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ABC News Reports on the Daily Danger Facing Civilians in Kherson
ABC News takes a closer look at life in Kherson, where civilians, humanitarian workers, and families continue living under near-constant Russian drone, artillery, and aerial attacks while the city also faces a worsening energy crisis.
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ABC News • September 15, 2026
“The Basement Saved Me”: Frontline Kherson Under Fire
ABC News journalist David Brennan reports on the danger facing people who continue to live and work in Kherson, a frontline city where Russian drones can appear with little warning.
The report follows humanitarian worker Natalia Sergienko, who described running for cover after hearing a drone nearby. It also examines the growing scale of drone attacks and the pressure on Kherson’s damaged power infrastructure as another winter approaches.
- Local officials say Russian attacks kill or injure around 20 people in Kherson each day
- Authorities recorded 27,210 Russian drones launched across the river in August alone
- Kherson is also facing a severe energy crisis after continued Russian strikes on critical infrastructure
Media Coverage Archive
Read the latest stories or browse Hope For Ukraine’s media mentions by year
2026 Coverage
The Independent – https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-children-no-sirens-camp-b3023976.html
LBC – https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kherson-russian-attacks-5HjdbdM_2/
The Power Vertical – https://www.powervertical.org/2026/07/02/war-and-innovation-how-ukraine-revolutionized-civil-defense/
Europe Says – https://www.europesays.com/ukraine/9973/
Head Topics – https://us.headtopics.com/news/russian-occupied-crimea-declares-state-of-emergency-as-84961922
LBC – https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kherson-russian-attacks-5HjdbdM_2/
Mark Pattison Finding Your Summit – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSdqu8p1Cg
LondonLovesBusiness – https://londonlovesbusiness.com/how-kherson-is-building-a-200km-sky-shield-against-russias-drone-lab/
The French Dispatch – https://www.frenchdispatch.eu/p/yuliia-mendel-tucker-carlson-disinformation-zelenskyy
iNews – https://inews.co.uk/news/russia-ukraine-war-mines-rags-disguise-4424588
LBC – https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/kherson-russian-drones-hunt-civilians-ukraine-5HjdZZ2_2/
CNN – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gbNTSDgiI
The Kyiv Independent – https://kyivindependent.com/surviving-the-russian-human-safari-in-kherson/
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – https://www.rferl.org/amp/iran-conflict-disrupts-private-us-humanitarian-aid-ukraine/33724043.html
The Energy Mix – https://www.theenergymix.com/small-u-s-charity-ramps-up-efforts-to-deliver-portable-solar-to-ukraine/
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/four-years-in-ukraines-volunteers-on-the-front-lines-11604298
Washington examiner – https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/4457632/ordinary-ukrainians-suffer-negotiation-four-year-anniversary/
Spectrum news – https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/international/2026/02/22/ukraine-four-year-war-anniversary-uniting-for-ukraine-program-
Bne intellinews – https://www.intellinews.com/four-years-of-war-leave-russia-stagnating-and-ukraine-exhausted-427613/
The independent – https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-invasion-peace-talks-power-outage-food-b2917971.html
Daily express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2164223/Ukraine-soldiers-brutal-raid-russia-putin
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/68905
New lines magazine – https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-the-sound-of-drones-inflicts-psychological-trauma-in-ukraine/
Kyiv post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/68531
Daily Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2158966/kyiv-faces-catastrophe-warns-expert-ukraine-russia
Daily Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2158122/russia-ukraine-war-eu-sanctions-putin
Daily Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2157391/when-could-russia-attack-nato
The Opinion Pages – https://theopinionpages.com/2026/01/americas-venezuela-oil-grab-helps-putin-in-ukraine/
The Independent- https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-blackouts-dnipro-krivih-rih-missile-attacks-b2899284.html
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/67719
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/67472
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/67326
2025 Coverage
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/67134
Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2151379/trump-putin-russia-ukraine
The Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/28/trump-zelenskyy-talks-amid-heavy-russian-airstrikes-on-ukraine
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/67004
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/66946
Elle – https://www.elle.com/it/magazine/a69818034/natale-in-ucraina-tradizioni-guerra/
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-war-maps-show-ground-won-lost-in-2025-11254542
Daily Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2148055/vladimir-putins-aggressive-rhetoric-ww3-europe
The Hot Zone With Chuck Holton – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dajMjrPhDS4
Atlantic Council – https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-only-winner-from-ukrainian-wartime-elections-would-be-putin/
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-ukraine-territorial-concessions-unacceptable-11217969
ABC News – https://abcnews.com/amp/International/dark-fire-ukraine-strains-lights/story?id=128231958
Daily Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2142042/putin-russia-real-reason-war
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/65358
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/65249
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/64750
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/how-europes-alternative-ukraine-peace-plan-differs-from-trumps-11097218
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/64409
All Rise News – https://www.allrisenews.com/p/ukrainian-war-refugees-snap-trump
Interfax – https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1119238.html
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63928
Daily Express – https://www-express-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.express.co.uk/news/world/2128562/vladimir-putin-doomsday-weapon-poseidon-russia-ukraine/amp
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63413
Daily Express – https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/189378/putin-nuclear-drone-results-lie
The Independent – https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/trump-xi-meeting-trade-war-soybeans-taiwan-russia-b2853391.html
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/63065
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/us-oil-sanctions-putin-ukraine-war-russia-rosneft-lukoil-trump-10926251
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/62667
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/storm-shadows-break-russian-defenses-hit-chemical-plant-kyiv-10917435
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-ukraine-war-should-stop-battle-lines-10904234
Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2121726/putin-panicking-trump-tomahawk-missiles-ukraine-russia
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/62181
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/62010
Daily Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2118897/russia-sends-horror-threat-strike
The Independent – https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/kyiv-russia-putin-ukraine-missiles-drones-b2865264.html
The Brief – https://video.snapstream.net/Play/9e34laUVG9SgMvg7BLefa3?accessToken=cm1derjmrl1mt
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/how-a-generation-of-ukrainian-children-have-been-shaped-by-war-10834089
The Telegraph – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/10/02/us-shutdown-weapons-shipments-ukraine/
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/61555#articles-sub-title-2
American Solar – https://ases.org/solar-energy-solutions-amid-the-darkness/
Tomorrow’s Affairs – https://tomorrowsaffairs.com/cancer-care-in-urgent-need-in-ukraine-says-who
Kyiv – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/61005
Express – https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2112634/vladimir-putin-terrifying-threat-nato-russia-ukraine
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/61273
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/60663
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/nato-nation-ready-shoot-down-russian-planes-10474064
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/russian-drones-attempt-enter-nato-airspace-again-poland-2131812
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/60177
Bloomberg Law – https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/ukrainians-who-fled-war-lose-their-jobs-as-us-legal-status-ends
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/trump-update-zelensky-putin-talks-2129886
The Washington Times – https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/aug/27/embattled-ukraine-focuses-strikes-russian-economys-achilles-heel/
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/59621
Financial Times – https://www.ft.com/content/3544bba8-b757-47d1-93b4-697c08f5f813
Future Nonprofit – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-for-ukraine-why-donors-follow-impact-not-just/id1693673082?i=1000723587586
History in the Making – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-chat-on-all-things-ukraine-with-a/id1752915858?i=1000721951351
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-putin-summit-trump-2113473
NBC News – https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/trump-putin-meeting-ukraine-war-ceasefire-zelenskyy-rcna223589
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/57533
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/57337
David Meltzer – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-it-takes-to-rebuild-lives-in-a-war-zone/id1271087930?i=1000719604012
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-trump-putin-deadline-2104463
Kyiv Post – https://www.kyivpost.com/post/56509
Clean Technica – https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/11/how-solar-power-is-helping-in-ukraine/
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-putin-trump-weapons-2096095
Shockingly Different Leadership With Karan Rhodes – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNP_mdBi_lw
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-putin-week-worst-2025-2080788
CNN – https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/politics/trump-art-of-the-deal-china-tariffs-russia-ukraine
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/nord-stream-gas-putin-marco-rubio-2063434
Office Hours with David Meltzer – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rand-selig-yuriy-boyechko-office-hours-721/id1678157057?i=1000704652107
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-usaid-cuts-hurting-ukraine-civilians-hope-ukraine-ngo-2033274
The Dow Baron Show Pt 2 – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-2-of-2-hope-for-ukraine-yuriy-boyechkos-story/id272512829?i=1000696245478
ABC News – https://abcnews.com/International/radical-shift-us-policy-shut-ukraine-amid-talks/story?id=119094200
NJ Spotlight News – https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/ukrainian-war-refugees-fear-fading-us-support/
The Dov Baron Show Pt 1 – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-1-of-2-the-hidden-cost-of-cutting-aid-to/id272512829?i=1000695275157
Ruderman Family Foundation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZFoozQBuOY
ABC News – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z74QoqfWzRo
Christianity Today – https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/usaid-freeze-leaves-ukrainians-out-in-the-cold/
Ruderman Family Foundation – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZFoozQBuOY
The New York Times – https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/europe/ukraine-trump-aid-freeze.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sk4.f7hA.zLBK2sJu3QIy&smid=url-share
2024 Coverage
Passion Purpose and Possibilities – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yuriy-boyechko-building-hope-amid-war-a/id1617133237?i=1000679705403
Newsweek – https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-ukraine-kursk-russia-2002056
Ukraine: The Latest – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBGzCQtqpKY
The Hill – https://thehill.com/homenews/4977518-trump-ukraine-war-concerns/
BBB Wise Giving Alliance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69MEMrnKAFE
The Independent – https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-hospital-putin-missiles-latest-b2609072.html
The Columbus Dispatch – https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/07/21/columbus-summer-camp-hope-ukraine-russian-war-refugees-ohio/74284646007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z1123xxe1123xxv000067&gca-ft=249&gca-ds=sophi
Fox News – https://www.fox8tv.com/newspost/yuriy-boyechko-2/
Modern Farmer – https://modernfarmer.com/2024/03/food-delivered-conflict-zones/
My Central Jersey – https://www.mycentraljersey.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2024/03/18/ukrainian-families-get-a-taste-of-home-in-highland-park/73018784007/
NJ Spotlight News – https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/ukrainians-feel-grief-and-hope-as-russian-war-drags-on/
Patch – https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/nj-ukraine-nonprofit-says-war-torn-nation-still-hurting
NJ PBS – https://www.pbs.org/video/restoring-hope-ukraine-what-resources-are-still-needed-xzvj2/
The New York Post – https://nypost.com/2023/02/18/ukraine-professor-shares-her-first-year-of-war-with-russia/?fbclid=IwAR2UJ87dZ3tJunP4XhKcyuaejrJTZyg9To9NYeVCbJlLD9GjUg4M_-_TIqQ
The Ukrainian Weekly – https://soundcloud.com/krynytsya/hopeforukraine?fbclid=IwAR3B3z1g4Bp5JwVc6NERdsL6mAIL_uFAuR0fR4Z_DqTogRRCWXhRTEylg0s
NJ Spotlight News – https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/ukraine-war-one-year-later-refugees-facing-hard-reality/?fbclid=IwAR3rC8xgjoHIYn4LFJvkUNsS6NRfszad3fhcNBKJ-zmbz_3Tm2mJ117j9gQ
ABC News – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCerImo3Y8Q
NJ True Jersey – https://www.nj.com/news/2022/11/this-nj-non-profits-help-for-ukraine-began-long-before-the-war.html
ONNJ – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLOWu8_hbUw&t=5s
Nation Report – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6cLaeYS8eo
Centerpoint- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhRkeG6x2GE&t=123s
NJ Spotlight News – https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/longtime-volunteer-effort-for-ukraine-takes-on-different-meaning/?fbclid=IwAR2Q3kMFoxTJ63QILvNVSbOfCFbpErm7p1boMe5ivImqZ4teIYdzWrkRjjY
