As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues Oleksandr Glyadelov works without a break covering the wartime events in the city of Kyiv, and the wider Kyiv and Chernihiv regions. With his analogue camera he goes to small towns, the names of which are on everyone’s lips due to the unjustified atrocities and looting carried out by Russian troops. Among these are Bucha, Irpyn’, Borodyanka: towns which were recently cleared of the Russian army. All it left behind is debris, suffering and death. For instance, Glyadelov documents the exhumation of bodies from a mass grave in Bucha and rescuers at work in Borodyanka.

Each volume of this series deals with the presentation of highly charged content and documents the state of affairs in Ukraine with the sensibility of an analogue camera that takes no chances. Glyadelov claims that there is no distance between himself and the photographed subject, which makes his task close to impossible as he often observes matters of life and death, the implausible ferocity of the Russian troops towards civilians and the scorched earth they leave behind. This volume contains photographs taken in the Chernihiv region and the outskirts of Moshun village, where there was a persistent attempt to break through Ukrainian defenses.