Countries and their cities before and after the start of the war

Ukrainian celebrities continue to join the ranks of the Armed Forces and territorial defence. Following Taras Topol, Andriy Khlyvnyuk and rapper Yarmak, choreographer Dmytro Dikusar has joined the defence of our country.

Russian troops and mercenaries are destroying monuments on the territory of Ukraine. Two monuments in Vovchansk and Bakhmut have already been documented.

A well-known Ukrainian historian, archaeologist and local historian Yurii Kovalenko was killed in the battle for Bakhmut. Yurii is survived by his wife and two children.
 

From a military formation established in 2014, it has evolved into a movement with its own symbols, traditions and ideology. The Azov soldiers can rightly be called the pride of the Ukrainian army, who have forever inscribed their names on the pages…

The leader of the Tartak band, Oleksandr Polozhynskyi, joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He is courageously defending our country from the Russian invaders.
 

The 26-year-old designer lost his legs in the war against Russia. Now he is preparing for the Invictus Games, writing a book and joking about himself on TikTok.

On 7 May 2022, the Russian Air and Space Forces launched an airstrike on a school building where residents of Belogorovka were hiding from shelling. More than 60 people were killed. 

On 4 May, Oleksiy Khabatiuk, former Deputy Head of the Energy Efficiency Department at Naftogaz, was killed in the war. He had served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine since May 2022.

Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on Kherson. More than 20 people were killed and over 50 injured. 

Journalist and junior lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Volodymyr Mukan was killed during a combat mission in Bakhmut. This was reported by his relatives on social media.

On 28 April, Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on the territory of Ukraine. One missile hit a multi-storey residential building. 

Russian terrorists attacked a museum building in Kupyansk with an S-300 missile. A museum employee was killed and 10 people were injured.

At night, on 27 April, Russian troops attacked Mykolaiv with Kalibr missiles from the Black Sea. One civilian was killed and 23 wounded.

Oleh Barna was a Ukrainian politician. Member of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc party. Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the VIII convocation.
 

Believers of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine prayed in a church destroyed by the occupiers. During the Russian occupation of 2022, the building was used for military purposes.