Etienne de Malglaive

“The notion of the Russian World extends far from Russia’s geographical borders and even far from the borders of the Russian ethnicity.”

Since his 2001 statement, Russian President Putin has institutionalized the ideology of Russkiy Mir, (Russian World), an old concept of expansionist policy as he viewed the collapse of the Soviet Union was an ideological calamity with it's loss of influence beyond motherland border.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th 2022 is a new addendum of modern Russkiy Mir.



Dnipro. Residents clear debris after a 00.55 AM night missile strike that killed 4 in a housing area. 29 September 2022.

A rocket section landed through the roof right into a kitchen sink.  Derhachi, north of Kharkiv. 06 May 2022.

Donbass, Ukraine at war following invasion by Russia. Evacuation of residents by bus in Sloviansk as Russian forces advance toward Bahkmut. A man who will stay behind shares emotional goodbyes with two women moments before they board the bus. 04 July 2022.

01:34 AM air raid from Russia over Kyiv, 2023.

Ukraine during war from Russian invasion. Two civilians were reported killed and eight injured from a Russian missile that struck into a 24-storey apartment block in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district last night, 24 June 2023.

Slatyne town liberated from Russian occupation. Front line is 4 kilometers north, constant shelling can be heard. North of Kharkiv. 17 May 2022.

Ukrainian army movements in Donbass as Russian army gains ground. Ukrainian heavy equipments pulling back from front lines. 24 June 2022.

 Air raid alert in Kyiv. Some people took shelter and wait for all clear in a metro station. 14 January 2023.

Siversk, near frontline city in Donbass where remaining population faces difficult time as winter approaches. Empty devastated apartment in a damaged building. 16 October 2022.

Kharkiv, Ukraine at war following invasion by Russia. Kharkiv under sporadic shelling from nearby Russian forces. Residents of Industrialnyi district living in buildings basement, 05 May 2022.

Destroyed Ukrainian armored carriers APC at a crossroad outside Tsyrkuny, a small town 3 kilometers northeast of Kharkiv, liberated from Russian occupation. Russian army was shelling Kharkiv residential districts from this area. 11 May 2022.

Choir rehearsing Bee Gees hit "Stayin' Alive" for a video commercial in Kharkiv. The city still remains under sporadic shelling from nearby Russian forces. 08 May 2022.

Donbass war as Russian forces relentlessly gain ground. Ukrainian soldiers dig new trenches in Donbass front. 08 July 2022.

An Ukrainian Grad multiple rockets launcher fires salvos of rockets toward Russian positions located at 15 kilometers. Donbass. 07 June 2022.

Ruslan, Ukrainian fighter waiting outside a supermarket in Kramatorsk during Donbass war. 27 June 2022.

Bakhmut, city under Russian shelling. Volunteers from Vostock organization evacute residents on demand. With Antonina who says emotional good byes to a same building neighbor. The neighbor women cries after Antonina just left. 18 October 2022.

Lysychansk city under shelling from advancing Russian army. The city has no more working utilities and no running water. Residents have to resort to cook on outside wood fire. Donbass, 23 June 2022.

Kharkiv, wedding day for firefighter Dima and Anastasiya. They choose a building ravaged by a Russian missile strike as backdrop for their wedding photos. Ten days after his wedding, Dima's fire station was targeted by another Russian strike. Fortunately he was off duty that time. 08 May 2022.

Siversk brace for Russian offensive during Donbass war as front lines come closer to the city. After an early morning Grad rocket strike that destroyed rows of storage units, neighbors sprinkle hot spots with water from a bottle. 07 July 2022.

Ukrainian militaries survey a damaged Ukrainian 2S7 203mm self-propelled howitzer in Vilkhivka, a town liberated from Russian occupation near Kharkiv. 14 May 2022.

Pennyless residents wait at a food distribution center in city of Kramatorsk in Donbass. 02 June 2022.


Ukraine at war following invasion by Russia. Military section of Krasnopilske cemetery in Dnipro where Ukrainian militaries killed fighting the Russian invasion are buried. Freshly dug tombs awaiting more casualties. 11 September 2022.

Dnipro city during Ukraine invasion by Russia. Saturday night rave party at the dilapidated Palace of Culture Ilyich in Dnipro. 05 November 2022.

Kyiv during war from Russian invasion. Women selling houseware at Petrivka flea Market in Kyiv, 15 July 2023.

Siversk brace for Russian offensive during Donbass war as front lines come closer to the city. An early morning rocket strike set on fire rows of garages. 07 July 2022.

War ravaged landscape near the Kherson front, south of Kryvyi Rih. 29 October 2022.

Destructions from Russian missile strikes in Prokrovsk, Donbass. Two days after the strike, locals continue to scavenge food from under a pulverised wagon loaded with humanitarian assistance supplied to the north of Donetsk region by the organization World Central Kitchen. 16 June 2022.

Life in liberated town of Vysokopyllya near the Kherson front, south of Kryvyi Rih. Inside a house previously occupied by Russian forces, written on a wall to the basement : "Ukraine and USSRR vs (against) Nazis, strength in unity". 30 October 2022.

A mining industry building seconds after it was hit by a strike in Soledar, near Bakhmut in Donetsk oblast. 21 May 2022.

Life in liberated town of Vysokopyllya near the Kherson front, south of Kryvyi Rih. Valeria, 9 yo, in front of her house. The city was occupied by Russian Forces in early March 2022, and later liberated by Ukrainians on September 4th. 30 October 2022.

 Funeral in Kyiv of Evguenii Beshlyaga, a cardio-surgeon with Ukrainian army who was killed from a Russian strike in Bahkmut, Donbass. His widow Sofia walks out her husband's coffin carried out from Saint Michael Golden Dome monastery where a religious service was held. 08 July 2023.

East of Kharkiv, Ukrainian deminers comb a field for unexploded projectiles. 16 May 2022.

In Saltivka northeastern district, Timofey Vichnevsky is caring for his ill mother Tamara, 82. As the bedroom was damaged by a nearby Russian shelling, she was moved to the kitchen. No doctors or nurses comes to this area regularly beaten by Russian bombing. He doesn't have the needed medicine for her. Few days later Tamara died from a heart attack during a shelling. Kharkiv. 04 May 2022.

Tsyrkuny village 3 kilometers northeast of Kharkiv, liberated from 72 days of Russian occupation. A looted car with Russian Z marking in a private house. 12 May 2022.

Evacuation of residents from front line Bakhmut city, under constant shelling from Russian forces.  Volunteers from Vostock organisation evacuate resident Stanislaw who recently lost his wife from bombing. 18 October 2022.

Mother holding her daughter during Sunday religious service at Kramatorsk's Holy Trinity cathedral, Donbass. As Russian army gains ground, the nearest frontline is about 24 kms from Kramatorsk. 08 June 2022.

Nikolai stares at his house destroyed by Russian shelling in Vilkhivka, a small town liberated from Russian occupation, east of Kharkiv. He survived the strike while being inside with his wife. 16 May 2022.

Liberated town of Kherson, sixth days after Ukrainian forces took back the city. Vitaly Viatkin, 24, waiter and frontman with a death metal band, was caught past curfew in June. He spent one month in detention with Russian police. Showing his tattooed hands where he said Russian interrogators applied electric shocks. 16 November 2022.

Liberated town of Kherson, eight days after Ukrainian forces took back the city. Detention center on Teploenergetykiv street used by Russian occupation police. Splashes of blood on the wall of an interrogation room. This site is still under investigation as many Ukrainians detainees claimed to have been tortured in this building. 17 November 2022

Liberated town of Vysokopyllya near the Kherson front, south of Kryvyi Rih. Ukrainian soldiers from the 60th Brigade rest in the house they share with an old couple of residents. Taunting a dog to bite. 30 October 2022.

Orthodox Christmas night party in Port bar, Kyiv. 07 January 2023.


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