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Ukraine: Living with War

By 02/22/2024 | updated 2 years ago
A visitor walks past the hundreds of grave sites for fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. The burial grounds were an open grass lawn before the recent fighting. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)

The Ukrainian people try to go about their lives as the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion approaches. The Russian army invaded Ukraine again Feb. 24, 2022.

A visitor walks past the hundreds of grave sites for fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. The burial grounds were an open grass lawn before the recent fighting. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A visitor walks past the hundreds of grave sites for fallen Ukrainian soldiers at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. The burial grounds were an open grass lawn before the recent fighting. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Banners with the words
Banners with the words “We will not let Russia destroy our Kharkiv and we will not give up on it” hang on the side of a bombed out building in Kharkiv, Ukraine Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A child plays with the pigeons in a park in downtown Truskavets in western Ukraine Sunday, Dec. 9, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A child plays with the pigeons in a park in downtown Truskavets in western Ukraine Sunday, Dec. 9, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Halyna Ladyga, 35, mother of twin 8-year-old boys, was returning with her husband from Costa Rica when she found out the war with Russia had started. “I have a feeling that my future was stolen,” Ladyga said. “I was a business woman who earned good money. I could travel. I could live a normal life in my place and all that just gone because of a war, because of Russia.” (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Halyna Ladyga, 35, mother of twin 8-year-old boys, was returning with her husband from Costa Rica when she found out the war with Russia had started. “I have a feeling that my future was stolen,” Ladyga said. “I was a business woman who earned good money. I could travel. I could live a normal life in my place and all that just gone because of a war, because of Russia.” (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A worker pauses and takes a look at an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, that was attacked by the Russians Jan. 14, 2023. The attack killed 46, including six children, and injured 80 people. Eight are still missing. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A worker pauses and takes a look at an apartment building in Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, that was attacked by the Russians Jan. 14, 2023. The attack killed 46, including six children, and injured 80 people. Eight are still missing. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Oleksandr Tertyshnyi, head of the Kharkiv region military administration in Borova, Ukraine, looks at remains of his office, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, after a Russian drone attack hit the House of Culture building in the village less than 18 miles from the Russian troops on Dec. 4, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Oleksandr Tertyshnyi, head of the Kharkiv region military administration in Borova, Ukraine, looks at remains of his office, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, after a Russian drone attack hit the House of Culture building in the village less than 18 miles from the Russian troops on Dec. 4, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A picture of an Ukrainian soldier stands among other pictures of the war in a park in downtown Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The people live about their lives as the war continues against Russia. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A picture of an Ukrainian soldier stands among other pictures of the war in a park in downtown Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The people live about their lives as the war continues against Russia. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
New bomb shelters stand around Dnipro, Ukraine Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, providing quick shelter from Russian air attacks. The air sirens filled the air about 15 minutes later, but nothing was seen in Dnipro. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
New bomb shelters stand around Dnipro, Ukraine Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, providing quick shelter from Russian air attacks. The air sirens filled the air about 15 minutes later, but nothing was seen in Dnipro. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A woman walks by a memorial Monday Dec. 11, 2023, for the 46 killed, including six children, and the 80 injured in an attack by the Russians Jan 14, 2023, in Dnipro, Ukraine. Eight people are still missing. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A woman walks by a memorial Monday Dec. 11, 2023, for the 46 killed, including six children, and the 80 injured in an attack by the Russians Jan 14, 2023, in Dnipro, Ukraine. Eight people are still missing. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A worker stacks care packages for refugees at a government hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2024. The Colorado Springs based non-profit Ukraine Power provides supplies for the 25 hubs throughout Ukraine for refugees displaced by the Russian occupation of Eastern Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A worker stacks care packages for refugees at a government hub in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2024. The Colorado Springs based non-profit Ukraine Power provides supplies for the 25 hubs throughout Ukraine for refugees displaced by the Russian occupation of Eastern Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Natalia Lukashchuk was a lawyer in Popasna, Ukraine, before the war in 2014. She was a refugee for the second time after the 2022 war with Russia and now she's the deputy of military administration helping refugees from her region in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Natalia Lukashchuk was a lawyer in Popasna, Ukraine, before the war in 2014. She was a refugee for the second time after the 2022 war with Russia and now she’s the deputy of military administration helping refugees from her region in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A child draws a picture for soldiers on the frontlines of the war at a government hub for refugees from the Luganski region Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The hubs provide services to refugees from the war. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A child draws a picture for soldiers on the frontlines of the war at a government hub for refugees from the Luganski region Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The hubs provide services to refugees from the war. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Lyudmila Tkachenko, 72, left, and Anatoly Tolmachov, 82, spent their whole life in Stelmahivka, Ukraine on the Russian border. Now the two of them are refugees leaving in a dorm in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Lyudmila Tkachenko, 72, left, and Anatoly Tolmachov, 82, spent their whole life in Stelmahivka, Ukraine on the Russian border. Now the two of them are refugees leaving in a dorm in Kharkiv, Ukraine. “I need nothing, but our home,” Tolmachov said. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Refugee children play video games on their I-Pads Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at their dorms in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Refugee children play video games on their I-Pads Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at their dorms in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Workers dismantle a Soviet-built apartment Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, that was damaged from a Russian attack during the war in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Workers dismantle a Soviet-built apartment Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, that was damaged from a Russian attack during the war in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Russian troops used the local school in Izyum, Ukraine after taking control of the city in Eastern Ukraine on April 1, 2022. Russian soldiers gutted the school that served as their base as they retreated in September 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Russian troops used the local school in Izyum, Ukraine after taking control of the city in Eastern Ukraine on April 1, 2022. Russian soldiers gutted the school that served as their base as they retreated in September 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A swing lies silent outside a destroyed apartment complex in Izyum, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. On March 4, 2022, Russian air attacks killed 44 or more civilians. Ukraine forces liberated the city in Sept. 2022 and afterward local police discovered a mass grave of 440 bodies in the town. The city administration estimates that all in all, about 1,000 people lost their lives under the Russian occupation. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A swing lies silent outside a destroyed apartment complex in Izyum, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. On March 4, 2022, Russian air attacks killed 44 or more civilians. Ukraine forces liberated the city in Sept. 2022 and afterward local police discovered a mass grave of 440 bodies in the town. The city administration estimates that all in all, about 1,000 people lost their lives under the Russian occupation. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Oleg Sleptets, governor of the Savatovo military administration, and his son, Kyzyl, pose for a picture at Oleg's apartment in Kharkiv Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Oleg Sleptets, governor of the Savatovo military administration, and his son, Kyzyl, pose for a picture at Oleg’s apartment in Kharkiv Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Olga Verbeshchuk plays the Ukrainian folk instrument Bandura while her twin sister Svitlana sings in the tunnels below Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. The two are music students at the The Dragomanov Ukrainian State University in Kyiv. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Olga Verbeshchuk plays the Ukrainian folk instrument Bandura while her twin sister Svitlana sings in the tunnels below Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. The two are music students at the The Dragomanov Ukrainian State University in Kyiv. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A bombed railroad car that was destroyed by an Russian attack on March 5, 2022, frames an exhibit of destroyed Russian Military Equipment Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in St. Michael's (Mykhailivska) Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The empty train was traveling from Kyiv to Irpin to transport refugees to safety. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A bombed railroad car that was destroyed by an Russian attack on March 5, 2022, frames an exhibit of destroyed Russian Military Equipment Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in St. Michael’s (Mykhailivska) Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The empty train was traveling from Kyiv to Irpin to transport refugees to safety. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A man and child explore the destroyed Russian tank Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in St. Michael's (Mykhailivska) Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment is on display for Ukrainians to view. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A man and child explore the destroyed Russian tank Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in St. Michael’s (Mykhailivska) Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment is on display for Ukrainians to view. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A young couple takes a selfie picture above Kyiv, Ukraine, and the Dnipro River Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A young couple takes a selfie picture above Kyiv, Ukraine, and the Dnipro River Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A cyclist rides through the cobblestone streets of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A cyclist rides through the cobblestone streets of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A man dressed as a bear walks across St. Michael's (Mykhailivska) Square Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A man dressed as a bear walks across St. Michael’s (Mykhailivska) Square Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A woman and child explore the destroyed Russian tanks and other military vehicles Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in St. Michael's (Mykhailivska) Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment is on display for Ukrainians to view. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A woman and child explore the destroyed Russian tanks and other military vehicles Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in St. Michael’s (Mykhailivska) Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. The exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment is on display for Ukrainians to view. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Mariia Vynnychenko, left, and Olekander Bydantser kiss above the Dnipro River in the Volodymyrska Hirki Park Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Mariia Vynnychenko, left, and Olekander Bydantser kiss above the Dnipro River in the Volodymyrska Hirki Park Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Roman Ponomaryov and his son, Yaroslav Ponomaryov in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Ponomaryov and his family owned an agricultural business in Svatove, Ukraine and had to start it from scratch for the second time from Kyiv after the Russians occupied home town on the eastern border of Ukraine. Ponomaryov had to start over the first time in 2014 after the first time the Russians invaded. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Roman Ponomaryov and his son, Yaroslav Ponomaryov in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Ponomaryov and his family owned an agricultural business in Svatove, Ukraine and had to start it from scratch for the second time from Kyiv after the Russians occupied home town on the eastern border of Ukraine. Ponomaryov had to start over the first time in 2014 after the first time the Russians invaded. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A painting of a Ukraine soldier and his love is painted on the walls of a building in the center of Lviv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A painting of a Ukraine soldier and his love is painted on the walls of a building in the center of Lviv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Valentin Bordun, left, and Olha Shved, pictured Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, are two of the 2,000 Ptaha volunteers who have greeted the 500,000 refugees who have traveled through the Lviv railroad station since the Russian invasion Feb. 24, 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Valentin Bordun, left, and Olha Shved, pictured Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, are two of the 2,000 Ptaha volunteers who have greeted the 500,000 refugees who have traveled through the Lviv railroad station since the Russian invasion Feb. 24, 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A grave site for a fallen Ukrainian solder at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
A grave site for a fallen Ukrainian solder at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Visitors decorate the grave site of a loved one at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Visitors decorate the grave site of a loved one at the Field of Mars burial Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine. The New York Times estimated in November the death toll at 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers since 2022. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Pedestrians walk past the war-damaged Temple of The Myrrh-Bearers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, after a fresh snowfall overnight. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
Pedestrians walk past the war-damaged Temple of The Myrrh-Bearers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, after a fresh snowfall overnight. (The Gazette, Christian Murdock) (Christian Murdock/The Gazette)
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