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This Russian tank was destroyed during the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region. Russian forces withdrew in September.
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, THE PRESS
A box of Russian military rations reminds us that Vladimir Putin’s soldiers controlled this territory, in the Kherson region, until their withdrawal in mid-November.
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Dmytro Pletenchuk, Ukrainian army spokesman in Kherson, carries missile fragments to Chornobaivka airport, site of fierce fighting between the two armies.
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On the road to Kherson, one of the largest cities in southern Ukraine, there are countless businesses ravaged by the fighting. Desolation is everywhere.
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Almost a year later, the pain remains sharp for Ludmila Shabelnyk. Her son Ivan was shot dead by Russian soldiers while fetching firewood in a forest in Izium, Kharkiv region, at the start of the war.
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Only ruins of this house in Posad-Pokrovs’ke, north of Kherson, remain. The entire village, which had 3,000 inhabitants before the war, was razed by bombardment.
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Ivan, Andrii and Serhii repair their house in Posad-Pokrovs’ke. They are determined to revive their devastated village. Now that the bombs have died down, a handful of people like them have returned to the village.
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The Russian army left its mark on the ruins of this house in the village of Kamianka, in the Kharkiv region. The site of intense fighting, the village was recaptured in September by the Ukrainian army.
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, THE PRESS
Kharkiv regional police are posting photos of 3,000 Russian soldiers and mercenaries on their Telegram account. Torture, looting, summary executions: these men are wanted for war crimes.
