This timeline is created to tell people about Ukraine's heroic resistance against full-scale russian aggression. February 24, 2022 is the day it all began... Strap in
Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
June 1, 2022
Artist
Alexandra is an award-winning Ukrainian animator and illustrator, currently in Vienna, Austria. She studied visual communication in Kyiv(KNUCA), Vienna(Angewandte), and London(UAL). In her works she addresses modern, urban, and people-inspired topics, often in a humorous way, using bright colors and mixed media.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
June 1, 2022
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
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Stanislava Ovchinnikova
June 1, 2022
"On February 26th, 2002, two days after Russia began a full scale invasion of Ukraine, I had to leave my life-long home — Kyiv. But later on I found that home can be many places." - Stanislava Ovchinnikova, June 2022
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Stanislava Ovchinnikova is an interdisciplinary artist from Kyiv, Ukraine, now based in Berlin. In her work, bordering with activism, she deals with topics such as death, loss, violence and desensitization. At the moment Stanislava is working on a graphic novel about the Russian war in Ukraine.
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Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
June 2, 2022
Artist
Alexandra is an award-winning Ukrainian animator and illustrator, currently in Vienna, Austria. She studied visual communication in Kyiv(KNUCA), Vienna(Angewandte), and London(UAL). In her works she addresses modern, urban, and people-inspired topics, often in a humorous way, using bright colors and mixed media.
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Dima Verovsky
June 2, 2022
The occupiers left behind a toy plane mined with explosives
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Mariia Tikhonova
June 3, 2022
Artist
Mariia Tikhonova is an artist born in Mykolaiv, living and working in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Today Mariia creates illustrations to visualize thoughts on the war in Ukraine. But she wants to illustrate children's books and kids magazines. Since the full-scale war started, Mariia began actively creating war diaries in the book “The history of Ukraine” in collage, cutout technique.
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Julia Zinchenko
June 3, 2022
Today marks 100 days of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Thank you to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for defending our country so bravely and tirelessly!
Artist
Yulia Zinchenko is an illustrator from Kyiv. She draws both digitally and traditionally. When the full-scale war began, she started to paint on the subject of the war in Ukraine in order to convey the events and feelings to the world, and to keep Ukraine’s struggle at the forefront of world news. In the past, she loved to draw her dog the most. She would like to work on illustrations for books and is always open to interesting projects.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
June 3, 2022
June 3rd, 2022 marks 100 days of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
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Mariia Tikhonova
June 4, 2022
Footage circulating on social media on June 4th, 2022 showed the Svyatogorsk Lavra Monastery on fire after Russian shelling. The All Saints Monastery of the Svyatogorsk Lavra dated back to the sixteenth century, and was constructed largely of wood. The monastery has previously appeared on a list compiled by UNESCO of the Ukrainian cultural sites destroyed or damaged during the Russian invasion in earlier attacks. The flames completely engulfed and destroyed the main temple of the monastery. 4 people were killed and 4 were injured.
Artist
Mariia Tikhonova is an artist born in Mykolaiv, living and working in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Today Mariia creates illustrations to visualize thoughts on the war in Ukraine. But she wants to illustrate children's books and kids magazines. Since the full-scale war started, Mariia began actively creating war diaries in the book “The history of Ukraine” in collage, cutout technique.
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Olena Sheveka
June 6, 2022
"Ukraine’s State Emergency Service, including firefighters and rescue teams, rush to the scene to help any victims, mitigate the damage, and prevent the fires from spreading. Their jobs—already risky by nature—are made even more difficult, depending on who controls an area, the types of explosives used, and the threat of further attacks. Unbreakable and invincible heroes." - Olena Sheveka, June 2022
Artist
Olena Sheveka is an artist & children's book illustrator from Mykolaiv, Ukraine. Olena graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute knowing with confidence what she wanted in life and followed her dream, but unfortunately, the most terrible event for Ukraine happened. Now she illustrates all the pain and anger that came with the invasion and ruined the plans of millions of Ukrainians.
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Daria Lucyshyna
June 9, 2022
Roman Ratushnyi, was one of Kyiv’s most prominent activists, and has been fighting for a better Ukraine since he was 16, first during the EuroMaidan Revolution, then by supporting Ukrainian soldiers during Russia’s eight-year war in Donbas, while dedicating himself to civic activism and journalism. In early April, Roman volunteered and joined the reconnaissance platoon of the 2nd Motorized Infantry Battalion, the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of Kholodni Yar. The battalion defended Ukrainian territory in the Kharkiv region. On June 9th, Roman Ratushnyi was ambushed and killed. The arc of his life symbolizes that of Ukraine’s post-independence generations that are sacrificing their best years for freedom.
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Daria Lutsyshyna is an artist born in Dnipro, living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Daria creates illustrations, posters, and graphic design. During the full-scale Russian invasion, she focused on illustrating war-related texts, news, her own experience of war, and reflections on its nature and consequences. She believes art is not "outside of politics" and artists and their work matter and can make a difference.
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Alina Chernushenko
June 9, 2022
Roman Ratushnyi, was one of Kyiv’s most prominent activists, and has been fighting for a better Ukraine since he was 16, first during the EuroMaidan Revolution, then by supporting Ukrainian soldiers during Russia’s eight-year war in Donbas, while dedicating himself to civic activism and journalism. In early April, Roman volunteered and joined the reconnaissance platoon of the 2nd Motorized Infantry Battalion, the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of Kholodni Yar. The battalion defended Ukrainian territory in the Kharkiv region. On June 9th, Roman Ratushnyi was ambushed and killed. The arc of his life symbolizes that of Ukraine’s post-independence generations that are sacrificing their best years for freedom.
Artist
Alina Chernushenko is a self-taught Ukrainian artist, based in Lviv. She was trying to find the right place for herself in this life but opened the magic of the art world instead. Art always was her biggest passion, but the most important thing for Alina was to make her art reflective, powerful, and eloquent. When the full-scale invasion started, she realized that the paintings were her weapon too. So, she decided to create illustrations to document the war crimes and terroristic actions of Russia and show the real side of the Ukrainian genocide through art.
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Arina Panasovska
June 10, 2022
Artist
Arina Panasovska is an artist and illustrator from the occupied city of Kherson, Ukraine. She believes that art is a weapon, and art is the one thing that helped her not to break in wartime. Before the war Arina worked with children’s publishing houses. Today she is planning to transition to commercial illustration and build a new life.
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Mariia Linova
June 12, 2022
"Yesterday was the 341st anniversary of my city Izyum. Look what the Russian occupants did to it" - Mariia Linova, June 2022
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Paper Planes
June 12, 2022
Artwork generated by artificial intelligence on Midjourney.
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Alina Chernushenko
June 14, 2022
"A civilian from Bucha - shot in the back of the head just because he was Ukrainian. Even after death, he stayed unbreakable." - Alina Chernushenko, June 2022
Artist
Alina Chernushenko is a self-taught Ukrainian artist, based in Lviv. She was trying to find the right place for herself in this life but opened the magic of the art world instead. Art always was her biggest passion, but the most important thing for Alina was to make her art reflective, powerful, and eloquent. When the full-scale invasion started, she realized that the paintings were her weapon too. So, she decided to create illustrations to document the war crimes and terroristic actions of Russia and show the real side of the Ukrainian genocide through art.
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Volodymir Valiiev
June 14, 2022
"Me and my swamp of xenophobia, dictatorship, imperialism and delusion." - Volodymir Valiiev, June 2022
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Irina Kostyshina
June 15, 2022
"I have not been active for a while, everything takes a lot of emotional power to process. Many people I know personally, work with, and love, are on the frontlines now. Kyiv is in a state of 'almost-normalcy' but the reminders of war are still here — and who knows what awaits us next? And honestly, how can one forget?" - Irina Kostyshina, June 2022
Artist
Irina Kostyshina is an artist & graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She works mainly in editorial illustration and also as a comic artist, combining digital and traditional media in her works. Since the full-scale Russian invasion, Irina has focused on creating war-related illustrations and educational work on her Instagram feed to tell the truth about Ukraine.
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Lesia Pik
June 15, 2022
The 2S7 Pion ("peony") or Malka is a Soviet self-propelled 203mm cannon. "2S7" is its GRAU designation. More than 250 units were built, some sources say 500, others up to 1,000. They were distributed around the former Soviet states in the dissolution of the Soviet Union after 1991. On the 20th of May 2022, the Ukrainian military of 45 OABr showed how they detected and destroyed several units of enemy equipment on the territory of the Pologiv oil extraction plant in Zaporizhzhia region, using the Spectator drone and the 2S7 Pion.
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Lesia is an artist from Odesa, Ukraine. She started drawing 8 years ago after a bad leg injury put her previous career on hold. After leaving Odesa in April 2022, Lesia continues to paint and visualize Ukraine and the invasion. “Drawing for me is a hobby, a job, and a way to reflect. Every time another terrible event happens, I think to myself — again? How can this get any worse? And then I sit down and draw and cry... This is my way of surviving this grief because no one can be aloof. I believe in our Armed Forces, and our victory!”
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Natali Kozeko
June 16, 2022
"This horror is happening 10 minutes away from my house. An older gentleman was smoking on one of the balconies... unbelievably, people continue to live inside the ruins and partially destroyed houses." - Natali Kozeko, June 2022
Artist
Natalie Kozeko is a Ukrainian illustrator from Kyiv. She is working on the production of a multi-part children's animated series about bunnies, which is streamed in more than 60 countries around the world. In her spare time, she does fencing. She and her husband have three cats which they adopted from an animal shelter.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
June 16, 2022
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
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Mariia Tikhonova
June 16, 2022
"This is our story: we are from Kharkiv; at the beginning of the war my children and I moved to Drohobych, and my husband was already in the army. All these months we've been talking about coming home. But yesterday my husband said - 'you have to realize that the war will not end'. After these words my world was destroyed again. For the first time, I clearly realized that life needed to be rebuilt, elsewhere, but not in Kharkiv under Russian shelling. Every day Russian bombs fall on our city. Yesterday a bomb fell in our district. The dream of returning home remains a dream… and life is different now." - Mariia Tikhonova, June 2022
Artist
Mariia Tikhonova is an artist born in Mykolaiv, living and working in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Today Mariia creates illustrations to visualize thoughts on the war in Ukraine. But she wants to illustrate children's books and kids magazines. Since the full-scale war started, Mariia began actively creating war diaries in the book “The history of Ukraine” in collage, cutout technique.
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Eugenia Goncharenko
June 17, 2022
Artist
Eugenia Goncharenko is an artist from Vinnytsia, Ukraine, who paints with traditional materials such as watercolor, ink and pencils. She draws charming illustrations and writes warm fairy tales and wants to do it professionally in the future.
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Volodymir Valiiev
June 18, 2022
"They say war is a man's business, but war has no gender. I dedicate this drawing to all the brave women who defend our country. Some of them fight on the battlefield, some volunteer 24 hours a day, and some give new lives. Glory to Ukrainian women!" - Volodymir Valiiev, June 2022
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Irina Kostyshina
June 21, 2022
"These are Ukrainian fields now. Every day of hesitation is a step towards making them unlivable. The ratio of Russian to Ukrainian artillery is 10 to 1 in some areas of the frontline. The Russian war force is trying to turn my land into rubble, acre by acre, and we have no choice but to stand and fight back. But for this we need weapons, and a lot of them." - Irina Kostyshina, June 2022
Artist
Irina Kostyshina is an artist & graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She works mainly in editorial illustration and also as a comic artist, combining digital and traditional media in her works. Since the full-scale Russian invasion, Irina has focused on creating war-related illustrations and educational work on her Instagram feed to tell the truth about Ukraine.
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Julia Zinchenko
June 21, 2022
"This is what our lives feel like during a full-scale invasion - stuck between normal life, work, friends, happiness and the war, latest news, and nightmares. We can't live our life's like there is no war but also we can't pretend like there is no life at the very same time." - Julia Zinchenko, June 2022
Artist
Yulia Zinchenko is an illustrator from Kyiv. She draws both digitally and traditionally. When the full-scale war began, she started to paint on the subject of the war in Ukraine in order to convey the events and feelings to the world, and to keep Ukraine’s struggle at the forefront of world news. In the past, she loved to draw her dog the most. She would like to work on illustrations for books and is always open to interesting projects.
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Olha Kriuchkovska
June 22, 2022
Artist
Olha Kriuchkovska is from Kherson, Ukraine and works under the pseudonym Olson Olberburg. She studied at the Kherson National Technical University with a degree in graphic design, and a subsequent master's degree. In 2018/19 she worked as a teacher at a private children's art school, until finally launching her own studio in 2019. Olha is engaged in illustration but also loves painting and weaving tapestries. She is currently based in Sweden and is working on a project on the theme of war and nature.
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Elena Scherbak
June 22, 2022
"This little series is my way of reminding us at what price we have a piece of "normal life" now. Also, it is important to remember that a large number of Ukrainians are deprived of this. But those who are still lucky (if you can say so) to be in relative safety and to be able to do their everyday, favorite things, should remember thanks to whom we have it all. Of course, the list of heroes does not end only with the Armed Forces, it also includes medics, emergency services, police, volunteers, communal services... the list is long! And no, I do not encourage you to focus only on news and info-fighting, because you can lose your common sense, and we will still need it) Therefore, these pictures are just a short reminder that at least one of the five stories per day should be allocated to cover the events of the war, which, unfortunately, has not yet ended! Glory to Ukraine." - Elena Scherbak, June 2022
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Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
June 24, 2022
Artist
Alexandra is an award-winning Ukrainian animator and illustrator, currently in Vienna, Austria. She studied visual communication in Kyiv(KNUCA), Vienna(Angewandte), and London(UAL). In her works she addresses modern, urban, and people-inspired topics, often in a humorous way, using bright colors and mixed media.
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Paper Planes
June 25, 2022
Artworks generated by artificial intelligence on Midjourney.
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Volodymir Valiiev
June 26, 2022
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Irina Kostyshina
June 26, 2022
"Today, 26th of June, marks the National Crimean Tatar Flag Day in Ukraine. I drew this picture more than a month ago to dedicate an illustration to Crimean Tatars, but posting it on the day commemorating the deportation of Crimean Tatars seemed inappropriate. Anyway, this is my humble tribute to Crimean Tatar culture. The symbol on the banner is called tamga (seal). The girl playing baglama on the picture was inspired by Reyana Kadyrova, a member of Maqam folk ensemble. You can check them up in Vincent Moon’s documentary “Traces Of Crimea” dedicated to the folk music of different ethnicities native to the Crimean peninsula. Qırım - bu Ukraina!" - Irina Kostyshina, June 2022
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Irina Kostyshina is an artist & graphic designer from Kyiv, Ukraine. She works mainly in editorial illustration and also as a comic artist, combining digital and traditional media in her works. Since the full-scale Russian invasion, Irina has focused on creating war-related illustrations and educational work on her Instagram feed to tell the truth about Ukraine.
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Daria Lucyshyna
June 27, 2022
On 27 June 2022, the Russian Armed Forces fired two Kh-22 anti-ship missiles into central Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, hitting the Amstor shopping mall and the Kredmash road machinery plant. Dmytro Lunin, Governor of Poltava Oblast, said 20 people were dead, and 56 people were injured. 36 people were reported missing. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, there were more than 1,000 people inside the mall when the strike occurred. Within hours of the attack false and unproven claims began circulating online. Stories were spread by Russian Telegram channels and by Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations. They included rumors that the attack was "false" or "staged" - and were repeated on Russian television. These claims contradicted the facts and were later debunked by all major news media.
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Daria Lutsyshyna is an artist born in Dnipro, living and working in Kyiv, Ukraine. Daria creates illustrations, posters, and graphic design. During the full-scale Russian invasion, she focused on illustrating war-related texts, news, her own experience of war, and reflections on its nature and consequences. She believes art is not "outside of politics" and artists and their work matter and can make a difference.
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Julia Zinchenko
June 27, 2022
On 27 June 2022, the Russian Armed Forces fired two Kh-22 anti-ship missiles into central Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, hitting the Amstor shopping mall and the Kredmash road machinery plant. Dmytro Lunin, Governor of Poltava Oblast, said 20 people were dead, and 56 people were injured. 36 people were reported missing. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, there were more than 1,000 people inside the mall when the strike occurred. Within hours of the attack false and unproven claims began circulating online. Stories were spread by Russian Telegram channels and by Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations. They included rumors that the attack was "false" or "staged" - and were repeated on Russian television. These claims contradicted the facts and were later debunked by all major news media.
Artist
Yulia Zinchenko is an illustrator from Kyiv. She draws both digitally and traditionally. When the full-scale war began, she started to paint on the subject of the war in Ukraine in order to convey the events and feelings to the world, and to keep Ukraine’s struggle at the forefront of world news. In the past, she loved to draw her dog the most. She would like to work on illustrations for books and is always open to interesting projects.
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Lesia Pik
June 27, 2022
On 27 June 2022, the Russian Armed Forces fired two Kh-22 anti-ship missiles into central Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, hitting the Amstor shopping mall and the Kredmash road machinery plant. Dmytro Lunin, Governor of Poltava Oblast, said 20 people were dead, and 56 people were injured. 36 people were reported missing. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, there were more than 1,000 people inside the mall when the strike occurred. Within hours of the attack false and unproven claims began circulating online. Stories were spread by Russian Telegram channels and by Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy ambassador to the United Nations. They included rumors that the attack was "false" or "staged" - and were repeated on Russian television. These claims contradicted the facts and were later debunked by all major news media.
Artist
Lesia is an artist from Odesa, Ukraine. She started drawing 8 years ago after a bad leg injury put her previous career on hold. After leaving Odesa in April 2022, Lesia continues to paint and visualize Ukraine and the invasion. “Drawing for me is a hobby, a job, and a way to reflect. Every time another terrible event happens, I think to myself — again? How can this get any worse? And then I sit down and draw and cry... This is my way of surviving this grief because no one can be aloof. I believe in our Armed Forces, and our victory!”
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Viktoria Berezina
June 29, 2022
“Us” a series by Viktoria Berezina, feels very appropriate as we reflect on the bombing of the shopping mall in Kremenchuk.
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Victoria is an exhibiting artist and designer from Kherson, Ukraine. She works in different styles, including digital and hand-crafted collages.
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Alexandra Dzhiganskaya
June 30, 2022
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Alexandra is an award-winning Ukrainian animator and illustrator, currently in Vienna, Austria. She studied visual communication in Kyiv(KNUCA), Vienna(Angewandte), and London(UAL). In her works she addresses modern, urban, and people-inspired topics, often in a humorous way, using bright colors and mixed media.
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Russia still represents a clear and present danger to all democracies and peace-loving countries in the world. It wages war by bombing hospitals, homes and schools.
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