The Guardian has published a list of the most notable photos of 2024, which includes three photos from Ukraine. The selection includes 22 photos in total, including three photos taken in Ukraine, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
The first is The bodies of Russian soldiers after an assault by Kostya Liberov.
"This photograph was taken in the Kharkiv region during the early days of the offensive on Vovchansk, near the border with Russia. We had been there for about a month. Suddenly, Russian soldiers started to assault our positions, but thanks to our FPV (first person view) drones the attack was stopped. This photograph was taken with a drone," the author of the work notes.
"The bodies of Russian soldiers after an assault. Photo: Kostya Liberov
The second is The tattooed hands of a commander, taken by Tom Peter in the Donbas. The photo shows a close-up of the hands of a Ukrainian soldier, which, among other things, are tattooed with the words "revenge" and "hate."
"Roman is 38 and a commander of a sniper support unit. He left Ukraine years ago and settled in France. He said he had everything he ever dreamed of, but then the war started, and he signed up because he felt he couldn’t look at himself in the mirror if he was sitting this out. So he went back to his home country to fight," the author said about the character of the image.
"The tattooed hands of a commander. Photo: Tom Peter
The third photo is Mourners at a memorial for Iryna Tsybukh, a combat medic. A photo from Lviv, taken by Yulia Kochetova at a memorial service 40 days after the burial of combat medic Iryna Tsybukh.
In the photo's description, the author talks about Iryna Tsybukh: a combat medic and her friend. She was killed in May while evacuating wounded soldiers in the Kharkiv Region. She was 25 years old.
"This image was taken at her memorial, part of Orthodox tradition in which you commemorate the person 40 days after the person was buried. I noticed this family, and it’s a painful realisation that life still goes on. There are still babies being born in my country, even if we are burying other young people. There are still people who fall in love, have children and keep moving somehow. That was something special for me, so although I didn’t feel like taking photographs, I made myself do it," says the author.
Mourners at a memorial for Iryna Tsybukh, a combat medic. Photo: Yulia Kochetova
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