On February 24, 2022, what hardly anyone had thought possible began: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his armed forces to attack Ukraine and unleashed a war in the heart of Europe the likes of which had not been seen since 1945. The invasion started early in the morning with air and missile attacks. Putin mockingly and historically distorted the attack as a “special military operation” to “denazify” Ukraine and protect the Russian-speaking residents there.
It is now exactly six months since Russia shattered the European peace order with brutal force. Nobody knows how many mothers and fathers have since lost their children, how many children have lost their parents and siblings and how many people have lost their apartments, houses and jobs. Or how many schools and kindergartens were reduced to rubble, and hospitals and nursing homes, and factories and companies – and how many dreams.
5,587 civilians have been killed and 7,890 injured since the beginning of the Russian invasion up to and including August 21. Of these, 1603 were men, 1190 women, 172 girls and 236 boys. The sex of 202 children and 4487 adults is unknown.
Most of the recorded civilian casualties were caused by the use of broad-spectrum explosive weapons, including heavy artillery fire, multiple-missile systems, missiles and airstrikes, OHCHR writes. However, the commissioner assumes that the actual number of victims is significantly higher.
But the suffering that Putin brought to the people of Ukraine with his attack on the neighbor cannot be expressed in numbers anyway. Not even words can truly convey what the everyday presence of death, destruction and fear entails for those who must witness it. But pictures say more than 1000 words, they say. And maybe the images in this photo series can give you a little insight into what six months of war in Ukraine means.
Source: Stern
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