Irina Zarubina
May 17, 2022
The Azovstal plant became one of the most emblematic points of the Siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion. The Battle of Azovstal occurred on the site, resulting in a conditional surrender by the Ukrainian defenders after over a month of heroic resistance.
Artist
Irina Zarubina is an illustrator who was forced to leave her native Kharkiv Ukraine at the beginning of the war moving to another safer city. She illustrated children's magazines and books now she mainly works with illustrations for websites, articles, and clothes.
Irina Zarubina
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May 17, 2022
Irina Kostyshina
May 14, 2022
Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision final on May 14th securing Ukraine's third Eurovision victory. The group's trophy was sold for US$900,000, with proceeds earmarked for purchase of combat drones for Ukraine's military. The frontman of Eurovision favourites Kalush Orchestra made an impassioned plea for help for the fighters trapped in the ruined city of Mariupol at the close of their performance in Turin. “Help Ukraine, help Mariupol, help Azovstal now!” Oleh Psiuk exhorted to the crowd of thousands in the Pala Alpitour arena and a live TV audience of up to 200 million.
Artist
Irina Kostyshina is an artist & graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She works mainly in editorial illustration and also as a comic artist, combining digital and traditional media in her works. Since the full-scale Russian invasion, Irina has focused on creating war-related illustrations and educational work on her Instagram feed to tell the truth about Ukraine.
Irina Kostyshina
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May 14, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
May 14, 2022
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
Eugenia Goncharenko
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May 14, 2022
Dima Verovsky
May 15, 2022
Months into the war, residents of Mykolaiv feel dread and resignation as the daily shelling of their city in southern Ukraine became a new routine.
Dima Verovsky
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May 15, 2022
Daria Lucyshyna
May 14, 2022
"When I was a child I saw an image of the Virgin Mary holding a heart pierced by a sword at my grandma’s house and it puzzled me. Now I think of the city of Mary, Mariupol, as a wounded and bleeding heart that keeps on beating. The wounded defenders of Mariupol are trapped in inhuman conditions, they must be evacuated before it’s too late." - Daria Lucyshyna, May 2022
Artist
Daria Lutsyshyna is an artist born in Dnipro, living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Daria creates illustrations, posters, and graphic design. During the full-scale Russian invasion, she focused on illustrating war-related texts, news, her own experience of war, and reflections on its nature and consequences. She believes art is not "outside of politics" and artists and their work matter and can make a difference.
Daria Lucyshyna
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May 14, 2022
Yuliia Rozhok
May 13, 2022
Artist
Yuliia Rozhok is an artist and illustrator from Donetsk. She lives in Kyiv and studies fashion marketing in London. She uses art to visualize her thoughts on various topics. Since the full-scale war started, Yuliia began actively creating digital illustrations telling the world about Russia’s aggression and Ukraine’s unity and power.
Yuliia Rozhok
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May 13, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
May 8, 2022
A kitchen cabinet in an apartment in Borodyanka, Kyiv has remained mounted on a wall in a home in Ukraine, despite the entire room being destroyed. The picture was widely shared on social media and became a symbol of resilience. The apartment was hit by Russian shelling, destroying the majority of the room and adjacent rooms, Twitter users were quick to share the image and proudly proclaimed that, like the cabinet, Ukraine still remained standing despite the efforts of the Russian military.
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
Eugenia Goncharenko
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May 8, 2022
Mariia Tikhonova
May 11, 2022
Ukrainian cultural landmarks are under continues assault. On February 26th, 2022, during the Russian bombing of the village of Ivankiv a local history museum was destroyed. The collection included unique works by the famous Ukrainian folk artist Maria Pryimachenko. On April 30th, Lyubov Panchenko, a visual artist, sixties dissident and fashion designer, died as a result of the occupation of Bucha. On May 9th, a Russian missile strike directly hit the National Literary and Memorial Museum of Hryhorii Skovoroda, the famous Ukrainian poet and philosopher.
Artist
Mariia Tikhonova is an artist born in Mykolaiv, living and working in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Today Mariia creates illustrations to visualize thoughts on the war in Ukraine. But she wants to illustrate children's books and kids magazines. Since the full-scale war started, Mariia began actively creating war diaries in the book “The history of Ukraine” in collage, cutout technique.
Mariia Tikhonova
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May 11, 2022
Olena Sheveka
May 11, 2022
Ruble of a destroyed house in Mariupol. ""Life will find a way, when light will overcome the darkness." - Olena Sheveka, May 2022
Artist
Olena Sheveka is an artist & children's book illustrator from Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Olena graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute knowing with confidence what she wanted in life and followed her dream, but unfortunately, the most terrible event for Ukraine happened. Now she illustrates all the pain and anger that came with the invasion and ruined the plans of millions of Ukrainians.
Olena Sheveka
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May 11, 2022
Lesia Pik
May 9, 2022
Buildings in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa lay in ruins as firefighters battled blazes into the early hours, a day after Russian forces pounded the port with missiles and President Vladimir Putin led defiant celebrations marking the Soviet's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. One person was killed and five people were injured when seven missiles hit a shopping center and a depot.
Artist
Lesia is an artist from Odesa, Ukraine. She started drawing 8 years ago after a bad leg injury put her previous career on hold. After leaving Odesa in April 2022, Lesia continues to paint and visualize Ukraine and the invasion. “Drawing for me is a hobby, a job, and a way to reflect. Every time another terrible event happens, I think to myself — again? How can this get any worse? And then I sit down and draw and cry... This is my way of surviving this grief because no one can be aloof. I believe in our Armed Forces, and our victory!”
Lesia Pik
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May 9, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
May 8, 2022
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
Eugenia Goncharenko
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May 8, 2022
Sverkunova Ksenia
May 9, 2022
Russians celebrate Victory Day on May 9th, an annual event to mark the Soviet Union's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Under Russian President Vladimir Putin, the May 9 event has grown in scale and political prominence, with a Soviet-style military parade on Moscow's Red Square featuring a presidential address, ultimately becoming a propaganda tool for Putin’s government, which is drawing on history for its invasion of Ukraine.
Sverkunova Ksenia
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May 9, 2022
Julia Zinchenko
May 8, 2022
After destroying the city of Mariupol and killing tens of thousands of its citizens, Russia began to change the road signs from Ukrainian and English to Russian. The new signs greet you at the entrance to the burnt out city. “Russia has come back here.” said Denis Pushilin, the head of the kremlin backed DNR.
Artist
Yulia Zinchenko is an illustrator from Kyiv. She draws both digitally and traditionally. When the full-scale war began, she started to paint on the subject of the war in Ukraine in order to convey the events and feelings to the world, and to keep Ukraine’s struggle at the forefront of world news. In the past, she loved to draw her dog the most. She would like to work on illustrations for books and is always open to interesting projects.
Julia Zinchenko
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May 8, 2022
Lesia Pik
May 8, 2022
The Azovstal plant became one of the most emblematic points of the Siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion. The Battle of Azovstal occurred on the site, resulting in a conditional surrender by the Ukrainian defenders after over a month of resistance.
Artist
Lesia is an artist from Odesa, Ukraine. She started drawing 8 years ago after a bad leg injury put her previous career on hold. After leaving Odesa in April 2022, Lesia continues to paint and visualize Ukraine and the invasion. “Drawing for me is a hobby, a job, and a way to reflect. Every time another terrible event happens, I think to myself — again? How can this get any worse? And then I sit down and draw and cry... This is my way of surviving this grief because no one can be aloof. I believe in our Armed Forces, and our victory!”
Lesia Pik
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May 8, 2022
Irina Kostyshina
May 7, 2022
"The spring has finally come to Kyiv, and the magnolias and sakuras are in full blossom. This would be a perfect day for a walk in a park, and I do this when I can. But me and many other Ukrainians who are in a relatively safer locations experience living in two realities at once. Because whenever I unlock my smartphone, there are news of another shelling, battle, rockets hitting houses, and death. And I am watching what is happening in Mariupol - the soldiers together with civilians they protect, are still blocked at the Azovstal steelworks." - Irina Kostyshina, May 2022
Artist
Irina Kostyshina is an artist & graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She works mainly in editorial illustration and also as a comic artist, combining digital and traditional media in her works. Since the full-scale Russian invasion, Irina has focused on creating war-related illustrations and educational work on her Instagram feed to tell the truth about Ukraine.
Irina Kostyshina
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May 7, 2022
Mariia Tikhonova
May 6, 2022
From the diary of an 8 year old boy in Mariupol: “My two dogs died, and my grandma Galya, and my beloved city Mariupol.”
Artist
Mariia Tikhonova is an artist born in Mykolaiv, living and working in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Today Mariia creates illustrations to visualize thoughts on the war in Ukraine. But she wants to illustrate children's books and kids magazines. Since the full-scale war started, Mariia began actively creating war diaries in the book “The history of Ukraine” in collage, cutout technique.
Mariia Tikhonova
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May 6, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
April 5, 2022
More than 12 million people are believed to have fled their homes in Ukraine since the conflict began, according to the UN. Over 5.7 million have left for neighboring countries and another 6.5 million people are thought to be displaced inside the war-torn country itself.
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
Eugenia Goncharenko
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April 5, 2022
Lesia Pik
May 5, 2022
Molten dishes in a bombed out kitchen in Borodyanka, Ukraine.
Artist
Lesia is an artist from Odesa, Ukraine. She started drawing 8 years ago after a bad leg injury put her previous career on hold. After leaving Odesa in April 2022, Lesia continues to paint and visualize Ukraine and the invasion. “Drawing for me is a hobby, a job, and a way to reflect. Every time another terrible event happens, I think to myself — again? How can this get any worse? And then I sit down and draw and cry... This is my way of surviving this grief because no one can be aloof. I believe in our Armed Forces, and our victory!”
Lesia Pik
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May 5, 2022
Anastasia Hadjinova
May 5, 2022
"I miss you so much, As never before, I'm always looking towards you, And no words are needed. I miss you, Ukraine." - Anastasia Hadjinova, May 2022
Anastasia Hadjinova
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May 5, 2022
Maria Skliarova
May 5, 2022
Russian troops have looted more than 2,000 artworks from museums in the devastated Ukrainian port city Mariupol, including paintings by Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ivan Aivazovsky, ancient icons, the Gospel of 1811 from the Venetian printing house for the Greeks of Mariupol, and many more artifacts and artworks. On the photo is Arkhip Kuindzhi’s famous “Sunset on the Dnipro” in the hands of Russian officials.
Artist
Maria Skliarova is a digital artist from Kharkiv, Ukraine. She studied physics before transitioning to professional illustration six years ago. Maria is passionate about illustrating articles, and dreams of illustrating novels one day. She now lives with her husband and gray cat in Poltava, Ukraine.
Maria Skliarova
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May 5, 2022
Daria Lucyshyna
April 8, 2022
On 8 April 2022, a Russian rocket labeled with a “For The Children” inscription hit the train station in Kramatorsk, killing at least 7 Ukrainian children who were waiting to be evacuated with their parents. The strike killed 60 civilians and wounded more than 110. Russian authorities denied responsibility and blamed the attack on Ukraine.
Artist
Daria Lutsyshyna is an artist born in Dnipro, living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Daria creates illustrations, posters, and graphic design. During the full-scale Russian invasion, she focused on illustrating war-related texts, news, her own experience of war, and reflections on its nature and consequences. She believes art is not "outside of politics" and artists and their work matter and can make a difference.
Daria Lucyshyna
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April 8, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
May 3, 2022
Mariupol was besieged by Russian and pro-Russian proxy forces and largely destroyed in 2022, for which it received the title of Hero City of Ukraine. On 16 May 2022, the last remaining Ukrainian troops in Azovstal Steel Plant surrendered as Russia secured complete control over the city. Prior to the invasion and its capture by Russia, Mariupol was the tenth-largest city in Ukraine and the second-largest in Donetsk Oblast, with an estimated population of 431,859, according to a 2021 census. Following its capture, the population is now, according to Ukrainian authorities, estimated to be less than 100,000. President of Mariupol Television, volunteer and civil activist Mykola Osychenko said to Dnipro TV that, according to the insider information, 87,000 deaths have been currently documented in morgues in Mariupol, but these numbers are far from final.
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
Eugenia Goncharenko
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May 3, 2022
Renata Mushat
May 4, 2022
A trapped cat was rescued by Zoopatrul volunteers from the 7th floor of a destroyed house in Borodyanka, where it stayed and miraculously survived for almost 2 months.
Artist
Renata is a graphic designer from Odessa. She was trained in drawing and decorating from a young age. Currently engaged in design development for Ukrainian companies. She believes in the victory of Ukraine over Russian fascism.
Renata Mushat
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May 4, 2022
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