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SEP 22, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · KYIV POST

How Russia Finds the Cracks in American Society — and Widens Them

How Russian influence operations find the existing cracks in American society — and work to widen them.

SEP 21, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

After the Blast, a Soldier Learns to Sleep Again

One soldier’s road back to sleep after blast injury — and what his recovery teaches about treating invisible wounds.

SEP 20, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · REALCLEARWORLD

Why Putin Targets Police First

Without police, looters, human traffickers, and Russian agents move in — why they are targeted first.

SEP 19, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · REALCLEARWORLD

In Kyiv, Even Sleep Is a Battlefield

Night alerts, shelters, interrupted rest — in Kyiv, even sleep has become a battlefield.

SEP 18, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · KYIV POST

Ukraine Trains Police for War and Democracy

How Ukraine trains its police for two missions at once: wartime service and democratic policing.

SEP 17, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · REALCLEARWORLD

The Policeman Who Loves His Job

Policing Kyiv under bombardment — a portrait of an officer doing his job amid the munitions Russia sends into the city.

SEP 16, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

The War After the War

Ukraine’s war after the war: the battles — psychological, economic, institutional — that begin when the shooting stops.

SEP 15, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · MSN

The Day the Chernobyl Museum Burned

When the Chernobyl Museum burned — what was lost, and what it says about a war on memory itself.

SEP 14, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR

Deminers: The Dangerous Work of Giving Ukraine Back Its Land

The dangerous, painstaking work of demining — giving Ukraine back its land one square meter at a time.

SEP 13, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

Ukraine’s Hidden Defense Advantage: Joint Ventures That Work

Ukraine’s hidden defense advantage: joint ventures that actually work — and what the West can learn from them.

SEP 12, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

In Ukraine, Dogs Help the Traumatized Brain Feel Safe Again

Therapists with paws: how dogs are helping Ukrainians with PTSD feel safe again.

SEP 11, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · FOREIGN PRESS

Handling Trauma Stories in Wartime

A guide for foreign correspondents on listening to trauma in wartime — reporting without re-wounding.

SEP 10, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · ASFAI

Ethical Design and AI Meet a Mental Health Crisis

Where ethical AI design meets a wartime mental health crisis — the questions at the heart of MHG’s own work.

SEP 9, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

Why People Risk Everything for Animals in War

The emotional and psychological role of animals in war — and why people risk their lives to save them.

SEP 8, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · KYIV POST

Why Ukraine Needs More Millionaires, Fewer Billionaires (Kyiv Post)

The Kyiv Post edition of the argument: Ukraine’s recovery depends on many builders of wealth, not a few holders of it.

SEP 7, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · YAHOO NEWS

Reuniting Families: Holding Russia Accountable

On reuniting Ukrainian families and holding Russia accountable — with the US-Ukraine Foundation.

SEP 6, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

When Trauma Silences a Child

Narrative therapy helped one Ukrainian boy recover his speech after trauma took it away.

SEP 5, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · FOREIGN PRESS

The Soldiers and the Startups: Who Shares in Ukraine’s Victory?

As Ukraine’s defense industry grows, who shares in the victory — the soldiers who fought, or only the startups that armed them?

SEP 4, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

Why Animal Care Belongs in Ukraine’s Civil Resilience Strategy

Pets and veterinarians as an overlooked part of Ukraine’s resistance — and why animal care belongs in civil resilience planning.

SEP 3, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

Why Ukraine Needs More Millionaires, Fewer Billionaires

The case for broad-based prosperity over concentrated oligarchy in Ukraine’s economic future — for CEPA.

SEP 2, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS

Economic Infrastructure as a Military Target

What a Ukrainian tea manufacturer reveals about Russia’s strategy of treating the economy itself as a battlefront.

SEP 1, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

It’s Harder Than Ever to Know What’s True: Russia Is Exploiting This

On the fight to make AI tell the truth — and how Russia exploits an information environment where truth is harder than ever to establish.

AUG 31, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · REALCLEARWORLD

Living With Electricity Only an Hour or Two a Day

Russia’s campaign against Ukraine’s civilian power grid — and what daily life looks like with an hour or two of electricity.

AUG 30, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

Where Ukraine Records War and Treats Its Wounds

Ukraine’s War Museum gathers evidence of the war while helping mend the minds it has wounded.

AUG 29, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

The War Inside the Room

What therapy looks like when it happens during war — sessions held inside the very conflict patients are trying to survive.

AUG 28, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · CEPA

ChatGPT as a Fact Checker? Proceed with Caution

Why Russian propaganda seeping into AI chatbots makes them unreliable fact-checkers — and what that means for readers.

AUG 27, 2026 · IN THE PRESS · FOREIGN PRESS

Justice in Real Time: How Ukraine Documents War Crimes While the War Still Rages

How Ukrainian teams gather and preserve evidence of war crimes while the fighting continues — justice built in real time.

ARCHIVE · 2022–PRESENT

The Ukraine Reporting Archive

122 articles by co-founder Mitzi Perdue — the full body of her Ukraine reporting, collected in one place.

DEC 2025 · IN THE PRESS · MITZI PERDUE

Balm Amidst the Bombs

Our co-founder reports for Psychology Today on Ukraine’s National War Museum — documenting the war in real time while offering psychological care.

MAR 5, 2026 · PARTNERSHIP

Mental Help Global and National Police Academy of Ukraine

MOU signed; a 50-cadet confidential trial of the platform kicks off at the Academy.

PROGRAM UPDATE

Bridging the Mental Health Gap in Ukraine: Expanding Government Cooperation

What working across the Armed Forces, National Police, and emergency services has taught us: there is no universal AI model.

OCT 22, 2025

Why Cultural Sensitivity Matters in Mental Health Support

Effective care goes beyond translation — why we built our AI natively in Ukrainian.

OCT 22, 2025

Understanding Mental Health Challenges in Crisis Regions

Why traditional mental health systems fall short amid war and displacement.

OCT 22, 2025

The Future of Mental Health Care: How AI is Bridging the Gap

How AI platforms are changing access to support in humanitarian contexts.