...
Taras Horobets hails from Vovchansk, a city in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. During his tenth year of school , he spent a year in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, which...
The shortage of artillery shells is pushing Ukraine to focus on domestic production of ammunition and drones. According to the Ministry of Digital Transformation, about...
Forty-six-year-old Alla Lopatkina from the Ivano-Frankivsk region has never been afraid to take risks. At just 19, she turned her boyfriend’s bar into a restaurant and a few...
