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Hanna Sokolova-Stekh

DW correspondent in Ukraine

Hanna Sokolova-Stekh specializes in legal and sociopolitical subjects. In the context of Russia's war in Ukraine, Hanna reports directly from the combat zone, the front and the liberated regions.

Skip next section Featured stories by Hanna Sokolova-Stekh

Featured stories by Hanna Sokolova-Stekh

A view of a nuclear power plant and overgrown grass

Ukraine: Nikopol residents talk of life on the front line

Once a thriving industrial hub, Nikopol in southern Ukraine has seen its population halved since February 2022.
ConflictsOctober 12, 2024
In the train taking evacuees out of Pokrovsk

Ukraine's evacuees try to keep 'some feeling of home'

Now close to the front, Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are emptying out. But leaving home is also difficult, evacuees told DW.
ConflictsSeptember 7, 2024
A child looks out of the back window of a blue and yellow bus

How are Ukrainian children faring in Russian families?

Ukrainian officials estimate that thousands of children were deported to Russia. Now, NGOS say they should come back.
ConflictsFebruary 2, 2024
Skip next section Stories by Hanna Sokolova-Stekh

Stories by Hanna Sokolova-Stekh

A group of children are seen sitting around a table eating

Ukraine's adoption rates on the rise

Ukraine's adoption rates on the rise

As the war in Ukraine continues, an increasing number of Ukrainians are adopting orphans. DW spoke with foster parents.
ConflictsSeptember 29, 2024
85-year old Pokrovsk resident Lyudmila Kyrylivna is helped off a van before boarding an evacuation train

Ukraine: Donetsk cities brace for approaching front line

Ukraine: Donetsk cities brace for approaching front line

As the Russian army advances people are evacuating Pokrovsk, once home to 60,000 people. DW spoke with evacuees.
ConflictsSeptember 7, 202403:55 min
Two masked men in dark green uniforms and helmets, carrying guns, stand in front of a truck with a white mobile office on the back, with red writing in Cyrillic advertising military contracts

How Russia is recruiting foreigners to fight in Ukraine

How Russia is recruiting foreigners to fight in Ukraine

Russia is recruiting citizens from countries of the global South to fight against Ukraine. DW spoke to some of them.
ConflictsAugust 22, 2024
A brightly painted and windowless classroom full of attentive Ukrainian third-graders on their first day of in-class schooling in more than two years

Russian bombs force Ukrainian schoolchildren underground

Russian bombs force Ukrainian schoolchildren underground

In Kharkiv, kids can finally attend class in person after two years of war — in an underground school.
ConflictsMay 28, 2024
The inside of a car and a damaged windshield

Kharkiv: Ukrainian residents evacuated under Russian fire

Kharkiv: Ukrainian residents evacuated under Russian fire

As the Russian army steps up its offensive in the northern part of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainians are fleeing.
ConflictsMay 22, 2024
A Ukrainian prisoner of war holds a Ukrainian flag up to his face as he cries while calling his relatives after a prisoner exchange on the Ukrainian-Russian border, January 31, 2024

Hungary-Russia POW deal: 'I was told to say I was Hungarian'

Hungary-Russia POW deal: 'I was told to say I was Hungarian'

In June 2023, Russia transferred 11 Ukrainian POWs to Hungary. Now, two of them have given DW an exclusive interview.
PoliticsMarch 28, 2024
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