Photojournalists, cameras and the Ukrainians themselves share images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine these days. We see them on television, in the press and on social networks. These snapshots show us the horror of warthe destruction of cities and illustrate everything that is happening so that the world is not indifferent to the situation of violence that the Ukrainian people are suffering.
Some of these photographs have already become showdown iconsincluding the terrible snapshot of a ukrainian girl with a lollipop and a rifle. So much so, that the president of the Popular Party in Europe Donald Tusk He shared it on his Twitter account with the message: “Don’t tell him that tougher sanctions would be too costly for Europe!”
It’s shocking imagewhich aims to reflect the fate of Ukrainian children in this conflict, is before the start of the war. As explained by the author of the photograph, and father of the girl, Oleksii Kyrychenko, I’ll take it on February 22, 2022before Putin will start the invasion.
The target of this photo shoot was none other than “draw attention to possible war”, explains this amateur photographer in a post on Facebook. In those moments that he wanted to show what Ukraine could be like in the near future, Kyrychenko assured.
Photo session with her daughter
In addition, in this social network he has shared other images from this same photo session, explained that they were taken in an abandoned building. “The gun is mine, the daughter does not know how to shoot. She is 9 years old. Of course, the gun was not loaded during the making of the photo”, assures the author of the famous snapshot.
On the second day of the war, when Russian troops began to land near kyiv, Oleksii Kyrychenko, his wife and three children left the city for western Ukraine with some friends, says the photographer. “I signed up for military defense, but they haven’t called me yet, because we have long lines and people with military experience go first,” he explained on March 13.
In his last publication on the social network, two days ago, he shares a version of his photograph ‘girl with sweets’ imitating the famous propaganda poster by Dmitry Moore with the following inscription: “Europe, I’m fighting for you!”.
Source: Lasexta
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