UKRAINE, THE LAST WAR IN EUROPE

The victims are more than numbers, they are broken lives with a personal story behind them, who have lost the most precious thing we possess, life. Thousands of people have fled their homes in search of refuge, in many cases leaving behind family and friends. According to World Health Organisation figures, 6.3 million people have been internally displaced and 2.9 million have left Ukraine.

These photographs cover Ukraine’s geography, from Kiev oblast through Kharkiv, Donetsk, Lugansk and Zaporizhia oblasts. The cruelty of war returns to Europe in the 21st century, bringing us closer to death, destruction and sadness.

The victims are more than numbers, they are broken lives with a personal story behind them, who have lost the most precious thing we possess, life. Thousands of people have fled their homes in search of refuge, in many cases leaving behind family and friends. According to World Health Organisation figures, 6.3 million people have been internally displaced and 2.9 million have left Ukraine.

These photographs cover Ukraine’s geography, from Kiev oblast through Kharkiv, Donetsk, Lugansk and Zaporizhia oblasts. The cruelty of war returns to Europe in the 21st century, bringing us closer to death, destruction and sadness.

IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
Grandparents say goodbye to their grandson and daughter at the railway station in Lisichansk Lugansk Oblast Ukraine on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A mother and her family along with more neighbours wait to cross a destroyed bridge in Irpin Kyiv Oblast Ukraine to escape Russian shelling in Irpin and Bucha
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
The hand of a volunteer killed by Russian shelling on a humanitarian corridor in Irpin Kyiv Oblast Ukraine The young man was helping hundreds of neighbours to flee from the shelling of the villages of Irpin and Bucha
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A woman and her son mourn at the burial of her husband father at a cemetery in Kyiv Ukraine who died in the fighting against Russia
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A soldier closes his eyes when he listens to the sound of artillery while another looks up at the sky in a trench on the frontline in Donbass Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A Ukrainian soldier looks out of a window in a building in the north of the city of Kharkiv Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A boy sleeps in a cellar to protect himself from shelling in Siversk Donetsk Oblast Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A man wounded by shelling lies in a doorway next to his wife in Chasiv Yar Donetsk Oblast Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
An elderly man who was walking down a street lies on a bench after being killed by a cluster bomb in Bakhmut Donetsk Oblast Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A woman cries in front of the body of her husband who was killed by shelling at his workplace in Bakhmut Donetsk Oblast Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
Soldiers heading to their fighting position in Zolote Lugansk Oblast Ukraine
IFPA 2022 Nominee - Ukraine the last war in Europe
A man injured by shrapnel in the head is taken by ambulance in Soledar Donetsk Oblast Ukraine