The war in Ukraine is now in its eighth day. Every city in the country, to which the Russian army came with the so-called liberation special operation, is experiencing death and large-scale destruction. Just in recent days, Russian troops have carried out air strikes on Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Cherkasy, Poltava, and other cities. For the second day in a row, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has not published any official data on casualties among the military and civilians, however we hear news about the dead and wounded from all regions. Zaborona shows two dozen present-day shots of Ukrainian cities visited by the invaders. The photos tell the story themselves.
A view of damaged civil settlements after Russian attacks in Zhytomyr, Ukraine on March 2, 2022. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine / Handout / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
This photograph taken on February 27, 2022 shows a Russian Armoured personnel carrier (APC) burning next to unidentified soldier’s body during fight with the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkiv. – Ukrainian forces secured full control of Kharkiv on February 27, 2022 following street fighting with Russian troops in the country’s second biggest city, the local governor said. Photo: Sergey BOBOK / AFP
A boy plays on a swing in front of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Chris McGrath / Getty Images
Residents carrying supplies walk back from the direction of Bucha, amid the debris of battle with Russian forces, on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Photo: MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES
Bodies of Russian soldiers lay outside a school destroyed as a result of fight not far from the center of Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, located some 50 km from Ukrainian-Russian border, on February 28, 2022. Photo: SERGEY BOBOK / AFP via Getty Images
Houses destroyed as a result of shelling by the Russian army in Bucha, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine. Photo: Vasyl Molchan / Ukrinform / Future Publishing via Getty Images
Maxar satellite imagery of destroyed vehicles and bridge damage in Irpin, Ukraine – Northwest of Kyiv. 28 February 2022. Photo: Satellite image (c) 2022 Maxar Technologies
The view of a military facility which was destroyed by recent shelling in the city of Brovary outside Kyiv on March 1, 2022. – Russian troops will carry out an attack on the infrastructure of Ukraine’s security services in Kyiv and urged residents living nearby to leave, the defence ministry said on March 1, 2022. Photo: GENYA SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images
Firefighters work to contain a fire at the Economy Department building of Karazin Kharkiv National University, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, on March 2, 2022. Photo: SERGEY BOBOK / AFP via Getty Images
Emergencies personnel carry the body out of the damaged local city hall of Kharkiv on March 1, 2022, destroyed as a result of Russian troop shelling. – The central square of Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, was shelled by advancing Russian forces who hit the building of the local administration, regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said. Kharkiv, a largely Russian-speaking city near the Russian border, has a population of around 1.4 million. Photo: SERGEY BOBOK / AFP via Getty Images
A high school building is seen damaged after yesterday’s Russian missile attacks in Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine on March 1, 2022. Photo: Wolfgang Schwan / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A view of missile damage to a building in the Lobanovsky district on Februreay 26,2022 in Kiev, Ukraine. Missile strikes were reported around Kyiv on the second night of Russians invasion of Ukraine, which has killed scores and prompted widespread condemnation from US and European leaders. Photo: Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde / Getty Images
A man mourns near a body as airstrike damages an apartment complex outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Photo: Wolfgang Schwan / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Smoke billows over the town of Vasylkiv just outside Kyiv on February 27, 2022, after overnight Russian strikes hit an oil depot. – Ukraine’s foreign minister said on February 27, that Kyiv would not buckle at talks with Russia over its invasion, accusing President Vladimir Putin of seeking to increase “pressure” by ordering his nuclear forces on high alert. Photo: DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian soldiers take up a position on a road after digging trenches and piling up sandbags on February 28,2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. As Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth day, the capital was quieter overnight but Russian forces continued to mass outside the city. Ukrainian forces waged battle to hold other major cities. Photo: Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde / Getty Images
A fireman extinguishes bodies of passersby killed after an airstrike that hit Kyiv’s main television tower in Kyiv on March 1, 2022 – An apparent Russian airstrike hit Kyiv’s main television tower in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on March 1, 2022. Photo: SERGEI SUPINSKY / AFP via Getty Images
People cross the destroyed bridge across the Irpin river on March 1, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine. Russian forces continued to advance on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv as their invasion of its western neighbor entered its sixth day. Intense battles also continue in Ukraine’s other major cities. Photo: Anastasia Vlasova / Getty Images
A Ukrainian soldier returns from wandering down the railway, past the bodies of dead Russian soldiers where fighting took place with Russian forces on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Photo: MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES