War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Bucha

17 September 2023
Memorial for people identified as victims of war crimes in Kyiv
Memorial in Bucha shows the names of 501 people who were victim to war crimes such as executions.
— Photo by Oleg Petrasyuk / EPA-EFE


19 March 2023
A cyclist rides on a bicycle past a house destroyed by shelling in Hostomel
A cyclist rides on a bicycle past a house destroyed by shelling in Hostomel near Kyiv, on 19 March 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
— Photo by Sergei Chuzavkov / AFP


5 March 2023
Matvii Sotnichenko, 4, runs near a destroyed building in Horenka
Matvii Sotnichenko, 4, runs near a destroyed building in Horenka, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, March 5, 2023.
— Photo by Thibault Camus / AP Photo


4 December 2022
Evacuees living in container housing in Bucha
Evacuees living in container housing in Bucha brave freezing temperatures and power cuts. Ukrainian civilians who have fled Russian-occupied cities in the east, along with local Bucha residents who have lost their homes, do their best to cope with temporary modular housing. But with electricity frequently cut off, they improvise for sources of heat while their children bundle up and try to do homework before the next outage.
— Photo / Video by Yulia Zhukova


22 November 2022
A plate with frozen food in the apartment of Tetiana Reznychenko in the Ukrainian village of Horenka
A plate with frozen food is seen in the apartment of Tetiana Reznychenko. Her apartment has no electricity, heating, or water and is on the fifth floor of a building destroyed by a Russian military strike in the Ukrainian village of Horenka.
— Photo by Gleb Garanich / Reuters


19 November 2022
Local residents shovel snow as a work of world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy is displayed on the wall of a destroyed building in the Ukrainian village of Horenka
Local residents shovel snow as a work of world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy is displayed on the wall (L) of a destroyed building in the Ukrainian village of Horenka, which was heavily damaged by fighting in the early days of the Russian invasion, November 19, 2022.
— Photo by Gleb Garanich / Reuters


8 November 2022
Kateryna Tyshchenko, accompanied by her 9-year-old half-sister Yuliia Zaika, stands outside her prefabricated accommodation which was built next to her destroyed house in the village of Moshchun
Kateryna Tyshchenko, accompanied by her 9-year-old half-sister Yuliia Zaika, stands outside her prefabricated accommodation which was built next to her destroyed house in the village of Moshchun near Kyiv, Ukraine, November 8, 2022.
— Photo by Murad Sezer / Reuters


4 November 2022
A cat sits in the remains of the destroyed house of Vadym Zherdetsky in the village of Moshchun
A cat sits in the remains of the destroyed house of Vadym Zherdetsky in the village of Moshchun, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.
— Photo by Andrew Kravchenko / AP Photo


14 June 2022
Vadym Schvydchenko stands next to his truck recentely damaged by a mine on a dirt track near Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv
Vadym Schvydchenko stands next to his truck recentely damaged by a mine on a dirt track near Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. The detonation of the 7.5-kilogram (16-pound) explosive charge blew Vadym Schvydchenko and his daughter's toy clean out of the cabin. The truck — and his livelihood — went up in flames.
— Photo by Natacha Pisarenko / AP Photo


21 April 2022

Situation in Bucha, Ukraine: "Worse Than Hell"




15 April 2022
Women clean inside a damaged building in Vyshneve
Women clean inside a damaged building at the Vizar company military-industrial complex in Vyshneve, Ukraine, on April 15. The site, on the outskirts of Kyiv, was hit by Russian strikes. (Vyshneve is a city 2 km south of Kyiv in Ukraine. It is in the Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast.)
— Photo by Fadel Senna / AFP / Getty Images


4 April 2022
A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha
A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.
— Photo by AP


3 April 2022
A boy looks at a destroyed Russian tank in Bucha
A boy looks at a destroyed Russian tank in Bucha.
— Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak / Reuters


2 April 2022
Local residents ride bicycles past flattened civilian cars in the town of Bucha
Local residents ride bicycles past flattened civilian cars in the town of Bucha.
— Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak / Reuters