The city of Kharkiv has been hit particularly hard by Russian fire in recent weeks. The Ministry of Defense shared a photo showing the intensity of fighting in the region.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry on Twitter this Sunday shared the snapshot of a mountain of missiles falling on the Kharkiv region since the beginning of the war. A powerful shot taken by Ukrainian photographers to show the intensity of the bombings in the region.
In the photo, rocket debris piles up in the hundreds, forming a gray mass several tens of meters wide.
“A launch of Russian projectiles and missiles that have devastated the city over the past nine months. We could never have imagined anything like this,” the ministry captioned the release.
“We will do everything so that this cancer doesn’t destroy the whole world,” warns Kyiv, vindictive of the Russian offensive.
A rocket “graveyard”
In an Instagram post, the photo’s authors, Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov, refer to a “cemetery” of rockets that have accumulated since February 24 and assure that the hill is twice as big, but by the authorities ” gradually be dismantled”.
The photographers bluntly denounce shots fired at a “peaceful population.” “They’re trying to destroy us, but we’re still standing,” they say, making no secret of their opposition to Russia.
The couple, who were previously wedding photographers, have chosen to document the conflict without working for any particular medium since the Russian offensive began in their country.
“We wanted to do something useful for our country,” they told France Info last October. Her photos have been published in media around the world.
The Kharkiv region has come under heavy Russian attacks in recent weeks as Moscow forces “try to invade there,” according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 112 surrounding villages are still without electricity as of this Sunday because of the bombing.
Juliette Desmonceaux with AFP