On August 5 Andrei Stenin, a photojournalist working for the International Information News Agency Rossiya Segodnya, has gone missing in Ukraine. On August 8, an informed source reported via phone that Stenin was captured by the Right Sector militants from the Shakhtarsk battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard. The source added that the photographer is currently being held captive by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) in Zaporizhia.
Here is a collection of pictures taken by Stenin in Ukraine from November 2013 till today.
Ukraine's Eurointegration adherent and police officers near a government headquarters in Kiev.
Ukraine's Eurointegration activist facing a line of law enforcement officers during riots near the Ukrainian Presidential Administration building at Bankovaya Street in Kiev.
Ukraine's Eurointegration activist at barricades erected at the Independence Square in Kiev.
A protester during clashes with law enforcement officers near the Dinamo stadium in Kiev.
A mass riots participant in one of the burned out trucks near the Dinamo stadium in Kiev.
Ukraine's Eurointegration adherents near burned out vehicle wreckage at Grushevskogo Street in Kiev.
A protester throwing a Molotov cocktail at police officers at Grushevskogo Street in Kiev.
A protester speaking to members of Berkut special police unit at Grushevskogo Street in Kiev.
Ukraine's Eurointegration activists at Grushevskogo Street in Kiev.
Ukraine's Eurointegration activists at Grushevskogo Street in Kiev.
Worshippers praying at the Party of Regions' adherents tent camp in Mariinsky Park in Kiev.
A Kiev resident attempting to traverse the no man's land between barricades erected by opposition and police cordon.
Members of Maidan Self-Defense units fighting off Yanukovych supporters who tried to remove the barricades from Khreshchatyk Street.
Smoke from fires and opposition activists at the Independence Square in Kiev during clashes between protesters and police officers.
Radical opposition activists at a barricade at the Institutskaya Street in Kiev.
Girl removing debris in the ruins of a grocery store destroyed by a direct hit during an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against the town of Kramatorsk.
Woman in her home damaged by a nightly artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against the town of Slovyansk.
Man sitting near the entrance to his house destroyed during the night by an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against the town of Slovyansk.
An 80-year old resident of the village of Seminivka near Slovyansk in front of her house destroyed by a direct hit of an artillery shell launched by Ukrainian forces.
Militia fighter near the ruins of his home destroyed by a night shelling launched by Ukrainian forces in the village of Seminivka near the city of Slovyansk.
A local resident and a militia fighter at checkpoint in the village of Seminivka near Slovyansk.
Local residents waiting to hitch a ride at the militia checkpoint in the village of Seminivka.
Local militia fighters praying at field altar in the village of Seminivka near Slovyansk.
A militia fighter at the local hospital grounds in the village of Seminivka after shelling.
Students of school #13 in Slovyansk hiding in the building's basement. The school was hit by an artillery shell during session.
Children inside a bus. The residents of Slovyansk, the city that is constantly being shelled by Ukrainian forces, are sending their children away to the recreation camps located in Donetsk region, near Odessa, in Crimea and at the coast of the Sea of Azov.
Ukrainian fighter jet deploying decoy flares.
A resident of the village of Seminivka in her cellar which she uses as a shelter during artillery strikes.
The aftermath of an artillery strike launched against residential buildings in Slovyansk.
Residents of Slovyansk in shelter during shelling.
Residents of the village of Seminivka that regularly gets shelled by Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian forces shell the village of Seminivka with phosphorus ordnance.
Patients and staff of the Slovyansk city hospital taking shelter in the basement during a mortar attack.
A distribution of food supplies organized by the Night Wolves motorcycle club branch in Ukraine.
A dog in the yard of a residential building where a shell exploded in Slovyansk.
Family pictures of Ukrainian soldiers captured during an attack at the Rybhoz checkpoint near Slovyansk.
Aftermath of an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against the Artyom district in Slovyansk.
Aftermath of an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against Slovyansk. Man dousing fire.
Aftermath of an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against Slovyansk. A 64-year old shepherd lying dead in the street, his neighbor cryingПоследствия артобстрела Славянска украинскими военными. Погибший на улице 64-летний пастух и плачущая соседка.
Remains of a house burned down after an artillery strike in Khimik district in Slovyansk.
Aftermath of an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces against the Artyom district in Slovyansk.
Abandoned children's toys in the ruins of a kindergarten in Slovyansk destroyed by Ukrainian artillery.
Residents of an apartment block destroyed by an artillery strike launched by Ukrainian forces, and their neighbor who was killed as she was sitting on a bench near the entrance.
Militia figher callsign Motorola (C) and his wife Elena after their wedding in the Civil Registry Office of Donetsk.
Militia fighter holding a kitten called Psih (Psycho).
Malaysian Boeing 777 crash site near the city of Shakhtarsk in Donetsk region.
A memorial cross in the village of Hrabove in Donetsk region near the Malaysian Boeing 777 crash site.
Local militia fighters during the battle for the border town Kozhevnya near Snizhne
Ukrainian soldier carrying a white flag during the handover of casualties in a neutral zone nearby Dibrovo village by the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Donetsk Region.
Militia fighters in the village of Hirne near Shakhtarsk.
