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Consequences of War

Consequences of War. July 2022. Elena Pomaz from Kherson, cries as she holds her children, Liza, age 6, and Sofia ,4 months on July 1, 2022 at the train station in Dnipro, Ukraine. Kherson is under Russian occupation forcing the family to flee. Elena and her children became emotional after relatives came on board to visit them, saying goodbye was difficult. The train arrives daily to Dnipro from Ukraine’s war ravaged eastern region carrying refugees for a brief stopover en route towards Lviv in western Ukraine.

Mourning death in Bucha

Mourning death in Bucha, Ukraine. Consequences of War. April 2022. Valya grieves over the body of her husband Alexander Kudin on April 8,2022 in Bucha, Ukraine as body bags line the Bucha city cemetery. Dozens of bodies were taken to the morgue from the Bucha cemetery for forensic examination and eventual burial. Bucha was the scene of the worst massacre of the Ukraine war, according to local authorities, 458 bodies have been recovered from the town, with corpses of civilians killed with their hands tied behind their back shot execution style. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has posed the greatest test to Western democracies since World War II. I dedicated many months covering the pain and suffering of this horrific war along with the inconceivable war crimes.

Massacre in Bucha

Massacre in Bucha,Ukraine. Consequences of War. April 2022. The remains of decomposing bodies, seen outside a building where men were brutally killed as the Russian soldiers left the corpses next to their garbage on April, 3, 2002 in Bucha, Ukraine. Bucha was the scene of the worst massacre of the Ukraine war, according to local authorities, 458 bodies have been recovered from the town, with corpses of civilians killed with their hands tied behind their back shot execution style.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment. Consequences of War. October 2022. As the sunlight shines on his cross, Father Michael Hleba performs the funeral service for friends and relatives mourning the death of Volodymyr Chovgun, 34, at the St. Elizabeth New Martyrs Convent on October 15, 2022 in Zazymya, Brovary district, Ukraine. Volodymyr was killed in Kyiv on October 10th by a Russian missile attack on his way to work, his brother survived with severe injuries currently still hospitalized. At least eight people were killed and 51 injured in Kyiv during the attack. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

Injured

Injured. October 2022. Injured military sit outside waiting to be medically treated for their injuries after a motor vehicle accident on October 8, 2022 in Donetsk District, Ukraine. Working according to NATO standards since 2014, doctors and nurses treat life threatening traumatic injuries, stabilizing patients, it is the second point in the chain of military evacuation. Most of the soldiers treated suffer from artillery wounds caused by shelling, along with mine injuries. Military doctors and nurses live and work at the facility. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)

The injured

Injured. October 2022. A soldier with serious head and eye wounds is seen after an operation at a hospital where military are treated on October 8, 2022 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk District, Ukraine. Working according to NATO standards since 2014, doctors and nurses treat life threatening traumatic injuries, stabilizing patients, it is the second point in the chain of military evacuation. Most of the soldiers treated suffer from artillery wounds caused by shelling, along with mine injuries. Military doctors and nurses live and work at the facility. (Photo by Paula Bronstein /Getty Images)