The men and women buried between March and July 2022 in Irpin - and at cemeteries in Bucha, Kyiv, Lviv and beyond - are silent witnesses to the human cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
At a cemetery in Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv, photographs affixed to headstones are almost imperceptible. Exposed to rain, sun and frost since the war began nearly a year ago, the graveside portraits' once-bright hues are fading away and yellow stains and mould are encroaching.
A worn-out portrait of Samar Volodymyr Mykolayovych, 64, sits on his grave at a cemetery in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Feb 9, 2023. He was buried on Mar 5, 2022. After Russian forces' brutal month-long occupation of Irpin, Ukrainian soldiers retook the city at the end of March after fierce urban fighting. Residents there - and in Bucha and Hostomel too - gave horrific accounts to prosecutors and journalists of violence and death suffered at the hands of Russian soldiers.
A faded portrait of Dina Pivin, 84, sits on her grave at a cemetery in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Feb 9, 2023. She was buried on Mar 16, 2022. A worn-out portrait of Ivan Oleksandr Volodymyrovych, 41, sits on his grave at a cemetery in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Feb 9, 2023. He was killed on Mar 5, 2022.
After the block her apartment is on was shelled, the building manager grew concerned because he had not heard from her. He asked one of the cleaners to check on her. The man arrived and found the key still lodged in Pivin’s door, and the woman lying on the ground. A faded portrait of Sergey Oleksandrovich, 33, sits on his grave at a cemetery in Kyiv on Feb 9, 2023. He was killed on Jun 13, 2022.
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