Seconded By: Lars Boering,
On February 24, 2022, life in Ukraine changed completely. Millions of people flee the war to the west. Those who remained were hiding in bomb shelters, started volunteering and took up weapon in their arms to defend the country, their cities and streets. Thousands of destroyed houses, thousands of ruined live. Life that changes completely in one night. The sound of sirens warning about danger from the sky has been heard in Ukrainian cities and on our streets since the first day of the war. Ukrainians have already gotten used to this sound, but actually it is a constant reminder that we live in a new world, unthinkable and dangerous.
Member of the Kyiv Territorial Defense on the checkpoint, in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 6, 2022
Monument to Dante Alighieri with sandbags to protect against Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 26, 2022
Evacuation train Bakhmut-Lviv fully packed with civilians from Donbass in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 5, 2022
Humanitarian aid hub for Ukrainians in St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 24, 2022
Iryna, 65 years old, pensioner, currently volunteer who every day from 9 till 17 weaves a camouflage nets for the Ukrainian army needs in a shelter of the public city library, Kyiv, Ukraine, April 1, 2022
Anastasia, 24, email marketer, member of Kyiv territorial defense, Kyiv, Ukraine, March 6, 2022
Serviceman of the self-propelled artillery unit of the 56th Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces works out in his improvised gym set up at the unit’s combat positions, Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 15, 2024
Basement of a primary school in the Yahidne village which was occupied by Russian troops. 28 days more than 300 residents of the village spend in this basement without electricity, heating, fresh air and any normal conditions. People fainted without oxygen and even died. These deaths were recorded on the walls near the door. The names of those who died at the hands of the Russians and those who died due to difficult conditions were recorded on the walls of the room. The prisoners kept a calendar on the door, where it is written “31 – ours have come”, Yahidne village, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, April 20, 2022
Military trainings for teens and youth, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 7, 2023
Tattoo with the outline of Ukraine on the chest of a woman that moved from Zaporizhya to Uzhhorod because of russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia region, Ukraine, October 13, 2023