Published TUESDAY July 30, 2024: 'Life UNDER Russia's ATTACK' by ZUMA Partner agency Ukrinform photo-journalist Dmytro Smolienko: Well into year three of Russia's full-scale assault on Ukraine, the war has killed more than 11,100 civilians and injured at least 21,860. With regular bombardments across the country, Ukraine's power grid and the Kharkiv region in the northeast have faced especially intense onslaughts in recent months, as Russia conducts waves of aerial attacks while reportedly building up its forces. Russia uses a range of deadly tactics that are illegal under international law, including intentionally dropping glide bombs on civilian areas and firing directly at civilian infrastructure; on July 8, for example, military and civilian targets across Ukraine were destroyed by Russian missiles, killing at least 41 people. These attacks reveal the deterioration of Ukraine's air defense. Welcome to 'Life UNDER Russia's ATTACK'
© zReportage.com Issue #948 Story of the Week: Published TUESDAY July 30, 2024: 'Life UNDER Russia's ATTACK' by ZUMA Partner agency Ukrinform photo-journalist Dmytro Smolienko: Well into year three of Russia's full-scale assault on Ukraine, the war has killed more than 11,100 civilians and injured at least 21,860. With regular bombardments across the country, Ukraine's power grid and the Kharkiv region in the northeast have faced especially intense onslaughts in recent months, as Russia conducts waves of aerial attacks while reportedly building up its forces. Russia uses a range of deadly tactics that are illegal under international law, including intentionally dropping glide bombs on civilian areas and firing directly at civilian infrastructure; on July 8, for example, military and civilian targets across Ukraine were destroyed by Russian missiles, killing at least 41 people. These attacks reveal the deterioration of Ukraine's air defense. Welcome to 'Life UNDER Russia's ATTACK'
A pigeon sits in the hand of Secretary of Zaporizhzhia City Council, acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia ANATOLII KURTEV, in south-eastern Ukraine.
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A photojournalist takes a picture of a boy playing with a stick which he imagines to be an RPG launcher in the frontline village of Prymorske.
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An elderly Ukrainian woman and a goat stand in the yard of her home in Huliaipole, south-eastern Ukraine. In May 2022, the Russian forces began an intensive shelling of Huliaipole, which has been carried out on a daily basis in the months since.
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A young boy waves a weather-beaten national flag of Ukraine beside a little girl in the frontline village of Prymorske, southeastern Ukraine.
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A serviceman of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is seen by a destroyed car with Z symbol, near Robotyne in south-eastern Ukraine. The Z has gone from a military marking to the main symbol of public support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian soldier of the aerial reconnaissance platoon of the 116th separate mechanized brigade tests VR goggles to control an FPV drone.
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A serviceman of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launches a drone in the sky near Robotyne in south-eastern Ukraine.
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A participant cries during the action-performance in Zaporizhzhia titled 'Two Hearts in Captivity' in support of Ukrainian soldiers who went missing or were taken prisoner by Russia.
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A resident of the frontline village of Prymorske shows the debris in her yard in southeastern Ukraine amid the ongoing war with Russia.
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Farmer IVAN YAROSLAVOVYCH stands by an unexploded rocket stuck in a field on his farm situated 10km away from the front lines with Russia in southeastern Ukraine.
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Rescuers and police officers carry an injured person on a stretcher as a pillar of smoke rises after a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia. Four people were killed and more than 20 people were injured. The Russian troops attacked civilian infrastructure Zaporizhzhia with five missiles.
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The sun highlights the eye of a serviceman of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Force on the frontlines during the ongoing war with Russia.
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Two servicemen of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Force look out of tank's hatches on the frontlines of the war with Russia.
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Servicemen attend the opening of the photo exhibition 'On the Frontline of Life' featuring photos taken while the military were on combat missions, organized by soldiers of the Ukrainian 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade, at the Orbita Palace of Culture in south-eastern Ukraine.
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Art hangs on the wall during the photo exhibition 'On the Frontline of Life' featuring images taken while the military were on combat missions, organized by soldiers of the Ukrainian 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade, opens at the Orbita Palace of Culture, Zaporizhzhia.
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The construction of fortifications proceeds quickly as contractors, in cooperation with the military, build state-of-the-art shelters for military personnel that will protect them from Russian artillery fire and even FPV drones.
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A young girl stands proudly with her horse at a riding school on Khortytsia, an island on the Dnipro River. Located outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, not far from the front line with Russia, it includes a nature reserve, where horses run free, and was once a headquarters for the regions Cossacks, 17th century warriors revered in Ukraine for their insistence on freedom and self-governance.
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Riders are seen on horseback during the horse riding training on the island of Khortytsia. Located just outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, not far from the front line with Russia, the Island includes a nature reserve, where horses run free, and was once a headquarters for the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, 17th century warriors revered in Ukraine for their insistence on freedom and self-governance.
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People visit the Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos which has hosted the first Easter service since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion to bless their baskets at the Zaporizka Sich Historical and Cultural Complex on Khortytsia Island during Orthodox Easter.
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A worker in safety gear against the intense heat, world at a blast furnace shop at Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works. Zaporizhstal is Ukraine's fourth-largest steel maker with an annual capacity of 4.5 million tonnes of steel and ranks 54th in the world.
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Head of the Dnipro Waves Agricultural Production Cooperative MYKOLA HAVRYLENKO works as a driver of a truck carrying the harvest of winter wheat from the field in the village of Dniprovi Khvyli, southeastern Ukraine.
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MYKOLA HAVRYLENKO spreads winter wheat in the truck during the harvest season in the field of the Dnipro Waves Agricultural Production Cooperative in the village of Dniprovi Khvyli.
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Workers on the job as an underground section is prepared at School N88. The first underground school is being built in the southern Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia, where it's expected that children will be able to attend in-person classes in autumn. The school, which is designed to accommodate 500 students, is being built almost seven meters underground.
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Workers on the building site as an underground section is prepared at School N88. The first underground school is being built in the southern Ukrainian city Zaporizhzhia, where it's expected that children will be able to attend in-person classes in autumn. The school, which is designed to accommodate 500 students, is being built almost seven meters underground.
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A Ukrainian fighter of the 53rd Battalion of the 141st Separate Infantry Brigade who serves in the Zaporizhzhia region, walks through the gym of an abandoned school during the ongoing war with Russia.
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A serviceman of a BM-21 Grad rocket artillery battery of the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces looks up while on duty in eastern Ukraine.
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Military personnel with a rocket artillery battery of the 148th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher at Russian positions in the Marinka direction, in eastern Ukraine.
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In sihlouette, an aerial reconnaissance member of the 148th separate artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces is seen against the wall riddled with shell fragments, in the Donetsk region.
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A female police officer in the house of a local during the evacuation from the rural settlement of Stepnohirsk that is shelled daily by Russian troops.
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Local resident VOLODYMYR looks out of his window during the evacuation from the rural settlement of Stepnohirsk that is shelled daily by Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine.
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The body of a victim lies on the ground in a body bag during a response effort after a Russian missile attack. Russia launched rockets at the centre of Vilniansk, a city close to the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, at 17:40 local time. The attack killed seven people, including three children. Thirty-six people were injured, including nine children.
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Ammunition rounds during the shooting practice with a Browning heavy machine gun by the soldiers of the Separate Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion, which provides air cover for the unmanned aerial vehicles and destroys targets at a distance of up to 1,500 meters.
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An aerial reconnaissance member of the 148th separate artillery brigade of the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces on duty in the Donetsk region.
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A Ukrainian soldier pets a cat in a helmet as artillery crews of the 65th Mechanized Brigade fight Russian troops in the Orikhiv direction, southeastern Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian activist carries a placard reading 'Indifference = Death! Free Azov' as demonstrators campaign for captive military personnel of the Mariupol Garrison, other prisoners of war and missing persons to be released by Russia.
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Children use headphones and tablets during a lesson at a local school in Zaporizhzhia. Nearby the first underground school is being constructed and will become the sixth fortified educational facility building in Zaporizhzhia Oblast constructed during the ongoing war with Russia.
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Daughter SOFIIA SEMCHYSHYN and her children YEVA and DMYTRO attend the memorial service for their mother and grandmother, linguistic professor and former MP Iryna Farion, who was shot dead on the street on July 19, at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church.
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A young boy looks through a hole in the cup during a lesson at the new educational centre for children from displaced families in Zaporizhzhia. The centre was opened with the support of USAID's Ukraine Confidence Building Initiative and Support Ukraine Today Charity Foundation.
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A single window is illuminated at night as the city of Zaporizhzhia switches off street lights due to power shortages in the region and to save electricity for residential buildings.
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