Since the Russian invasion of February 2022, the Ukrainian army has held several front lines in the east and south of the country.
While the conflict seems to be crystallizing around the city of Bakhmut, Ukrainian soldiers are deployed along hundreds of kilometers of trenches between the Donbas and the Zaporizhzhia region.
Just a few hundred meters from Russian positions, real trench and artillery warfare is the daily life of the soldiers and of the very many civilians who have stayed, by choice or by necessity.
The latter are also the targets of collateral damage in a war that has in fact been going on since 2014.
This story was produced in March 2023 on three different front lines, as close as possible to the fighting, both with the forces of the regular army and with volunteers from Ukrainian far-right brigades.
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Ukraine, Orikhiv, 2023-03-16. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Orikhiv, 2023-03-16. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Orikhiv, 2023-03-16. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Orikhiv, 2023-03-16. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Orikhiv, 2023-03-16. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Orikhiv, 2023-03-16. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Huliaipole, 2023-03-19. Brigade of ukrainian volunteer army combat in south of Ukraine, in Zaporijia region. From this front line, the russian army is just between 1 and 3 kilometers.
Ukraine, Sloviansk, 2023-03-20. On the road to the front line in Bakhmut, ukrainian army prepare for counter offensive against Russia.
Ukraine, Sloviansk, 2023-03-20. On the road to the front line in Bakhmut, ukrainian army prepare for counter offensive against Russia.
Ukraine, Kramatorsk, 2023-03-21. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, the city is hit by the russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-19. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, ukrainian army prepare for counter offensive against Russia.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-22. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, the city was almost destroy by the russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-22. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, the city was almost destroy by the russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-22. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, the city was almost destroy by the russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-22. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, the city was almost destroy by the russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-22. At few kilometers from the front line in Bakhmut, the city was almost destroy by the russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-23. Ukrainian soldiers from tank brigade inside trench at 500 meters from russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-23. Ukrainian soldiers from tank brigade inside trench at 500 meters from russian forces.
Ukraine, Tchassiv Yar, 2023-03-23. Ukrainian soldiers from tank brigade inside trench at 500 meters from russian forces.