28 Days of Black Joy: Mountain Hiking In Ukraine. By. Terrell Jermaine Starr. Published February 13, 2021. We may earn a commission from links on this page.

To date, Ukraine's State Emergency Service (DSNS) has managed to clear explosives from only about 2 percent of the Holy Mountains park, which is dotted with small settlements.

POLYANYTSYA, Ukraine — Children in puffy snowsuits waited patiently to board the ski lift, clutching their poles. Some families rode to the top just to breathe in the crisp mountain air and walk ...

In Ukraine’s Carpathian Mountains, tens of thousands find refuge from war. March 16, 2022. 6 min. Svitlana Yanchuk, left, came with her daughters and their children from Bila Tserkva, Ukraine ...

Peach the cat peers from the jacket of its owner, 28 year-old Vladislav Duda from Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains, northern Romania, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 after they were rescued from a deep ...

Here, atop Ukraine’s tallest peak, the war fades away. Air raid sirens are nonexistent, and missiles are scarce. Deep in the Carpathian Mountains, the silence is deafening.

The mountains have long been an oasis of relative calm. Since the start of the war, people displaced from elsewhere in Ukraine have fled here; some have come to work, while others are seeking ...

In this image provided by Salvamont Maramures, a Romanian mountain rescue service, Peach the cat peers from the jacket of its owner, 28 year-old Vladislav Duda from Ukraine, in the Carpathian ...