TUESDAY March 14, 2023: 'UKRAINIAN JOAN OF ARC' by award winning Le Pictorium photographer ADRIEN VAUTIER. Today marks 385 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over the past twelve months, the conflict has inflicted untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with thousands of lives claimed, millions displaced and crucial civilian infrastructure decimated. One woman, who before the war, worked in the jewelry business, but when Russia launched its invasion of her home, she joined the defense, and eventually became part of the Safari special forces regiment. EVGENIA EMERALD, 32, is now known as her country's 'Joan of Arc'. Evgeniya has become somewhat of an icon in Ukraine, fighting on the front lines as a sniper, the only woman in her unit. Meanwhile ton the 385th day of the war and winter rages on, so does the proud defense by all Ukrainians of their homeland. Welcome to 'UKRAINIAN JOAN OF ARC'
© zReportage.com Story of the Week #880: TUESDAY March 14, 2023: 'UKRAINIAN JOAN OF ARC' by award winning Le Pictorium photographer ADRIEN VAUTIER. Today marks 385 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over the past twelve months, the conflict has inflicted untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with thousands of lives claimed, millions displaced and crucial civilian infrastructure decimated. One woman, who before the war, worked in the jewelry business, but when Russia launched its invasion of her home, she joined the defense, and eventually became part of the Safari special forces regiment. EVGENIA EMERALD, 32, is now known as her country's 'Joan of Arc'. Evgeniya has become somewhat of an icon in Ukraine, fighting on the front lines as a sniper, the only woman in her unit. Meanwhile ton the 385th day of the war and winter rages on, so does the proud defense by all Ukrainians of their homeland. Welcome to 'UKRAINIAN JOAN OF ARC'
EMERALD EVGENIYA, sniper in the Ukrainian army with her rifle in Kyiv. 'All Russians are scared of us,' said Emerald. 'Afraid of me, afraid of us. Ukrainian women.'
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EMERALD EVGENIYA, pregnant at home with her second child is a sniper in the Ukrainian army. Evgeniya, gained a few nicknames 'punisher of Russians,' and the 'Ukrainian Joan of Arc.'
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EMERALD EVGENIYA, sniper in the Ukrainian army. Looking at her wedding album. Evgeniya, gained a few nicknames 'punisher of Russians,' and the 'Ukrainian Joan of Arc.'
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The ammunition that Emerald Evgeniya uses as a sniper in the Ukrainian army.
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Emerald Evgeniya, sniper in the Ukrainian army. Kyiv, February 09, 2023. EVGENIYA, gained a few nicknames 'punisher of Russians,' and the 'Ukrainian Joan of Arc.'
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Art and books In the living room of Evgeniya Emerald. Emerald Evgeniya is a sniper in the Ukrainian army.
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EMERALD EVGENIYA, a sniper in the Ukrainian army stands outside in the snow covered suburbs of Kyiv. she's gained a few nicknames; from 'punisher of Russians,' to the 'Ukrainian Joan of Arc.' Emerald has become somewhat of an icon in Ukraine, fighting on the front lines as a sniper, the only woman in her unit.
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A drawing of Evgeniya Emerald at her tom in Kyiv. Emerald is a sniper in the Ukrainian army.
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Today marks 385 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over the past twelve months, the conflict has inflicted untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with thousands of lives lost, millions displaced and crucial civilian infrastructure decimated.
© Today marks 385 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over the past twelve months, the conflict has inflicted untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with thousands of lives lost, millions displaced and crucial civilian infrastructure decimated.
Weapons blazing, Ukrainian gunners fire heavy artillery at Russian positions along the frontlines of the war in Bakhmut.
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A crew member of a Ukrainian Akatsiya 2S3 self-propelled gun waits for the order to fire at Russian positions 3km away on the frontlines in Donetsk.
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SERGIY, 31, left , is a crew chief of a self-propelled gun Akatsiya 2S3 tank and has been a member of the Ukrainian Army for more than 10 years.
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A Ukrainian tank drives past fields and leaves Bakhmut along with many artillery batteries, guns, mortars, and other tanks all to be repositioned outside the city.
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A Ukrainian tank passes through the eerily empty streets of Bkahmut during the war with Russia.
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MAXYM, a drone pilot in the Ukrainian army, trains to fly unmanned aircraft in the Donetsk Oblast.
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A Ukrainian tank brigade repositioned in a forest outside Bakhmout. Their role is to intervene quickly to help brigades in difficulty while fighting Russian forces.
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A Ukrainian woman comes to see her deceased mother who was killed in the street minutes before after a bombing in Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut.
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A civilian resident walks past destroyed buildings and bullet riddled cars in the city centre of Bakhmut.
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Ukrainian soldiers travel in an armored personnel carrier through the streets and past the gold domed church of Konstantinivka.
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Smoking a cigarette, ANATOLY, 74, is a resident of Bakhmut, where his apartment was destroyed during a Russian missile strike last summer.
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A Ukrainian solder stands beside a tank covered with green camouflage in the vicinity of Bakhmut. The infantryman is waiting for the order to intervene in order to help brigades in difficulty facing Russian forces.
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A Bakhmut gravedigger's team recovers the body of a man who was the victim of a bombing in the city centre during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian soldiers between fighting in the red zone of Bakhmut wait for the order to return to combat. The fatigue on their faces reflects the intensity of the fighting in the area.
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Flowers add color to the brown earth of the new grave for Ludmila Pavlovna who died on February 1, 2023 in Bakhmut during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Infantry soldiers of the 1st Ukrainian Tank Brigade return from battle training in the Donetsk Oblast region.
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Weapons change on bunkbeds In the basement of a Ukrainian military base, where soldiers are busy dismantling their camp quickly as the advancing Russian army is only one and a half kilometers away.
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A Ukrainian soldier is evacuated by ambulance after being wounded on the frontline in the Donbass during the war with Russia.
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Ukrainian troops walk through a snow covered field past a destroyed building in the centre of Bakhmut.
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