Black days of Ukraine

Dates

2014 - Ongoing
Author

Valery Melnikov

Ongoing conflict in Ukraine between rebels and the government army led the country to the full-scale hostilities.

Ongoing conflict in Ukraine between rebels and the government army led the country to the full-scale hostilities. Summer became the bloodiest time for the strategic city of Luhansk. Local citizens were besieged there for three months with no water or electricity, but with constant shelling over their heads. According to the Federal Migration Service, more than 800 thousand Ukrainian citizens had been displaced. The fate of others is to live every single day like it is the last one. Despite several ceasefires and suggestions for resolving the conflict, no side is ready to lay down arms.

© Valery Melnikov - Civilians escape from a fire at a house destroyed by air attack in the Luhanskaya village

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Civilians escape from a fire at a house destroyed by air attack in the Luhanskaya village

© Valery Melnikov - Refugee family and their child in the bus at the Izvarino border crossing point

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Refugee family and their child in the bus at the Izvarino border crossing point

© Valery Melnikov - A house destroyed during an air attack in the village of Luhanskaya

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A house destroyed during an air attack in the village of Luhanskaya

© Valery Melnikov - A citizens in the village of Luhanskaya after the air attack

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A citizens in the village of Luhanskaya after the air attack

© Valery Melnikov - The local resident killed during an air attack in the Luhanskaya village

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The local resident killed during an air attack in the Luhanskaya village

© Valery Melnikov - The aftermath of an artillery attack in Luhansk

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The aftermath of an artillery attack in Luhansk

© Valery Melnikov - Rebels arrest a locals during a curfew

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Rebels arrest a locals during a curfew

© Valery Melnikov - The pro -russian rebel fires near the Krasnyi Partizan checkpoint

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The pro -russian rebel fires near the Krasnyi Partizan checkpoint

© Valery Melnikov - The pro-russian rebel trying to catch a signal near the frontline

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The pro-russian rebel trying to catch a signal near the frontline

© Valery Melnikov - Local resident Galina Lobach, 67, in the village of Luhanskaya after the air attack

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Local resident Galina Lobach, 67, in the village of Luhanskaya after the air attack

© Valery Melnikov - The Ukrainian soldier captured by pro-russian rebels

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The Ukrainian soldier captured by pro-russian rebels

© Valery Melnikov - The pro -russian rebel sleeping in barracks

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The pro -russian rebel sleeping in barracks

© Valery Melnikov - A woman escapes from a fire during an artillery attack in Krasnodon highway

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A woman escapes from a fire during an artillery attack in Krasnodon highway

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