War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kupiansk

21 February 2023
A destroyed hospital in Kupiansk
A destroyed hospital in Kupiansk, Ukraine, February 21, 2023.
— Photo by Chris McGrath / Getty Images Europe


14 February 2023
At a bus stop opposite the golden-domed Orthodox church, 62-year-old Halyna waited with two large shopping bags
At a bus stop opposite the golden-domed Orthodox church, 62-year-old Halyna waited with two large shopping bags. "I lived here under the Russian occupation," she said nervously, declining to give her surname. "But I'm afraid of another attack. I'm going to Kharkiv. My daughter is there. I want to stay there to be safe."
— Photo by Sergey Bobok / AFP Photo


28 December 2022
A local woman walks to the distribution point of humanitarian aid in front of housing that was damaged by Russian shelling in Kupyansk
A local woman walks to the distribution point of humanitarian aid in front of housing that was damaged by Russian shelling in Kupyansk, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, on December 28.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP


18 October 2022
Fuel tanks damaged by Russian strikes in the recently retaken town of Kupiansk
Fuel tanks damaged by Russian strikes in the recently retaken town of Kupiansk, Ukraine, October 18, 2022.
— Photo by Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters


17 October 2022
Local residents Natalia and her granddaughter Ilona stand on ruins of their house in Kupiansk Vuzlovyi
Local residents Natalia, 59, and her granddaughter Ilona, 9, stand on ruins of their house in Kupiansk Vuzlovyi, Ukraine, October 17, 2022.
— Photo by Viacheslav Ratynskyi / Reuters


16 October 2022
A boy plays on ruins of his grandmother's house in Kupiansk
A boy plays on ruins of his grandmother's house in Kupiansk, Ukraine, October 16, 2022.
— Photo by Anastasia Vlasova / Reuters


16 October 2022
Anton Sevrukov toasts bread over fire in a makeshift stove in Kivsharivka
Anton Sevrukov, 47, toasts bread over fire in a makeshift stove in Kivsharivka, Ukraine, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. As temperatures drop below freezing in eastern Ukraine, those who haven't fled from the heavy fighting, regular shelling and months of Russian occupation are now on the threshold of a brutal winter and digging in for the cold months.
— Photo by Francisco Seco / AP Photo


1 October 2022
A man drives by motorbike on a destroyed bridge across Oskil river during evacuation in recently liberated town Kupiansk
A man drives by motorbike on a destroyed bridge across Oskil river during evacuation in recently liberated town Kupiansk, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo


19 September 2022
A Ukrainian national flag flutters on a damaged building in the town of Kupiansk
A Ukrainian national flag flutters on a damaged building in the town of Kupiansk, recently liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, in a handout picture released September 19, 2022.
— Photo by Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / Handout via Reuters