Neil Hauer

Freelance contributor

Neil Hauer is a Canadian freelance journalist reporting on the former Soviet Union, based in Yerevan, Armenia, but currently reporting from Ukraine. His work has been featured in CNN, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, Foreign Policy magazine and other outlets. He can be found on Twitter at @NeilPHauer, or contacted via email at neil.hauer@gmail.com.

Latest from Neil Hauer

COP29 host Azerbaijan guilty of 'ethnic cleansing' during 2023 attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh: report

A new report by the American NGO Freedom House that examined the government actions against the Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh 14 months ago has concluded that Azerbaijan committed ethnic cleansing.

Georgia's disputed election results raise red flag that Russia will win tug of war with the EU

Voters in Georgia went to the polls on Saturday in the most important election since the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. But two days later, tens of thousands rallied in front of the country's parliament building, alleging the election was rigged.

Inside an overnight mission with a Ukrainian drone unit stalking Russian troops

Western aid has lagged, with a U.S. military package held up in Congress for months, and Russian forces have pressed the advantage. As Ukraine sits outgunned and outnumbered, drone units are playing an ever greater role in its defence.

'The world did nothing': Exhausted refugees flee Azerbaijan's crackdown on Nagorno-Karabakh

For three straight days now, people have streamed out of the besieged enclave, fleeing from Azerbaijan’s newly imposed control. The border village of Kornidzor, the last Armenian settlement along the road, is a jumble of humanitarian aid points delivering food, water and other essentials to the refugees.

Ukraine's medics wage their own war as offensive push brings more wounded their way

Over the past year and a half of war in Ukraine, most of the glory has gone to the country's soldiers resisting the Russian invasion. But there's another collection of recruits who are no less crucial: the medics performing life-saving surgery and emergency care near the front lines, where Ukraine's offensive push is sending more soldiers their way.

Ukraine's counteroffensive struggles against Russian fortifications, airpower

A year and half into the war, Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia might not look particularly impressive on the map, but at the front, it's clear that progress is being made — albeit slowly.

Meet the private Canadian instructors training Ukraine's assault troops

Ukrainian soldiers taking part in a recently launched offensive have been trained by NATO member countries, including Canada — and not just by the Canadian military, but by private groups as well.

Kherson's liberation and the long road of healing ahead

Under Russian rule, daily life in Kherson city ground to a halt, with residents forced to navigate checkpoints and the threat of detention each time they went out. Days after liberation, they fill the streets again.

'In this war, the ordinary infantryman is nothing': Ukrainian soldiers in Donbas feel abandoned and outgunned

In Eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces are intensifying their onslaught against the embattled Donbas region, weeks of brutal combat have pushed the country's defenders to a breaking point.

Lawyers, a factory worker among the ordinary Ukrainians holding the line against Russia at Izyum

Most of those on the Ukrainian front line are regular army troops, but paramilitary and volunteer battalions are also active, and their recruits are ordinary Ukrainians, many of whom signed up to serve within days of the Russian invasion.