Desolation

Desolation

IFPA 2022 Nominee - Desolation

DESOLATION

ALEJANDRO MARTINEZ VELEZ

 

Entrant Name: Alejandro Martinez Velez
Award Status: – Nominee
Award Category: Spot News
Story Locations: Ukraine

The escalating tension between Russia and Ukraine finally blew up in the early morning of February 24, 2022, after almost eight years of war in the Donbas region, with the entry of the Russian Army into the Ukrainian territory.

This new conflict phase has caused millions of lives to be cut short and the devastation of several parts of the country. The shellings and the frontline advance have cost more than 6,370 deaths and 9,770 verified wounded (United Nations. October 24, 2022). 

Currently, the number of military casualties participating on both sides can not be accurately estimated.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), at least 6.5 million people have fled Ukraine and the number of internally displaced persons rises to 8 million.

IFPA 2022 Nominee - Desolation
Oleksandr Shvets 36 cries next to the lifeless body of his mother 67- year-old Ukrainian theatre actress Oksana Shvets in Kyiv Ukraine on March 17 2022 Mother and son were together at home when the remains of a Russian missile shot down by the Ukrainian Air Defense fell into their apartment Oksana was crushed to death by a wall that collapsed on her The body of the actress was cremated
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Two men take their personal belongings out from a residential building destroyed by a shelling in Kyiv Ukraine on March 14 2022
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A group of women and children walk along a platform at the Lviv Railway Station Ukraine on March 4 2022 The city of Lviv is the last stop for many people before leaving the country for Poland
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In this photo taken on March 2 2022 in Lviv Ukraine a young woman and a girl looking through the window of a train car before leaving for Poland The Ukrainian government has banned men between 18 and 60 to get out the country
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Relatives of the Ukrainian soldier Taras Didukh 25 mourn his body at a funeral held in the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul of Lviv Ukraine before being buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery on March 11 2022 The Officer Andrii Stefanyshyn 39 and the Sergeant Dmytro Kabakov 58 were also buried on the same day
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Four military shoot their weapons in honor of the deceased Ukrainian servicemen Taras Didukh Andrii Stefanyshyn and Dmytro Kabakov before being buried at the Lychakiv Cemetery of Lviv Ukraine on March 11 2022
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Several Ukrainian military bodies are seen inside a van at the morgue of Mykolaiv Ukraine on March 18 2022 Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers died the same day at a military base in Mykolaiv as a result of a Russian attack launched from Kherson against this barracks
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An elderly woman looks at a residential building destroyed by shrapnel from a shell that hit a Kyiv street Ukraine March 14 2022
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Two firefighters extinguish fire in a residential building after a shelling in Kyiv Ukraine on March 15 2022 At least four people died as a result of the airstrike
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A burned sheet of a child s notebook lying on the ground after a bombing in Kyiv Ukraine on March 15 2022 At least four people died as a result of the airstrike
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Health workers get an elderly woman into an ambulance after being evacuated by firefighters from a burned building as a result of a shelling in a residential area in Kyiv Ukraine on March 15 2022
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In this photo taken on March 21 2022 a man with his bicycle walks over the rubble of the Retroville shopping center destroyed after a Russian artillery attack on March 20 2022 northwest of Kyiv Ukraine At least six people died as a result of the attack The Russian Defense Ministry alleged that the mall was being used to hide Ukrainian ammunition and armored cars

 

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