"What Remains"—Innocent Civilians in Ukraine (March and April 2022)
In Ukraine, as in all wars, the civilians are being affected most unfairly—targeted by ruthless Russian airstrikes consistently—and taking the brunt of war's "collateral" damage. In cities throughout the country, from the capital of Kyiv to the major city of Kharkiv, a mere 25km from the Russian border, and all small towns in between innocent civilians have been killed and their homes reduced to rubble in a fear-instilling ploy by Russia, wreaking humanitarian havoc across the country. Despite the cruel attacks on civilians many brave Ukrainian souls have decided to stay. Russia has undoubtedly committed war crimes, yet many civilians remain proud and defiant, on the frontlines, trying to live as normally as possible in a fight to demonstrate their freedom and independence as a country.
This series was named a Finalist for the 2023 Gomma Grant and a selection of the images was published in Huck Magazine, here, and here.
A father and son walk past an residencial apartment destroyed by a Russian air strike in Kyiv, Ukraine. March, 13, 2022.
A bloodied child's toy left behind at the Kramatorsk train station where a Russian missile attack killed 57 and injured hundreds.
A Ukrianian soldier walks by blood stains at the Kramatorsk train station where a Russian missile attack killed fifty-seven and injured hundreds.
Fruit left by a resident of an apartmetn which was destroyed by a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv.
A residential building in Severodonetsk, Ukraine being evacuated as the Russian frontline advances nearby.
An injured elderly woman who was evacuated from Iripin is carried to the infirmary at a Ukrainian checkpoint.
Bloody stretchers at a hopsital where the injured were taken from the Kramatorsk train station where a Russian missile struck, killing at least forty and injuring hundreds.
A Ukrainian police officer at a residential complex that was hit by a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Residents of Slovyansk crowd the train station after Ukrainian Government order evacuation on the eve of Russian invasion.
A resident of an apartment building hit by an intercepted Russian air strike covers her face in grief in Kyiv, Ukraine.
An elderly woman carries water back to her apartment in Kyiv, which was hit by an intercepted Russian rocket.
A broken window inside an apartment damaged by Russian artillery in Okhtyrka, Ukraine, which the Ukrainian Military just retook from Russian forces.
Alexander in the room in now lives, next door to his apartment which was destroyed by a Russian airstike in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Volunteer rescue workers help an elderly woman evacuate her 6th floor apartment as Russian forces get closer to Severodonetsk, Ukraine.
A plant inside an apartment that was destroyed by Russina airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
An abandoned Russian Howitzer in Trostyanets, Ukraine, which the Ukrainian Military retook from Russian forces after a fierce battle in the city center.
