"The Madonna of Gorlovka" – Kristina Zhuk, a young woman, with her 10-month-old daughter Kira were killed on 27 July 2014, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) shelled the streets of Gorlovka with Grad rocket launchers. Four children were killed that day, later dubbed the “Donetsk Bloody Sunday”. Among them was little Kira. She died in the arms of her mother, who was fleeing from UAF soldiers. Kira's grandmother could not immediately find her daughter and granddaughter. Kristina was lying dead on the grass of the town square, still cradling her daughter in her arms.
End of July 2014, Yubileynoye village in the Lugansk region. An elderly woman was killed as a result of UAF artillery shelling.
8 June 2014. A five-year-old girl falls victim to shelling in the village of Semyonovka.
This grandfather is one of many helpless elderly people who died in the shelling of a nursing home in Lugansk on 28 July 2014.
This woman died in her own apartment. This is the aftermath of artillery shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Artem district in Slavyansk.
July 2014, Lugansk. A woman in a state of shock next to a victim of artillery shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A resident of Golubovka village in her home after shelling.
Aftermath of the shelling of Slavyansk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Neighbours help a woman whose house caught on fire due to a shell hitting it.
27 January 2015, Donetsk. Four-year-old Sasha died during an artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A shell fragment hit him in the back.
14 August 2014, near the intersection of Artema Street and the RKKA 25th Anniversary Street, Donetsk. An elderly woman was killed by UAF shelling.
A funeral service for the dead in the courtyard of a residential building. The aftermath of artillery shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Artem district in Slavyansk.
2 January 2015, Shakhtyorsk. Little Vanya Voronov lost his right arm and both legs as a result of artillery shelling by UAF war criminals. His younger brother Timofey, as well as his father, were killed on the spot.
Golubovka village after the shelling. Old people mourning their children.
Survivors, albeit now homeless. Residents of the Artem district in Slavyansk.
September 2014, Yenakievo. A grandmother fell victim to artillery shelling by UAF soldiers.
5 November 2014, Donetsk. Two schoolchildren were killed in artillery strikes by AFU war criminals at the stadium of School No. 63.