Life has gradually changed since the end of February 2022, the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A view from Langeron Beach of something burning in the distance, the result of Russian shelling, spring 2024.
Much of what surrounds us in the modern urban landscape has shifted and will never be the same again.How quickly everything related to the war became routine.
The most popular phrase from the time of the full-scale invasion, in the form of graffiti and a model of a ship on the wall, was “Russian warship, go f*ck yourself.” Spring 2022
Different outdoor advertising and graffiti, taped-up windows, anti-tank hedgehogs, beach warning signs, red barrier tape, bomb shelter signs, street barricades, and sandbags – these have become an integral part of the new everyday life we’ve grown accustomed to, no longer finding them surprising.
Mugs for sale; among the standard ones, you can see mugs featuring the image of the President of Ukraine and the phrase about the Russian warship—autumn 2023.A man punches a punching bag with a mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin, autumn 2023.
How quickly it all became familiar.
A girl stands on a camouflage net, touching Ukrainian flags; autumn 2023.Sign indicating the nearest bomb shelter near Otrada Beach, summer 2025.Performers dressed in the military uniforms of the Armed Forces of Ukraine perform in Taras Shevchenko Park, spring 2022.The demolished monument to Russian Empress Catherine II lies near the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum.Winter 2022A mother and child walk past a camouflage net, summer 2023.
What else can we get used to?
Participants in a charity run, Armed Forces of Ukraine veterans, winter 2025
Viacheslav Onyshchenko was born in 1988 in Odesa, Ukraine.Member of the National union of journalists of Ukraine since 2020.Open mic participant at Odesa Photo… More »
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