Olena Sheveka
September 22, 2022
Ukraine returns 215 POWs, including Azovstal hero defenders. According to photos from social networks, deputy commander of the Azov regiment Svyatoslav Palamar (Kalina) and commander of the Azov regiment Denis Prokopenko (Redis), as well as Paramedic Kateryna Polishchuk, also known as Ptashka (Bird) returned from Russian captivity.
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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September 22, 2022
Mariia Tikhonova
September 21, 2022
General mobilization in Russia has begun.
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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September 21, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
August 24, 2022
At least 22 people have been killed in Russian shelling at the Chaplin train station in the central Dnipropetrovsk region on Ukraine’s 31st Independence Day, at least two of them children. President Volodymyr Zelensky gave this information in his address to the nation. The news agency DPA quoted the President in a video address late on Wednesday as saying that the bodies of five of the dead have been recovered from the railway track. Search and rescue operation is on.
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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August 24, 2022
Irada Suleimanova
September 21, 2022
"Today, after the news about the mobilization in Russia, we must help the Armed Forces more than ever. With renewed strength - donate to verified funds, or if you have a way and opportunity to help in some other way, don't delay!" - Irada Suleimanova, September 2022
Artist
Irada is an artist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Drawing for her is a way of reflecting on what's happening in the world, her emotions and experiences.
Irada Suleimanova
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September 21, 2022
Mariia Tikhonova
September 18, 2022
"My son's friend left Izyum in the first days of March, but her family stayed behind to pack things - mom, dad, and little brother. They were supposed to leave shortly, but russian troops entered the region and they got stuck. The cellphone communication was cut, and the girl kept waiting for her family to get in touch. In May a neighbor from Izyum got in touch with her, he said that her entire family died in a russian shelling attack and that he saw their bodies. Today after the liberation of Izyum, more than 450 graves were found in the forest. But the girl's family — her mom, dad and little brother are still under the rubble, she hopes that their bodies can be extracted in the next few days." - Mariia Tikhonova, September 2022
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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September 18, 2022
Irina Zarubina
September 20, 2022
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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September 20, 2022
Anastasia Hadjinova
September 19, 2022
Ukraine’s surprise counterattack in the northeast of the country has sent shock waves through the Russian army, with military strategists saying occupying forces have likely been forced to pull out of the entire region around Kharkiv.
Anastasia Hadjinova
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September 19, 2022
Lina-Maria Shlapak
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September 19, 2022
Olena Sheveka
September 18, 2022
Izyum, a city in the Kharkiv region, was liberated from Russian occupation — just days later a mass burial with more than 400 victims was discovered in the forest nearby. Of the 436 bodies found, 30 showed signs of torture. Most of the bodies showed signs of a violent death, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration. "There are bodies with a rope around the neck, with hands tied, with broken limbs and with gunshot wounds. Several men had their genitals amputated, all this is evidence of the terrible torture to which the occupiers subjected the residents of Izyum."
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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September 18, 2022
Irina Zarubina
September 18, 2022
On September 16, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that more than 400 bodies, including those with signs of torture, had been found at the mass burial site in liberated Izyum, Kharkiv region. Children and members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are among those buried. During the first exhumations, a picture of the hand of a probably tortured man wearing patriotic bracelets was taken. The photo spread on the Internet rapidly and became a kind of symbol that shows the atrocities committed by the invaders in Izyum. The bracelet belonged to a 36year old soldier Serhii Sova who fought in the 93rd brigade - his wife recognized him by the tattoos on his body and the bracelet. The bracelet was given to Serhii by his children.
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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September 18, 2022
Lesia Pik
September 18, 2022
"'To the basement', this phrase is familiar to every Ukrainian, unfortunately. The Russians are torturing our people and killing them in our basements. How many victims there were, and how many we still don't know of yet..." - Lesia Pik, September 2022
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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September 18, 2022
Daria Lucyshyna
September 17, 2022
"We are waiting for each and every city to be liberated by the Ukrainian armed forces, but we are afraid of what we'll find there." - Daria Lucyshyna, September 2022. Izyum, a city in the Kharkiv region, was liberated from Russian occupation — just days later a mass burial with more than 400 victims was discovered in the forest nearby. Of the 436 bodies found, 30 showed signs of torture. Most of the bodies showed signs of a violent death, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration. "There are bodies with a rope around the neck, with hands tied, with broken limbs and with gunshot wounds. Several men had their genitals amputated, all this is evidence of the terrible torture to which the occupiers subjected the residents of Izyum."
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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September 17, 2022
Viktoria Berezina
September 17, 2022
Izyum, a city in the Kharkiv region, was liberated from Russian occupation — just days later a mass burial with more than 400 victims was discovered in the forest nearby. Of the 436 bodies found, 30 showed signs of torture. Most of the bodies showed signs of a violent death, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration. "There are bodies with a rope around the neck, with hands tied, with broken limbs and with gunshot wounds. Several men had their genitals amputated, all this is evidence of the terrible torture to which the occupiers subjected the residents of Izyum."
Artist
Victoria is an exhibiting artist and designer from Kherson, Ukraine. She works in different styles, including digital and hand-crafted collages.
Viktoria Berezina
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September 17, 2022
Irina Zarubina
September 17, 2022
Izyum, a city in the Kharkiv region, was liberated from Russian occupation — just days later a mass burial with more than 400 victims was discovered in the forest nearby. Of the 436 bodies found, 30 showed signs of torture. Most of the bodies showed signs of a violent death, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv region military administration. "There are bodies with a rope around the neck, with hands tied, with broken limbs and with gunshot wounds. Several men had their genitals amputated, all this is evidence of the terrible torture to which the occupiers subjected the residents of Izyum."
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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September 17, 2022
Irina Zarubina
September 16, 2022
"This artwork is dedicated to my fellow illustrators and artists." - Irina Zarubina, September 2022
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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September 16, 2022
Elena Scherbak
September 11, 2022
01: Mountain rescuers in Transcarpathia in Ukraine have a fantastic and fluffy helper - Sikro the Hungarian sheepdog. Also known as a Komondor, the breed is often used to guard livestock in rural, mountainous areas of Eastern Europe. Sikro though has an even more important job - helping the State Emergency Service of Ukraine find those who get into trouble in the region. 02: Kate the Belgian Shepard watched over the Kyiv subway. Together with her handler, deputy head of Kyiv Police K9 Center, Vitaliy Lytvyn, Kate sniffs out weapons and explosives across the capital and entertains people at Kyiv railway station. “We do regular sweeps for explosives in the city subway,” said Lytvyn. “We inspect suspicious items and passenger bags. Once off-duty, we entertain kids and people coming through Kyiv. It’s a kind of therapy, lightening the mood. Children fleeing combat zones can regain a sense of normality, if only for a moment.” 03: Archie the black Labrador Retriever serves in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, scouring potentially hazardous areas for explosives.
Elena Scherbak
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September 11, 2022
Lesia Pik
September 8, 2022
"A few days ago, when I saw the photos from Vysokopillia in Kherson, I realized that now our counteroffensive cannot be stopped! I want our flag to fly over all of Ukraine as soon as possible! I am so proud of our heroes and heroines and all those who do not give up." - Lesia Pik, September 2022
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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September 8, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
July 29, 2022
On 29 July 2022, a Russian-operated prison in Molodizhne near Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast, was destroyed, killing 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war and leaving 75 wounded. The prisoners were mainly soldiers from the Azovstal complex, the last Ukrainian stronghold in the siege of Mariupol. Both Ukrainian and Russian authorities accused each other of the attack on the prison. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that the Russians blew up the barrack in order to cover up the torture and murder of Ukrainian POWs that had been taking place there, and Ukrainian authorities provided intercepted communications indicating Russian culpability, while Russians suggest that a HIMARS rocket was shot from Ukrainian territory. According to a CNN analysis, the Russian version of events is very likely a fabrication as there is virtually no chance that the damage was caused by a HIMARS rocket. The most likely cause of the explosion was an incendiary device detonated from inside the prison warehouse.
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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July 29, 2022
Maria Skliarova
September 3, 2022
"Each one of our victories is pain. Today we rejoice, we are proud, we repost the news and write about how wonderful everything is at the front, that our soldiers are winning back territories... But everyday there are people who will not be able to call home tomorrow and say "I'm alive, everything is fine". Let's remember this and keep it in mind; this is the price of each counter offensive. 'A tear rolled down his cheek. It's just dew. dew. dew. I will wipe away the tear, and I will keep the feeling of grief deep in my chest, which was crushed by the news.' I wrote this poem on August 21st. I just felt it and wrote it down, at the same time I saw a picture in my mind: a sunflower as a container for tears. Finally today, I was able to draw it correctly." - Maria Skliarova, September 2022
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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September 3, 2022
Arina Panasovska
September 2, 2022
Artist
Arina Panasovska is an artist and illustrator from the occupied city of Kherson, Ukraine. She believes that art is a weapon, and art is the one thing that helped her not to break in wartime. Before the war Arina worked with children’s publishing houses. Today she is planning to transition to commercial illustration and build a new life.
Arina Panasovska
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September 2, 2022
Lesia Pik
August 31, 2022
"Storks gather together in autumn to fly south. Maybe this is a sign of nature? Kherson - we're coming!" - Lesia Pik, August 2022
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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August 31, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
August 28, 2022
New images show metal cages at the Mariupol Philharmonic Hall in Mariupol, Ukraine, that will purportedly be used to hold Ukrainian prisoners of war for expected trials to be held by Russian-backed authorities. The UN said they are concerned that the Russian Federation and affiliated groups could be planning trials for Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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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August 28, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
August 24, 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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August 24, 2022
Elena Scherbak
August 26, 2022
"I'm starting a series about service animals. The first illustration is of Nicole, famous Ukraine railway dog." - Elena Scherbak, August 2022
Elena Scherbak
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August 26, 2022
Eugenia Goncharenko
August 24, 2022
"Six months have passed since the war started. Six months of death, pain and suffering; but also six months of strength, will and indomitability of the Ukrainian people in the fight against the evil that’s today’s Russia. Our fight for the freedom and independence of Ukraine. On August 24th we celebrated our 31st Independence Day, and I believe that it will not be the last. Sooner or later we will win, we will return peace and tranquility to our country. We will rebuild it. Until then, we will be strong, fight, help and believe. Glory to Ukraine!!! This illustration is drawn from a photo of a chevron of Serhii Karpo, who died in February 2015 in a battle with Russian invaders in the Debaltseve district." - Eugenia Goncharenko, August 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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August 24, 2022
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