War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Trostianets

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Trostianets — strategically located between the larger settlements of Sumy and Kharkiv — was attacked by Russian forces shortly after the invasion was launched on 24 February and was captured by them on 1 March 2022. On March 2, 2022 the city was occupied by Russian troops.

On 4 March, 2022, an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe was reported by local authorities.

Trostianets was recaptured by the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade on 26 March. The head of the Sumy region, Dmitry Zhivitsky, said that Ukrainian troops regained control over the city, having driven out the Kantemirovskaya tank division from there. The city suffered major damage to its infrastructure during fighting and the retreating Russian troops were claimed by an Ukrainian official to have mined a local hospital.

1 November 2023
an Ukrainian soldier hugs his daughter in a front of a railway station in Trostyanets
Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr hugs his daughter Alina, whom he hadn't seen in more than six months, in a front of a railway station in the northeastern town of Trostyanets on November 1.
— Photo by Reuters


29 March 2022 - PART 4
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
— Photo from Dmytro Zhyvytskyy


29 March 2022 - PART 3
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
— Photo from Dmytro Zhyvytskyy


29 March 2022 - PART 2
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
— Photo from Dmytro Zhyvytskyy


29 March 2022 - PART 1
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
Trostyanets was liberated from the Russian occupiers
— Photo from Dmytro Zhyvytskyy


4 March 2022
Self-propelled guns Msta-S of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the city of Trostyanets
Self-propelled guns "Msta-S" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the city of Trostyanets


1 March 2022
Abandoned and destroyed military equipment of the Kantemirovskaya division near the town of Trostyanets
Abandoned and destroyed military equipment of the Kantemirovskaya division near the town of Trostyanets in the Sumy region. Abandoned: T-80U, T-80BV, BMP-2 (killed), artillery fire control vehicle, two 2S19 Msta-S. Destroyed: "Ural" with ammunition, "Ural" tanker and T-80U.


28 February 2022
Destroyed military equipment near the town of Trostyanets
Destroyed military equipment near the town of Trostyanets in the Sumy region. Two armored personnel carriers BTR-80, transport-loading vehicle 220-mm MLRS 9K57 "Hurricane" and SAM "Osa".