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.

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.

Svitlana Yanchuk, left, came with her daughters and their children from Bila Tserkva, Ukraine, to the Carpathian Mountains. It is safe and close to the border with Poland, where they hope to go next.

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 ...

Ukrainians have flocked to resorts nestled in the Carpathian Mountains, largely spared the worst of the war, for a respite. One soldier recuperating there explored what it means to heal.

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 ...

“Faith can move mountains, not to mention a stupid war,” Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner whom Pope Francis sent to Ukraine, told journalists in Lviv.

But western Ukraine is more rugged. And it’s here that Kyiv stood up the 10th Mountain Brigade, which is lighter than most of the army’s other combat brigades. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip ...

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 ...