May 19-20th
The Ukrainian military continues to fight against the Russian occupiers in the east and south of the country. The United States is providing military assistance to Ukraine’s armed forces. The liberated areas of Kharkiv region are being demined by Ukrainian sappers and patrolled by Ukrainian fighters. Doctors and nurses in frontline hospitals are constantly saving the lives of wounded civilians and servicemen.
20.05
Photo: Stas Yurchenko
20.05 Mariupol, Pryazovia
Dmytro Kozatskyi, a fighter of the Azov Regiment, posted an album of his photos with the following caption: “Well, that’s it. Thank you for the shelter, Azovstal is the place of my death and my life.”
Photo: Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi
19.05 Mala Rohan, Slobozhanshchyna
Two men inspect the debris from destroyed Russian equipment.
Photo: Bernat Armangue
20.05 Kutuzivka, Slobozhanshchyna
Zhenia, a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, guards a position near Kutuzovka.
Photo: Bernat Armangue
20.05 Borodianka, Polissia
A house in Borodianka after a missile attack. The words on the balcony read: “Putin is a prick“.
Photo: Katya Moskalyuk
20.05 Dnipro, Podniprovia and Zaporizhzhia
A mechanic repairs a car for the Armed Forces before sending it to the combat zone.
Photo: Yurii Stefanyak
20.05 Kyiv
Ukrainian servicewoman and public figure Maria Berlinska.
Photo: Kostiantyn Huzenko
20.05 Slobozhanshchyna
Doctors and nurses at a frontline hospital in eastern Ukraine try to save the lives of the wounded.
Photo: Lynsey Addario
20.05 near Luhansk, Slobozhanshchyna
A tank on the outskirts of Luhansk.
Photo: Aris Messinis
20.05 Georgia, USA
US military personnel load M113 armored personnel carriers onto transport bound for Europe, to provide military assistance to Ukraine.
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces
May 21-22nd
Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit. Photojournalists Mstislav Chernov and Evgeniy Maloletka won the Georgiy Gongadze Prize. Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to defend the country in the eastern and southern regions. Ukrainians wounded during the war are undergoing treatment and rehabilitation.
21.05
Photo: Oleksandr Kulykov
22.05 Kyiv
The President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, delivered a speech in the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s parliament).
Photo: Jakub Szymczuk
22.05 Mariinka, Slobozhanshchyna
Oksana, a volunteer with a sniper unit.
Photo: Wojciech Grzedzinski
22.05 Slobozhanshchyna
A soldier from the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the road in the zone of active hostilities.
Photo: Aris Messinis
22.05 Kharkiv, Slobozhanshchyna
Valeriy at the metro station in Kharkiv where has he lived for around three months, hiding from the shelling.
Photo: Yana Sidásh
22.05 Slobozhanshchyna
A building destroyed by enemy shelling.
Photo: Carlos Barria
21.05 Kyiv
Olena, who was injured during the shelling of the village of Rozvazhiv, is painting in a hospital ward.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti
21.05 Dnipro, Podniprovia and Zaporizhzhia
Children who lived for two months at the besieged Mariupol steel plant, Azovstal, play in a park in Dnipro, the city to which they have been temporarily evacuated.
Photo: Yurii Stefanyak
22.05
Iryna (call sign “Cheka”), who volunteers with the medical volunteer battalion ‘Hospitallers’.
Photo: Julia Kochetova
22.05 Athens, Greece
Ukrainian women living in Greece sing the Ukrainian national anthem in embroidered shirts during a ceremony in honour of Vyshyvanka Day.
Photo: Alkis Konstantinidis
May 23-24th
The Solomianskyi District Court in Kyiv found Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin guilty of killing a Ukrainian civilian and sentenced him to life in prison. Fighting continues in eastern areas of the country. The Ukrainian military is reinforcing the protection of the border between Ukraine and Belarus. Deoccupied cities are gradually coming back to life.
24.05
Photo: Serhii Korovainyi
23.05 Dnipro, Podniprovia and Zaporizhzhia
Oleh, a displaced person from Popasna who volunteers at the Refugee Relief Headquarters.
Photo: Yurii Stefanyak
23.05 Dnipro, Podniprovia and Zaporizhzhia
A girl rides a toy tank in a park in central Dnipro.
Photo: Yurii Stefanyak
24.05 Kyiv
An elderly couple in Kyiv. Behind them are monuments covered with sandbags to protect against blast waves and debris.
Photo: Sergiy Illyashenko
24.05
The aftermath of Russian shelling in a residential area of a Ukrainian city.
Photo: Alina Smutko
24.05 Bucha, Polissia
A fence in a residential area of Bucha, damaged during enemy shelling.
Photo: Katya Moskalyuk
24.05 Borodianka, Polissia
A woman queuing for a hot lunch in a square in Borodianka, a city now liberated from the occupiers.
Photo: Katya Moskalyuk
24.05 Slobozhanschyna
A bomb crater in front of a ruined supermarket.
Photo: Aris Messinis
24.05 Sivershchyna
Ukrainian troops head to the line of defense along the northern border with Belarus.
Photo: Slava Ratynski
09__24.05 Sivershchyna
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces rest near a checkpoint on the border with Belarus.
Photo: Slava Ratynski
