Oleksandr Rupeta
Location:
Ukraine
Period:
March – August 2022
Category:
Solutions
Status:
Nominee
Having launched a war as a fulminant blitzkrieg, Russia has, instead, become bogged down for years in an incredibly bloody conflict against a nation that refuses to be conquered. While the capabilities of the Ukrainian resistance against a much more powerful opponent depend to a large extent on the help of partners, over time, the news of the war turns into a routine, and fatigue sets in for people not directly participating in the conflict.
If everything continues in the same direction, possible successful solutions to end the conflict look less and less promising. Despite the war having acquired existential significance for the survival of the Ukrainian nation.
Taisiia and Oleh sit in a car that has saved their lives in Vasylenkove village Kharkiv Oblast Ukraine 14 July 2023 The village was under Russian occupation During the first months of the war there were no products medicines and ATMs to withdraw cash in the village And it was an area of active fights Thanks to the old car the couple managed to take a risk and go to the bigger town to buy products for themselves and their neighbours
Valentyna 67 looks in the mirror in her house in Vasylenkove village Kharkiv Oblast Ukraine 14 July 2023 The village was under Russian occupation Valentyna s son was a civilian and he was killed due to the mine explosion a year ago Her house was shelled 3 times She has partially fixed it Now she works in the garden and plays with her grandchildren to forget her grief
Interior of the village House of Culture in Novyi Burluk village Kharkiv Oblast Ukraine 13 July 2023 The building was heavily bombed All fields and forests near the village are mined Kids don t have a place where to gather and socialize with each other
A woman sits in a room in a communal apartment with other refugees in Western Ukraine on the first day of moving in the first days of the war Lviv Oblast 11 Mar 2022
A field of unharvested sunflowers near Bakhmut with smoke from the explosions on the horizon Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 14 Feb 2023
An evacuation train with displaced people from Bakhmut Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 13 Mar 2023
A soldier loads a projectile into self-propelled artillery preparing for firing in the Bakhmut direction Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 9 Feb 2023
A Russian rocket flies in the Ukrainian sky Kyiv Oblast Ukraine 11 Nov 2022
A soldier bends down during a howitzer fire in the Bakhmut direction Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 15 Feb 2023
A local man inspects a recently destroyed apartment building in Bakhmut Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 1 Mar 2023
Infantry soldiers dismantle the remnants of their car after an enemy fire Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 14 Feb 2023
A 7-year-old girl Anya evacuated from Bakhmut to the nearest town hugs a toy dog given by volunteers in her new home Donetsk Oblast Ukraine 27 Feb 2023
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