War in Ukraine – Petr Shelomovskiy

Grad MRLS is leaving Ukrainian Army base near Amvrosievka, Donetsk region. Multiple rocket launcher systems are widely used by all conflict sides often resulting in numerous civil casualties

The largest prisoner exchange in Ukrainian conflict took place in December near Donetsk.

Patients of an elderly care institution near Blahodatne, Donetsk region were seen in their room.
Since Ukrainian government ordered all government institutions out of the conflict zone and cut all the supplies they solely depend on humanitarian aid

Ilia and his three sisters are staying in reopened orphanage in Shakhtersk, Donetsk region as their mother died of gumboil during active fighting back in July

A serviceman of Ukrainian OUN volunteer battalion rests inside occupied house in the village of Peski, West of Donetsk.

Guests are dancing during the rebel wedding in separatist controlled Horlivka, Donetsk region

A priest is throwing dust at the grave of unknown Ukrainian soldier during mass burial ceremony in Dnipropetrovsk

A marine veteran salutes at the funeral ceremony of unidentified Ukrainian servicemen in Dnipropetrovsk

During shelling Irina has to hide in the only concrete building in the area - a condo near Donetsk airport. The condo is also used by separatist fighters as a command post and firing position

"Givi", a separatist commander is directing fire towards Donetsk airport from a destroyed apartment in a 9-story condo

Locals are waiting for a bus by a tank wreck in Novosvetlovka village, Luhansk region. The village was nearly destroyed during the heavy fighting between insurgents and government troops

A local is walking with a torchlight in Luhansk. The home of 500k people, Luhansk had to electricity for 2 months during the summer

Donetsk locals permanently live in underground shelters because their houses were destroyed by shelling

A local woman takes a picture of the dead Ukrainian soldier in the field near the town of Komsomolskoye, Donetsk region.

Funeral of a separatist fighter in Novoazovsk soon after the city was taken over by pro-Russian troops

A girl who was brought to see a doctor is asleep in the basement of Novoazovsk ambulance station during the shelling

Rescue workers load the bodies of MH17 flight victims into the track near the village of Hrabove, East Ukraine

Ukrainian Army soldiers are resting inside an APC near Sloviansk, Ukraine

Crowd is watching the wreck of an Ukrainian Army light tank in Mariupol

Masked pro-Russian fighters supported by the crowd disarm Ukrainian Army convoy near Pchelkino village, East Ukraine

A body print on the wall inside burnt Odessa trade union building.
48 people died during the clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian activists in Odessa on the 2nd of May 2014

Ukrainian APC entrenched in on the border with Crimea after Crimea was annexed by Russia. Russian annexation of Crimea was not recognized by international community and led to sanctions against Russia

When pro-Russian activists stormed Donetsk regional administration building back in April 2014 nobody could predict what had happened then. During the coming months the region had become a scene of bloody civil war.