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Burnt Cars, Ukrainian 'Sharks,' and an Old Man with His Newspaper: This Week in Ukraine, in Photos

State Emergency Service of Ukraine

From Russia’s Molniya drone strikes on Kharkiv to Ukrainian soldiers defending Chasiv Yar, once home to 13,000 people, this week once again shows war’s toll and acts of resilience on the frontlines. Ukrainian families rally for their missing loved ones, and soldiers share their stories of survival and sacrifice. This is the week (25-31th of January 2025) in photos through the lens of some of the most prominent Ukrainian photographers.

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Valeriia Guseva
Valeriia Guseva
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JAN 25, 2025 — One of the pieces of debris from a Russian attack on Kharkiv using Molniya UAVs. Russia struck the city four times that day. Photo by Ihor Leptuha.
JAN 25, 2025 — One of the pieces of debris from a Russian attack on Kharkiv using Molniya UAVs. Russia struck the city four times that day. Photo by Ihor Leptuha.
JAN 25, 2025 — Ukrainian soldiers pause for a commemorative photo near the Donetsk region stele. Photo by Oleksii Philippov.
JAN 25, 2025 — Ukrainian soldiers pause for a commemorative photo near the Donetsk region stele. Photo by Oleksii Philippov.
JAN 26, 2025 — Relatives of Ukrainian POWs (prisoners of war) and MIAs (missing in action) gather for rallies held every Sunday. Photo by Ivan Samoilov.
JAN 26, 2025 — Relatives of Ukrainian POWs (prisoners of war) and MIAs (missing in action) gather for rallies held every Sunday. Photo by Ivan Samoilov.
JAN 26, 2025 — An operator of the Ukrainian 14th Separate UAV Regiment of the State Border Service prepares a ‘Shark’ reconnaissance UAV for launch in the Zaporizhzhia region. Photo by Kateryna Oliynyk.
JAN 26, 2025 — An operator of the Ukrainian 14th Separate UAV Regiment of the State Border Service prepares a ‘Shark’ reconnaissance UAV for launch in the Zaporizhzhia region. Photo by Kateryna Oliynyk.
JAN 27, 2025 — Aerial view of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region. Fighters of Ukraine’s Donbas Special Forces Battalion of the 18th Slavic Brigade are heroically repelling daily Russian attacks and defending the city. Photo by Donbas Special Forces Battalion.
JAN 27, 2025 — Aerial view of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region. Fighters of Ukraine’s Donbas Special Forces Battalion of the 18th Slavic Brigade are heroically repelling daily Russian attacks and defending the city. Photo by Donbas Special Forces Battalion.
JAN 27, 2025 — An 80-year-old resident of Velyka Pysarivka, a village in Sumy region just 5 km from Ukraine’s border with Russia, reads a local newspaper in front of a building destroyed by Russian forces. Photo by Olga Ivashchenko for The Globe and Mail.
JAN 27, 2025 — An 80-year-old resident of Velyka Pysarivka, a village in Sumy region just 5 km from Ukraine’s border with Russia, reads a local newspaper in front of a building destroyed by Russian forces. Photo by Olga Ivashchenko for The Globe and Mail.
JAN 28, 2025 — Remnants of a car in a playground following a Russian drone attack in Odesa, which burned six cars and damaged several dozen others. Windows in nearby high-rise buildings were shattered, and four residents were injured by glass fragments. Photo by Olexandr Gimanov.
JAN 28, 2025 — Remnants of a car in a playground following a Russian drone attack in Odesa, which burned six cars and damaged several dozen others. Windows in nearby high-rise buildings were shattered, and four residents were injured by glass fragments. Photo by Olexandr Gimanov.
JAN 29, 2025 — The wreckage of a Russian morning attack: a UAV crashed in an open area in the Desnianskyi district of Kyiv, sparking fires in several areas of grass and bushes. Photo by Andrii Bershadskyi/State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) in Kyiv.
JAN 29, 2025 — The wreckage of a Russian morning attack: a UAV crashed in an open area in the Desnianskyi district of Kyiv, sparking fires in several areas of grass and bushes. Photo by Andrii Bershadskyi/State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) in Kyiv.
JAN 29, 2025 — Ukrainian serviceman Yehor Babenko, who encountered Russia’s full-scale invasion while on duty in the Mykolaiv region, is introduced in The Sculpture series by photographer Marta Syrko. On the night of March 8-9, 2022, an attack left Yehor with severe burns to his head, face, and hands. “Yehor could only breathe through a tube in his neck. Now, he is waiting for finger prostheses, as his case is unique: none of the 10 others survived.” Photo by Marta Syrko.
JAN 29, 2025 — Ukrainian serviceman Yehor Babenko, who encountered Russia’s full-scale invasion while on duty in the Mykolaiv region, is introduced in The Sculpture series by photographer Marta Syrko. On the night of March 8-9, 2022, an attack left Yehor with severe burns to his head, face, and hands. “Yehor could only breathe through a tube in his neck. Now, he is waiting for finger prostheses, as his case is unique: none of the 10 others survived.” Photo by Marta Syrko.
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