1843 magazine

Sport
The Invictus quandary: is sport the best way to rehabilitate the war-wounded?

Prince Harry launched an Olympics for veterans in 2014. The latest games open in The Hague under the shadow of a new war

Stranger things
Bread in Ukraine: why a loaf means life

When war hits the breadbasket of Europe, even crumbs can bring comfort

Eyewitness
Bodies by the pool: how one nursing home in Bucha survived the Russian invasion

When troops stormed a Kyiv suburb, residents of Comfort Life were cut off from the world. This is what happened next

Eyewitness
An American’s search for meaning in Ukraine’s foreign legion

David King wanted to escape a life derailed by conspiracy theories

Eyewitness
A month in Kyiv: soldiers’ funerals and looters tied to lampposts

A photographer reflects on Ukraine’s shocking new normal

Espionage
The violinist of Lutsk: a Ukrainian spy story

Ilya Smetanin had a passion for Soviet-era planes. Now he faces trial for treason

Identity
What Vladimir Putin misunderstood about Ukrainians

Russia’s president thought Ukraine would fold when invaded. History shows its people come together in adversity

Eyewitness
The Robin Hood of Odessa

Menaced by Russian forces, Odessa’s residents sustain themselves with hustle and humour

Ukraine
“I see their faces”: a saboteur hunter in Kyiv remembers his victims

Sasha worries that killing Russians is corroding his soul

Eyewitness
In the war room with Volodymyr Zelensky

Tired but still cracking jokes, Ukraine’s hunted president says “I’m not a hero”