War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Sloviansk

27 January 2024
A resident looks at the remains of an industrial building after a Russian rocket attack in Sloviansk
A resident looks at the remains of an industrial building after a Russian rocket attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, January 27, 2024.
— Photo by Efrem Lukatsky / AP


19 December 2023
A boy walks past a building damaged by shelling in Sloviansk
A boy walks past a building damaged by shelling in Sloviansk, Ukraine, December 19, 2023.
— Photo by Thomas Peter / Reuters


11 May 2023
Rescuers work at a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Sloviansk
A man walks past the remains of a house hit by a Russian military strike in Slovyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 11.
— Photo by Sofiia Gatilova / Reuters


14 April 2023
Rescuers work at a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Sloviansk
Rescuers work at a site of a residential building damaged by a Russian military strike in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 14, 2023.
— Photo by Press service of the Donetsk Regional Military-Civil Administration / Handout via Reuters


27 March 2023
A man looks on in the aftermath of deadly shelling of an army office building in Sloviansk
A man looks on in the aftermath of deadly shelling of an army office building in Sloviansk, Ukraine, March 27, 2023.
— Photo by Violeta Santos Moura / Reuters


12 December 2022
A man walks down a war-torn street in Slovyansk
A man walks down a war-torn street in Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, December 12, 2022.
— Photo by Shannon Stapleton / Reuters


29 October 2022
Local resident stands near her house, ruined by the Russian shelling a month ago in central Slavyansk
Local resident Nina, 72, stands near her house, ruined by the Russian shelling a month ago in central Slavyansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. She keeps living in this house and collects wooden debris to make an outdoor fire for cooking.
— Photo by Efrem Lukatsky / AP Photo


28 September 2022
Rescue workers clear the debris at the scene where a woman was found dead after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka
Rescue workers clear the debris at the scene where a woman was found dead after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a school in Mykolaivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


27 September 2022
Valentina Bondarenko reacts as she stands with her husband Leonid outside their house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk
Valentina Bondarenko reacts as she stands with her husband Leonid outside their house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The 78-year-old woman was in the garden and fell on the ground at the moment of the explosion. "Everything flew and I started to run away", says Valentina.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


7 September 2022
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a residential building in Sloviansk
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a residential building in Sloviansk, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2022. It's at night that residents of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk are most afraid, when rocket and artillery attacks happen more frequently. Shells and rockets slam into gardens and apartment buildings, sending chunks of masonry and shards of glass hurtling through the darkness.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


6 September 2022
A man walks over the debris of a house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk
A man walks over the debris of a house that was heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


5 September 2022
Henadii Sydorenko carries a piece of plywood to cover the windows of apartments that have been damaged after a Russian attack yesterday near a residential area in Sloviansk
Henadii Sydorenko carries a piece of plywood to cover the windows of apartments that have been damaged after a Russian attack yesterday near a residential area in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


2 September 2022
Broken windows of a damaged kindergarten following recent Russian shelling in Slovyansk
Broken windows of a damaged kindergarten following recent Russian shelling in Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, September 2, 2022.
— Photo by Ammar Awad / Reuters


29 August 2022
A woman looks out from the damaged window of her apartment after a Russian attack in Sloviansk
A woman looks out from the damaged window of her apartment after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


28 August 2022
Workers drain water from a crater created by an explosion that damaged a residential building after a Russian attack in Slovyansk
Workers drain water from a crater created by an explosion that damaged a residential building after a Russian attack in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022.
— Photo by Leo Correa / AP Photo


27 August 2022
Ukrainian firefighters remove rubble in a factory destroyed by a Russian strike in the city of Slovyansk
Ukrainian firefighters remove rubble in a factory destroyed by a Russian strike in the city of Slovyansk on August 27.
— Photo by Reuters


16 August 2022
A woman drinks clean water from a canister she just filled up in the eastern city of Slovyansk
A woman drinks clean water from a canister she just filled up in the eastern city of Slovyansk, Aug. 16, 2022.
— Photo by Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters


7 August 2022
Ida Svystunova, 89, looks out the damaged room adjoining her apartment from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk
Ida Svystunova, 89, looks out the damaged room adjoining her apartment from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Svystunova is one of only four people left living in the block and spends most of her day looking out the window. "I sit and wait for the end of this war or maybe the end of ourselves," she said.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo


6 August 2022
Residents carry water collected at a nearby well while walking past the charred remains of a car from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk
Residents carry water collected at a nearby well while walking past the charred remains of a car from a May rocket attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people gathered around Sloviansk's public water pumps, piercing the uneasy quiet that smothers the nearly deserted streets of this eastern Ukrainian city.
— Photo by David Goldman / AP Photo


4 June 2022
A woman pushes a baby stroller near a building damaged during a Russian attack in Slovyansk
A woman pushes a baby stroller near a building damaged during a Russian attack in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 4, 2022.
— Photo by Bernat Armangue / AP Photo


1 June 2022
People clean an area of a building damaged by an overnight missile strike in Sloviansk
People clean an area of a building damaged by an overnight missile strike in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
— Photo by Andriy Andriyenko / AP Photo


31 May 2022
An eldery man walks by a damaged appartment building after a strike in the city of Slovyansk
An eldery man walks by a damaged appartment building after a strike in the city of Slovyansk at the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas on May 31, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
— Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP via Getty Images / TNS