DEFENDERS’ CHRISTMAS TREE 2023

Under constant shelling amidst destruction at the place of the former checkpoint along the road to Bakhmut, Ukrainian defenders set up an elegant Christmas tree. Ву Konstantin and Vlada Liberovs

THEIR COMMANDER WAS KILLED

Soldiers of the 49th Independent Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, “Karpatska Sich,” pay respects to their commander Oleh Kutsyn. He was killed last year while defending Ukraine against Russian invaders. By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY APPEALS TO THE UNITED STATES

Working visit of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the United States on December 11, 2023. Photo by the Presidential Office of Ukraine

SAYING GOODBYE

Ukrainian defender Oleksandr says goodbye to his wife and daughter at the train station after they came to visit him for several days in Kramatorsk, the Donetsk region. By Daniel Berehulak for the New York Times

 

LEG AMPUTATED

Andrii Ilkiv, a Ukrainian police sapper, had his leg amputated after a Russian land mine blew up beneath him in the Kharkiv region in September 2022. Nevertheless, he is back at work, standing on a prosthetic limb and defusing mines. By Oleksandr Stavytskyi / Suspilne Kharkiv

TANK FIRES ON THE FRONTLINE

A Ukrainian tank supports infantry with fire on the frontline in Avdiivka, the Donetsk region. April 17, 2023. By Muhammed Enes Yildirim / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

LIBERATING A CRUCIAL ROAD

Soldiers of the 43rd Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spent New Year’s Eve on the frontline, fighting to liberate the crucial road near Kreminna in the Luhansk region.
By Nicole Tung for The New York Times

PARATROOPER FIRES ROCKET LAUNCHER

A Ukrainian paratrooper of the 95th Air Assault Brigade fires from a BM-21 Grad MLRS at Russian positions on the frontline near Kreminna in the Luhansk region. March 9, 2023.
By Evhenii Maloletka / AP Photo

DEFENDER WALKS WITH SON

Ukrainian defender Vasyl Hrytsenko walks with his son. Due to received combat injury, the man lost his leg. The soldier is currently undergoing rehabilitation and looks forward to getting the new iron leg. By Jeremy Co / Instagram

HUSBAND AND BROTHER DIED

Mariana Shlei kisses a portrait of her fallen husband, Vasyl. He and Mariana’s brother Andrii died defending Ukraine against Russian invasion. By Adrien Vautier

 

A WOMAN CRIES

A woman cries near her high-rise building destroyed by Russian shelling in Kramatorsk, the Donetsk region. By Ignacio Marin / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

INJURED BY RUSSIAN SHELLING

A man was injured by the Russian shelling of the residential neighborhood. Kostiantynivka, the Donetsk region. By Evhenii Maloletka

ARTILLERYMEN ON FRONTLINE

A Ukrainian artilleryman on the frontline near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region.
July 15, 2023. By Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Getty Images

PRESIDENT AWARDS WOUNDED SOLDIER

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives an award to a wounded soldier as he visits the Staten Island University Hospital, where Ukrainian military are being treated for war injuries. September 18, 2023, New York, USA. By Eduardo Munoz / Reuters

BOY’S HOME DESTROYED

Due to the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP and the following flooding, this boy’s family house in the Kherson region was completely destroyed. That’s what’s left of it. By Myroslav Laiuk

DEFENDERS CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS

Ukrainian defenders celebrate Christmas at the frontline. December 25, 2022. Photo from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
 

YEAR 2024 
RUSSIA'S VIOLENT WAR AGAINST UKRAINE RAGES ON 

More support is needed from the U.S. & Europe until there is victory over Putin's aggression, wrath, fury and destruction.

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