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A Ukrainian student Serhii meets Ukrainian defenders on the road with a national flag. When he grows up, Serhii wants to join the army. In the meantime, he is engaged in volunteering. Currently, he wants to sell his flag and donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian student Serhii meets Ukrainian defenders on the road with a national flag. When he grows up, Serhii wants to join the army. In the meantime, he is engaged in volunteering. Currently, he wants to sell his flag and donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

Mykhailo Yurchuk, a Ukrainian paratrooper, lost his left arm below the elbow and his right leg above the knee fighting with Russian invaders. He met a woman volunteer at the rehabilitation hospital who later became his wife. Today, with prosthetic limbs, Mykhailo cradles their infant daughter and takes her for walks.
Mykhailo Yurchuk, a Ukrainian paratrooper, lost his left arm below the elbow and his right leg above the knee fighting with Russian invaders. He met a woman volunteer at the rehabilitation hospital who later became his wife. Today, with prosthetic limbs, Mykhailo cradles their infant daughter and takes her for walks.

By Evhenii Maloletka

The 28-year-old mechanic and driver of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle crew from the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade “Mahura”, who participated in the battles for Robotyne, leaves a message with wishes on the national flag of Ukraine. September 6, 2023, the Zaporizhzhia axis.
The 28-year-old mechanic and driver of the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle crew from the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade “Mahura”, who participated in the battles for Robotyne, leaves a message with wishes on the national flag of Ukraine. September 6, 2023, the Zaporizhzhia axis.

Photo from Ukrinform / NurPhoto / Getty Images

On September 6, 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on an official visit to Kyiv. Together with Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, he came to the Berkovetske cemetery to pay tribute to fallen Ukrainian heroes.
On September 6, 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived on an official visit to Kyiv. Together with Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, he came to the Berkovetske cemetery to pay tribute to fallen Ukrainian heroes.

Photo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

At night on September 6, 2023, Russia targeted Ukraine with cruise missiles and Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones. Due to the fallen debris of the downed enemy missile, a fire broke out on the territory of the commercial enterprise in the Kyiv region. It was promptly extinguished. There were no casualties.
At night on September 6, 2023, Russia targeted Ukraine with cruise missiles and Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 drones. Due to the fallen debris of the downed enemy missile, a fire broke out on the territory of the commercial enterprise in the Kyiv region. It was promptly extinguished. There were no casualties.

Photo from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine

On September 6, 2023, Russian troops shelled the central market in the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region. Due to an enemy attack, 16 civilians were killed and 33 more injured.
On September 6, 2023, Russian troops shelled the central market in the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region. Due to an enemy attack, 16 civilians were killed and 33 more injured.

By Evhenii Maloletka

An English actor Stephen Fry visited Kyiv to participate in the First Ladies and Gentlemen’s Summit and to gather materials for his documentary film about Ukraine. He also came to one of the clinics “Dobrobut” in the capital of Ukraine, and met with injured Ukrainian defenders. September 4, 2023. By Yevhenii Zavhorodnii
An English actor Stephen Fry visited Kyiv to participate in the First Ladies and Gentlemen’s Summit and to gather materials for his documentary film about Ukraine. He also came to one of the clinics “Dobrobut” in the capital of Ukraine, and met with injured Ukrainian defenders. September 4, 2023. By Yevhenii Zavhorodnii
Ukrainian children on the playground in the yard of School No. 134 in Kharkiv. This school was destroyed during Russian shelling on February 27, 2022. September 4, 2023.
Ukrainian children on the playground in the yard of School No. 134 in Kharkiv. This school was destroyed during Russian shelling on February 27, 2022. September 4, 2023.

By Heidi Levine for The Washington Post / Getty Images

People walk on the rocks in the Khortytsia National Reserve in Zaporizhzhia. Bare shores and straits, a dried floodplain, islands in the middle of the Dnipro river, and the absence of nesting sites for birds – this is how the blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP by Russia in June 2023 affected the ecosystem of the island. September 3, 2023.
People walk on the rocks in the Khortytsia National Reserve in Zaporizhzhia. Bare shores and straits, a dried floodplain, islands in the middle of the Dnipro river, and the absence of nesting sites for birds – this is how the blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP by Russia in June 2023 affected the ecosystem of the island. September 3, 2023.

By Pierre Crom / Getty Images

Exhausted Ukrainian defender Valentyn sleeps, hugging his weapon right on the ground after a night shift in one of the entrenched positions of the Ukrainian forces. September 2, 2023, the Luhansk region.
Exhausted Ukrainian defender Valentyn sleeps, hugging his weapon right on the ground after a night shift in one of the entrenched positions of the Ukrainian forces. September 2, 2023, the Luhansk region.

By Heidi Levine for The Washington Post / Getty Images

A volunteer is holding an elderly woman from the Kupianskyi district who is crying because she does not want to leave her home. Evacuation of the civilian population continues in the frontline areas of the Kharkiv region. September 2, 2023.
A volunteer is holding an elderly woman from the Kupianskyi district who is crying because she does not want to leave her home. Evacuation of the civilian population continues in the frontline areas of the Kharkiv region. September 2, 2023.

By Wolfgang Schwan / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

A man shows the consequences of the night shelling of his house by Russian artillery in Kherson. Russian troops have been shelling Kherson and the region every day with mortars, guns, tanks, drones, multiple-launch rocket systems, and aircraft. September 1, 2023.
A man shows the consequences of the night shelling of his house by Russian artillery in Kherson. Russian troops have been shelling Kherson and the region every day with mortars, guns, tanks, drones, multiple-launch rocket systems, and aircraft. September 1, 2023.

By Vladyslav Kupreev / Suspilne Kherson

Ukrainian soldiers who lost their limbs on the frontline gather every week to play football. They see the game as one of the healing processes for their bodies and minds. Kyiv, August 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers who lost their limbs on the frontline gather every week to play football. They see the game as one of the healing processes for their bodies and minds. Kyiv, August 2023.

By Roman Pilipey for AFP News Agency

Ukrainian soldiers who lost their limbs on the frontline gather every week to play football. They see the game as one of the healing processes for their bodies and minds. Kyiv, August 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers who lost their limbs on the frontline gather every week to play football. They see the game as one of the healing processes for their bodies and minds. Kyiv, August 2023.

By Roman Pilipey for AFP News Agency

Photographer Marta Syrko creates a series of sculpture-style photos to bring people’s attention to those who lost their limbs defending Ukraine. These were created with Andrii, a Ukrainian defender, who was seriously injured by a Russian aerial bomb in the Kharkiv region.
Photographer Marta Syrko creates a series of sculpture-style photos to bring people’s attention to those who lost their limbs defending Ukraine. These were created with Andrii, a Ukrainian defender, who was seriously injured by a Russian aerial bomb in the Kharkiv region.

By Marta Syrko

Photographer Marta Syrko creates a series of sculpture-style photos to bring people’s attention to those who lost their limbs defending Ukraine. These were created with Andrii, a Ukrainian defender, who was seriously injured by a Russian aerial bomb in the Kharkiv region.
Photographer Marta Syrko creates a series of sculpture-style photos to bring people’s attention to those who lost their limbs defending Ukraine. These were created with Andrii, a Ukrainian defender, who was seriously injured by a Russian aerial bomb in the Kharkiv region.

By Marta Syrko

A woman runs past rescuers who are putting out a fire in a house in a village near Kyiv. A fragment of a Russian missile hit the building. August 30, 2023.
A woman runs past rescuers who are putting out a fire in a house in a village near Kyiv. A fragment of a Russian missile hit the building. August 30, 2023.

By Anatolii Stepanov / AFP / Getty Images

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

In August 2022, Vladyslav Yeshchenko, callsign Samurai, blew up on a Russian anti-personnel mine and lost his vision. In August 2023, a Ukrainian defender married his fiancée Valeriia.
In August 2022, Vladyslav Yeshchenko, callsign Samurai, blew up on a Russian anti-personnel mine and lost his vision. In August 2023, a Ukrainian defender married his fiancée Valeriia.

By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

In August 2022, Vladyslav Yeshchenko, callsign Samurai, blew up on a Russian anti-personnel mine and lost his vision. In August 2023, a Ukrainian defender married his fiancée Valeriia.
In August 2022, Vladyslav Yeshchenko, callsign Samurai, blew up on a Russian anti-personnel mine and lost his vision. In August 2023, a Ukrainian defender married his fiancée Valeriia.

By Kostiantyn Liberov & Vlada Liberova

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