Mariupol
12 May 2022
Local residents fil bottles with drinking water in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022.
— Photo by AP Photo
War in Ukraine. Map of Ukraine. The horrors of war by region.
Mariupol
12 May 2022
Local residents stand at the side of damaged during a heavy fighting buildings in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Friday, May 13, 2022.
— Photo by Dmytro 'Orest' Kozatskyi / AFP
Kharkiv
12 May 2022
Associate professor of Ukrainian literature Mykhailo Spodarets gives an online lesson from the basement of his house, used as a temporary shelter, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 12, 2022.
— Photo by Mstyslav Chernov / AP Photo
Ukraine: civilian casualty update
12 May 2022
From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 11 May 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 7,326 civilian casualties in the country: 3,541 killed and 3,785 injured.
This included:
- a total of 3,541 killed (1,300 men, 844 women, 77 girls, and 93 boys, as well as 69 children and 1,158 adults whose sex is yet unknown)
- a total of 3,785 injured (590 men, 428 women, 90 girls, and 98 boys, as well as 167 children and 2,412 adults whose sex is yet unknown)
Most of the civilian casualties recorded were caused by the use of explosive weapons with a wide impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes.
— Data by United Nations Ukraine
village of Vilhivka
11 May 2022
Homes lie destroyed in the village of Vilhivka near Kharkiv.
— Photo by Ricardo Moraes / Reuters
Odesa
10 May 2022
An Ukrainian firefighter works near a destroyed building on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, May 10, 2022. Russia launched missile attacks Tuesday on the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow attempted to disrupt critical weapons shipments and supply lines into Ukraine in the 11th week of the grinding war.
— Photo by Max Pshybyshevsky / AP
Mariupol
10 May 2022
In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, A Ukrainian woman soldier inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant take a rest in his shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 10, 2022. For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill. A Ukrainian soldier-photographer documented the events and sent them to the world. Now he is a prisoner of the Russians. His photos are his legacy.
— Photo by Dmytro Kozatsky / Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP
Kharkiv
10 May 2022
Burned cars are pictured through the glass of a damaged car in Saltivka neighborhood, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 10, 2022.
— Photo by Reuters
This is a special Mother's Day
8 May 2022
This is a special Mother's Day. Scorched by war, but with a warm heart, great inner strength, faith and heroism of Ukrainian mothers. Each of you performed a feat, for the sake of your children, for the sake of Ukraine. Honor and gratitude to you! Congratulations!
Mother's Day in Ukraine 2022
— Photo by Wolfgang Schwan, Erin Trieb, Alex Lourie, Juan Carlos, Aris Messinis, Petr Josek, Chris McGrath, Salwan Georges, Juan Carlos