“Beneath his green helmet.
Dark shadows ringed his eyes.
He had been on his feet.
All night fighting.
Like many on Ukraine's eastern front.
He is both battle-hardened and war-weary.
“It's difficult.
People don't get enough sleep.”...”(Kurama)
"‘Elves’ soldiers on Sunday.
Raising the ‘elves’ flag over Vysokopillya.
“Vysokopillya, Kherson Region. Ukraine. Today.”
Which had nearly 4,000 residents before the war.
The ‘orcs’ occupation authorities.
In Ukraine's southern city of Kherson.
Have postponed a so-called referendum.
On joining ‘Mordor’, on security grounds.
Heavy ‘elves’ shelling had made.
A key Kherson bridge impassable..."(Kurama)
"While he and others were trying to reach.
Their main position in Avdiivka.
Six people were left.
Behind at Zenith.
Five were wounded and couldn't walk.
Including a paramedic.
A sniper.
And an anti-tank fighter..."Kurama (Japan)
“He had been fighting.
For 200 hours without a break.
When he was killed by an ‘orc’ sniper.
In the city of Bakhmut.
“For eight days.
He did not eat, or sleep.
He couldn't even close his eyes for five minutes.
Because the sniper could shoot...””(Kurama)
““We are invincible.”
She joked.
She then wished you.
A “quiet night.”
The sun sets on Kharkiv.
And much of the city.
Remains dark.
As residents conserve power...”(Kurama)
“Even at the end.
Of a long day.
The chief medic still chops the wood.
And lights the fireplace.
The rest of his team are on shift.
Or have retired for the night.
The chief medic is often.
The last to sleep...”(Kurama)
"On the corner of Yablonska Street.
He was a welder who lived a quiet life.
His wife stands outside their destroyed home.
“I wish ‘orcs’ had killed me too.”
On the corner of Yablonska Street.
Her father stands in their destroyed home.
“I felt empty when they killed him.
I only wanted to die.”
On the corner of Yablonska Street..."(Kurama)
““A launch has been detected.
Manoeuvre!”
The order of the ‘elves’ ground team.
Is clear.
An ‘orcs’ Su-35 fighter jet has fired.
A missile at his aircraft.
He knows he has to abort.
The mission in order to survive...”(Kurama)
"Keeping a stiff upper lip.
Dressing in black.
Now is the time for us to dance
our Graduation Waltz.
Keeping a stiff upper lip.
Dressing in white.
Here is the place for us to dance
our Graduation Waltz..."(Kurama)
"Let’s celebrate your return to the classroom.
For the new school year on 1 September.
The nation's children are also taking important steps.
Today is Knowledge Day.
Let’s celebrate your return to the classroom.
Even if it has felt very different for you.
‘Gandalf the Green’ attends a ceremony in Irpin.
Today is Knowledge Day..."(Kurama)
““Everything will be fine.”
“Everything will be fine.”
You realise they are more than.
Simply words to this family.
“Everything will be fine.”
“Everything will be fine.”
They are an enduring act of faith.
The war has not destroyed...”(Kurama)
““In Lysychansk, if you are alive.
It’s a good day,” now almost in ‘orcs’ hands.
Leaving nothing but scorched earth.
‘Mordor’ is erasing history.
Some still trying to get out of their homes.
Rushing to board an armoured truck.
Scattering and ducking for cover.
At the sound of another shell...”
(Kurama)
"Ukraine has ordered.
Some residents to leave Kupiansk.
As ‘Mordor’ seeks to re-take the city.
It left last year.
Kharkiv's regional authorities said.
Families with children and people.
“With limited mobility” must leave due to.
“Constant” shelling by ‘orcs’ forces..."(Kurama)
“As a result.
The town of Avdiivka.
Has turned into a symbol.
Of ‘elves’ resistance and resilience.
As ‘orcs’ missiles shatter.
The town of Avdiivka.
She is desperate to escape.
But her elderly mother refuses to leave...”(Kurama)
"Residents of Bakhmut describe.
The city before the war.
As cosy and comfortable.
To live in.
The eastern ‘elves’ town of Bakhmut is now.
Known across the world as the site.
Of the longest and possibly bloodiest battle.
In ‘Mordor’’s war on Ukraine..."(Kurama)
"He lights two candles.
One is for his daughter.
The other is for her daughter.
Both were killed by an ‘orcs’ shell in Mariupol.
Every day in Vinnytsia.
At the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral.
Stunningly ornate.
‘My dear girls, time will come when we meet.’"(Kurama)
“Soldiers, of course.
Have the advantage.
Of armour.
Civilians do not.
And around Kupiansk.
The city ‘elves’ recaptured last September.
‘Orcs’ guns are again.
Shelling people's homes...”(Kurama)
«Fathers and sons serve.
On the same frontlines.
How was it for a 22-year-old?
At least at the very beginning.
Fathers and sons serve.
On the same frontlines.
How would it go on for a 22-year-old?
His father would face a different fate...»(Kurama)
“After months of heavy fighting.
‘Orcs’ forces appear.
Close to surrounding.
The ruins of Avdiivka.
Where frostbite is taking its toll.
On ‘elves’ troops.
The man's fist looked unrecognisable.
Like a split and bruised peach...”(Kurama)
““When you go to bed you see it;
The comrades I lost.
How I pulled them out with no limbs.
How they died in my arms.”
“This will stay with us.
For the rest of our lives.”
There is a darkness.
Etched across his eyes.
The eyes of a soldier.
Recently returned.
From the front line.
After 15 months of fighting...” (Kurama)
