RFE/RL feature by Amos Chapple on how war tourism is keeping Ukraine's travel industry alive. I am interviewed as the guide who leads tours of war-affected sites in Kharkiv, about how locals react when I work with film crews carrying camera equipment, the residents who invite visitors into their destroyed flats to tell their stories, and the fact that most of my clients come from the US and Japan.

Boston Globe feature on wartime tourism in Ukraine: the small but growing number of foreigners who visit despite travel warnings, and how the government is training guides to keep visits safe and respectful. It follows travellers to Kyiv, Bucha, Irpin and Kharkiv, including an Austrian visitor who booked War Tours Ukraine tours of Kyiv and Kharkiv. In Kharkiv, I am the team's local guide and fixer.

War Tours, a project led by Kharkiv university lecturer Kirill Zarubin, offers small-group visits to sites connected with the war in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Irpin/Bucha. Visitors pay €200–€350 to learn about the conflict and daily life in Ukraine; part of the proceeds goes to the Ukrainian military and humanitarian support. Zarubin says the tours show that, despite frequent attacks, air-raid alerts, electricity cuts, and curfews, people continue their lives. He considers visits relatively safe when travelers follow alerts and news, while warning that areas near the Russian border and front line are more dangerous. With no commercial flights operating, travelers enter by land, and western destinations are identified as safer options. Zarubin hopes the project will expand as conditions allow.

Nearly three years after Russia's full-scale invasion, a small but growing number of tourists are visiting Ukraine to see wartime destruction firsthand. Kharkiv resident Kyrylo Zarubin guides visitors through shell-damaged neighborhoods and emergency centers offering aid. Tourists are struck both by the scale of the destruction and by Ukrainians' ability to persevere.