Anton Starikov is a correspondent for RFE/RL's North.Realities.
Russian volunteers who oppose Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine have used a network of contacts to take Ukrainians out of Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine or to funnel humanitarian assistance in.
A Russian woman on medical leave from Russia's war in Ukraine tells RFE/RL that she and her female colleagues have faced systemic harassment and persecution from officers bent on forcing them to serve as so-called field wives.
