This timeline is created to tell people about Ukraine's heroic resistance against full-scale russian aggression. February 24, 2022 is the day it all began... Strap in
Eugenia Goncharenko
July 2, 2022
Goats grazing near rocket missiles in a Ukrainian village.
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.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
July 3, 2022
"For my godfather, the sniper" - Eugenia Goncharenko, July 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.
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Maria Skliarova
July 3, 2022
"I miss home, I miss the pile of books left on the shelves, standing there with still unfulfilled dreams of reading them all. I miss bikes, I miss the forest. I miss the old life, on which the endless stain of war has been laid; this stain spread into all dimensions — it killed emotions and the desire to live, to enjoy what was around for a long time. This stain settled over my memory, covering memories of bike rides through the forest with photographs of dead soldiers eaten by animals and mold; they lie littered on the trails we biked across just last November. The mined forest is filled with scrap metal, but even this will be absorbed by the earth over the years, tree roots will entwine clumsy metal structures, squeeze them, and hold them forever. The war will be digested by nature, which never gives up – an element that continues to live despite all inhuman circumstances and actions. A day will come when someone else will ride on the new bike paths and will not know about the bodies and mines that 2022 left behind. They will plunge back into endless security, like we once did long ago, and will only hear from older relatives that there was a war, that destroyed everything in its path, burning houses along with people…" - Maria Skliarova, July 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.
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Volodymir Valiiev
July 3, 2022
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Eugenia Goncharenko
July 7, 2022
"Everyday of delay is paid for in lives lost - ARM UKRAINE NOW!" - Eugenia Goncharenko, July 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.
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Irina Kostyshina
July 8, 2022
"Today Ukraine's Armed forces recaptured Zmiinyi (Snake) Island. There is a myth that Thetis, mother of Achilles, has risen this island from the bottom of the Black sea (Leukos, or White, it was called) and Achilles spent time there while growing up. When Greeks colonized the Black sea coast, there used to be a temple dedicated to Achilles and it was believed that people could see spirits of Achilles and Patroclus there. So there is a veil of heroic myth around it and I guess it is rather symbolic that the r*ssian navy could not hold it for a long time and finally got kicked out." - Irina Kostyshina, July 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.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
July 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.
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Julia Zinchenko
July 11, 2022
"Our sea - we cannot touch it and can't swim in it, because it’s full of mines." - Julia Zinchenko, July 2022
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.
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Olena Sheveka
July 12, 2022
"The invaders are shelling our fields with the aim of intimidating the population and causing an even greater food crisis. The occupiers are destroying our bread. But the heroism and bravery of our farmers stands against Russian terrorism." - Olena Sheveka, July 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.
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Irina Zarubina
July 14, 2022
On July 14 the Russian Naval Forces fired five Kalibr cruise missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea at the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The missiles hit a Soviet-era concert hall, civilians buildings, a medical center, offices, stores and residential buildings. Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome, who was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother, never made it to the appointment. Now the images that tell the story of her life and its end are touching hearts worldwide. Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 28 people killed, including boys aged 7 and 8. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the 200+ severely injured. After the explosion, the mother and daughter went in different directions. Iryna, 33, went into a hospital’s intensive care unit while Liza went to a morgue.
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.
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Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
July 14, 2022
On July 14 the Russian Naval Forces fired five Kalibr cruise missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea at the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The missiles hit a Soviet-era concert hall, civilians buildings, a medical center, offices, stores and residential buildings. Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome, who was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother, never made it to the appointment. Now the images that tell the story of her life and its end are touching hearts worldwide. Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 28 people killed, including boys aged 7 and 8. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the 200+ severely injured. After the explosion, the mother and daughter went in different directions. Iryna, 33, went into a hospital’s intensive care unit while Liza went to a morgue.
Artist
Alexandra is an award-winning Ukrainian animator and illustrator, currently in Vienna, Austria. She studied visual communication in Kyiv(KNUCA), Vienna(Angewandte), and London(UAL). In her works she addresses modern, urban, and people-inspired topics, often in a humorous way, using bright colors and mixed media.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
July 14, 2022
On July 14 the Russian Naval Forces fired five Kalibr cruise missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea at the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The missiles hit a Soviet-era concert hall, civilians buildings, a medical center, offices, stores and residential buildings. Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome, who was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother, never made it to the appointment. Now the images that tell the story of her life and its end are touching hearts worldwide. Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 28 people killed, including boys aged 7 and 8. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the 200+ severely injured. After the explosion, the mother and daughter went in different directions. Iryna, 33, went into a hospital’s intensive care unit while Liza went to a morgue.
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.
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Daria Lucyshyna
July 14, 2022
On July 14 the Russian Naval Forces fired five Kalibr cruise missiles from a submarine in the Black Sea at the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. The missiles hit a Soviet-era concert hall, civilians buildings, a medical center, offices, stores and residential buildings. Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome, who was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother, never made it to the appointment. Now the images that tell the story of her life and its end are touching hearts worldwide. Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 28 people killed, including boys aged 7 and 8. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the 200+ severely injured. After the explosion, the mother and daughter went in different directions. Iryna, 33, went into a hospital’s intensive care unit while Liza went to a morgue.
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.
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Stanislava Ovchinnikova
July 17, 2022
Artist
Stanislava Ovchinnikova is an interdisciplinary artist from Kyiv, Ukraine, now based in Berlin. In her work, bordering with activism, she deals with topics such as death, loss, violence and desensitization. At the moment Stanislava is working on a graphic novel about the Russian war in Ukraine.
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Daria Lucyshyna
July 20, 2022
"Evacuation from the territories occupied by the russians can be no less dangerous than staying there, nevertheless, Ukrainian civilians try to flee under fire." - Daria Lucyshyna, July 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.
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Lesia Pik
July 20, 2022
A Russian attack on Kharkiv on July 20 killed at least three people, including a 13-year-old boy. The child's grieving father held his dead son's hand and prayed for two hours until his body was taken away.
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!”
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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.
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Julia Zinchenko
July 29, 2022
"This war feels like a bleeding wound, sometimes it’s better, and other times it’s worse. It drags on, while strangely you live in the everyday and go about your business... But with daily murders, crimes against humanity and ongoing destruction - the wound bleeds and hurts, again and again. Wherever you are, you carry it with you, this war." - Julia Zinchenko, July 2022
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.
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Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
July 31, 2022
The Russian terrorist regime keeps torturing and mutilating the Azovstal defenders. Their courage, heroism and longing for freedom are the antithesis of the Russian fascist prison state.
Artist
Alexandra is an award-winning Ukrainian animator and illustrator, currently in Vienna, Austria. She studied visual communication in Kyiv(KNUCA), Vienna(Angewandte), and London(UAL). In her works she addresses modern, urban, and people-inspired topics, often in a humorous way, using bright colors and mixed media.
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Russia still represents a clear and present danger to all democracies and peace-loving countries in the world. It wages war by bombing hospitals, homes and schools.
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