Four years after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Transcarpathian refugees are still scraping by in Hungary from one day to the next.

We spoke with Rozana Tuzsanszka, co-founder of the Transcarpathian news portal Varosh, about Russian disinformation affecting Transcarpathia and the media situation there.

We interviewed volunteers in the Transcarpathian town of Uzhhorod who help internally displace people and collect donations for their own neighbors serving on the front.

Our investigation shows how poor waste management in Transcarpathia, compounded by Russia’s war, has worsened the river’s pollution.

They do not receive any material support from the Budapest government, but a group of Hungarian civilians have so far collected more than 100 million forints in donations for them.

Roma refugees fleeing to Hungary from Ukraine are in a highly vulnerable situation: they mostly grew up in isolated slums,...