This Is What Ukraine Looks Like Now: Photos by Yusuf Sayman
Bodies lying on the road. The smoking ruins of a jet that was shot down. Shell-shocked locals. See Yusuf Sayman’s striking (warning: sometimes graphic) photos of the war-torn country.
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The regional administration building, which was occupied by pro-Russian protesters and turned into the headquarters of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
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A Slovyansk resident in an apartment complex damaged during clashes between pro-Russian militias and the Ukrainian army.
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Members of the Vostok Battalion training in the national park outside the city. Vostok Battalion is the strongest and most organized of the pro-Russian militias in the area.
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Bullet casings at the scene of clashes between pro-Russian militias and the Ukrainian army.
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Dead bodies of pro-Russian militia members near a government checkpoint in Shchastia, a town near Luhansk.
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Destruction in the city. Slovyansk is controlled by the pro-Russian rebels and is surrounded by the Ukrainian army. It is the scene of the fiercest fighting in eastern Ukraine.
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An apartment hit by artillery.
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Residents waiting for transportation to leave Slovyansk. Due to the lack of water and power, and heavy fighting, at least 20,000 residents have left the city of 120,000.
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Residents at a center to help locals leave the city.
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A local who was injured by shrapnel during the clashes between pro-Russian militias and the Ukrainian army.
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A pro-Russian checkpoint near the city.
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A Slovyansk resident in an apartment complex damaged during the clashes between pro-Russian militias and the Ukrainian army.
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The site where a Ukrainian army transport jet crashed the previous day. The plane was shot down by the rebels using surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft fire. All 49 people aboard died in the incident.
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An ex-soldier leaves flowers at site where an Ukrainian army transport jet crashed the previous day. He said he served with one of the crew members during his military service.
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