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Ukraine War - 2022
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![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured in the doorway to what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000B6h1Iu3SXTM/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000B6h1Iu3SXTM.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: 'World, Help us' reads a sign outside the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv. By the monastery have been placed the remains of cars and military tanks destroyed in the battle of Kyiv, when Russian miltary forces tried to overtake the city of Kyiv following an invasion of the country in late February 2022. The city, however, held sway and Russian military forces eventually withdrew. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000kHC1aCWh3Lc/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000kHC1aCWh3Lc.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A security officer walks through the rubble caused by a missile blast to the Taras Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000v4X.01p0jpw/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000v4X.01p0jpw.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People walk on the square outside the Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv. Here, pictured through the ruins of a car destroyed in the battle of Kyiv. Outside the monastery have been left the remains of cars and military tanks destroyed in the battle of Kyiv, when Russian miltary forces tried to overtake the city of Kyiv following an invasion of the country in late February 2022. The city, however, held sway and Russian military forces eventually withdrew. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000TZiLhkbrDvI/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000TZiLhkbrDvI.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Windows broken from a missile blast hitting the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000VFWQDb2pU3w/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000VFWQDb2pU3w.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A collection of so-called 'hedgehogs', large metal constructions used to block roads specifically so that tanks cannot pass, sit on the side of the road at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine. As Russian military forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, such hedgehogs were placed as barricades to prevent Russian troops from advancing into the heart of the city of Kyiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JOJoIpKWVdM/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000JOJoIpKWVdM.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People pass by the remains of cars and military tanks destroyed in the battle of Kyiv, when Russian miltary forces tried to overtake the city of Kyiv following an invasion of the country in late February 2022. The city, however, held sway and Russian military forces eventually withdrew. Cars and tanks destroyed in the battle have been left outside Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in central Kyiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000wIwnkMv5Nbo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000wIwnkMv5Nbo.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman sits down to observe the thousands of Ukrainian flags that have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Behind the flags stands a sign reading 'Ukrainians killed by Putin' (the Russian president). Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000zNNdx5o6_Sk/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000zNNdx5o6_Sk.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 26-year-old Anna and her 14-year-old brother Sasha (whose surname is omitted on request) describe how they and their parents fled from their home in Priputni, in the municipality of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast in Ukraine as Russian troops occupied their village as part of the invasion of Ukraine in end-March 2022. As they were driving back towards their village on 1 April, after they had heard that Russian military had left, they were shot at by a Russian army unit still in the area, and Anna and Sasha lost their parents. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000nWctaHrNIUg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000nWctaHrNIUg.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman walks through the rubble and shards of glass on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ch_J2E4pDaE/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000ch_J2E4pDaE.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Journalists gather to document as Ukrainian military and others work to seal off the street on Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard, outside the Ministry of Education and Science, as a missile hit the site hours earlier. Here, Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko gives interviews with international media onsite. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000qNcNd5tGE7o/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000qNcNd5tGE7o.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People take shelter underground in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000031gz.t91pVE/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I000031gz.t91pVE.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in front of the Independence Monument, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Behind the flags stands a sign reading 'Ukrainians killed by Putin' (the Russian president). Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000M6TGUMfOXrg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000M6TGUMfOXrg.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People gather at a playground sealed off after being damaged in the blast from a Russian missile hitting the Taras Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000GUhUSSRiihk/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000GUhUSSRiihk.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian military and others work to seal off the street on Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard, outside the Ministry of Education and Science, as a missile hit the site hours earlier. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000I6yMAZHRBAo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000I6yMAZHRBAo.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A young man walks through the rubble on the street of Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka in central Kyiv, which hours earlier was hit by a Russian missile. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Nzts4fODr84/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000Nzts4fODr84.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000U8tn5CQzTJ0/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000U8tn5CQzTJ0.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A man walks past a building of the Kyiv city council, department of health, struck only hours earlier by Russian missiles, as in the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000IjywaL0M3SA/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000IjywaL0M3SA.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A man sweeps dirt off the road, as Ukrainian military and others work to seal off the street on Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard, outside the Ministry of Education and Science, as a missile hit the site hours earlier. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000hyJvi0aKWAs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000hyJvi0aKWAs.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A group of people play cards in a shelter in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000W0ZOnSR1mHY/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000W0ZOnSR1mHY.jpg)
![11 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Evening traffic runs past a monument in Peremohy square in central Kyiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000.BVMzmlZOd8/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000.BVMzmlZOd8.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: The sun shines on fields of farmland north-east of the town of Ichnya, in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000P4bVH7ZhTOM/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000P4bVH7ZhTOM.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Seen through a mirror, the remains of a building in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — destroyed as Russian military marched through the village as part of the invasion of Ukraine in the spring of 2022, leaving the family of mother, father, a daughter, a son and two cats (after another two were killed in that same explosion) without a home of their own. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000umAZ42bcFMo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000umAZ42bcFMo.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Local contractor Olexander Sviridov works on bomb shelter renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ofwMxdpcxNM/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000ofwMxdpcxNM.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DYLZIuJ1SJA/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000DYLZIuJ1SJA.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (left) looks down an empty hallway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000oArjhjoCQsA/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000oArjhjoCQsA.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A children's swing and apartment building damaged by an explosion during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. The municipality of Ichnya, made up of 54 villages in the Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine, was occupied by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Local authorities say 26 civilians were killed during the time of occupation, and many more have suffered as homes were destroyed, local infrastructure damaged, and many shops, schools and other parts of the communities damaged or even razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000kSv5dxHlkQE/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000kSv5dxHlkQE.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Five-year-old cat Murchik sits on the steps of what used to be its home in Bil’machivka — a village of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed the building to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Murchik's keeper Olena Vedmid says the family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of the four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. The family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000c.7.qPFiqPs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000c.7.qPFiqPs.jpg)
![14 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A sign reads 'Azovstal - Free Mariupol Defenders' in central Kyiv on 14 October, when Ukraine marks Defender's Day. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000GErPZblJQ0U/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000GErPZblJQ0U.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Birds fly over buildings in central Kyiv. In the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000GJ6vzLpFq3c/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000GJ6vzLpFq3c.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko (left) pictured speaking to a Lutheran World Federation staff member Pavel Irkhin (right), in what used to be the kitchen of her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000FWm3O0APNsg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000FWm3O0APNsg.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Pieces of broken toys lay on the floor in what used to be the children's room in 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko's family home in the village of Bil’machivka. The family lived there until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000vl3k656VsWY/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000vl3k656VsWY.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured in what used to be the living room of her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000z8X73UI7y_A/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000z8X73UI7y_A.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko looks out from where the family dining table used to be, in what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000YH_gBtJbYXs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000YH_gBtJbYXs.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured in the ruins of the kitchen, in what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000FHMkEm7GN6U/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000FHMkEm7GN6U.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000NJSxnn3s4tk/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000NJSxnn3s4tk.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000RhOaTZs8fQs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000RhOaTZs8fQs.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval shows students a pair of scissors, as she leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000c_9joJlrcPQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000c_9joJlrcPQ.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000hX5ahIOFuF4/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000hX5ahIOFuF4.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A female student shows the work she has done during an online handiwork class led by teacher Natalia Koval (right), at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000WVsOrt3z2EQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000WVsOrt3z2EQ.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (left), Ichnya mayor Olena Buturlym (second left) and Bhoj Khanal (right), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, greet an online handiwork class led by teacher Natalia Koval (centre). The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000V4Il809CayU/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000V4Il809CayU.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000TVx9BottNqw/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000TVx9BottNqw.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: LWF team leader for Ukraine Bhoj Raj Khanal enters the building during a visit to the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00002.zYWOBpnLM/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00002.zYWOBpnLM.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000z47yHG1eBmw/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000z47yHG1eBmw.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: The sun shines on fields of farmland north-east of the town of Ichnya, in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000G3.r7JGA2Ps/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000G3.r7JGA2Ps.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A small plot of farmland in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast. The plot belongs to a property owned by a family of four people and, until their main house was destroyed, four cats (of whom only two survived). The main building on the propoerty was destroyed as Russian military marched through the village as part of the invasion of Ukraine in the spring of 2022, and so the family has now had to move, at least until the end of the war. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000cEG5K4bMFVk/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000cEG5K4bMFVk.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00005o9dCGHXFiY/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00005o9dCGHXFiY.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), visits what used to be her home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00004YEcdgQGAfg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00004YEcdgQGAfg.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A deserted building in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast. The building belongs to a property owned by a family of four people and, until their main house was destroyed, four cats (of whom only two survived). The main building on the propoerty was destroyed as Russian military marched through the village as part of the invasion of Ukraine in the spring of 2022, and so the family has now had to move, at least until the end of the war. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000gPKEWrQ8lNw/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000gPKEWrQ8lNw.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000L7v.AZiwB9k/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000L7v.AZiwB9k.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000_zSkoL2gEKs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000_zSkoL2gEKs.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000AbBNCUL7btA/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000AbBNCUL7btA.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), visits what used to be her home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000VqaK7UDgiis/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000VqaK7UDgiis.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00004C8RFp_3nZ8/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00004C8RFp_3nZ8.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Vedmid, a 41-year-old mother of two (son 18, daughter 14), and her five-year-old cat Murchik visit what used to be their family home in the village of Bil’machivka — a community of just over 500 people north of the town of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast — until an explosion razed it to the ground as Russian military forces advanced through Itchnya as they invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022. Olena says her family were not at home when the explosion took place, but two of her four cats were killed, and as the family does not have the money or resources to rebuild the house, they are now living with relatives of her husband’s, where they will likely stay until the war is over. Olena’s family is one of many among the different villages that make up the municipality of Ichnya to lose their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to many houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000qRQlYVof9XQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000qRQlYVof9XQ.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000wEd61owY3Yk/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000wEd61owY3Yk.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00007ruFMep18Pk/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00007ruFMep18Pk.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Bqz5jHu5Bfo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000Bqz5jHu5Bfo.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured by the road outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that eventually ensued on the road outside her building (pictured here). Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000_C6ylLqffh0/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000_C6ylLqffh0.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured by the road outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that eventually ensued on the road outside her building (pictured here). Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000C1tOi3C2tjc/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000C1tOi3C2tjc.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko (right) in dialogue with Bhoj Khanal, team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, on the road outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that eventually ensued on that same road outside her building. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived there with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00001ehmxroF5MA/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00001ehmxroF5MA.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000auU4fLkLjQ8/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000auU4fLkLjQ8.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: 41-year-old Victoria Hlushko pictured outside what used to be her family home in the village of Bil’machivka, until Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and the apartment was destroyed in the fighting that ensued. Inheriting the apartment from her father eight years ago, Victoria lived in the apartment with her husband, their son (3 years) and daughter (13 years) until the day it was destroyed. She recalls the family being just about to enter the apartment when an explosion hit the building as fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces took place at the road outside. They sought shelter in the basement, but as it became filled with smoke, they had to exit through an emergency back door and take shelter in another building in the village. The village of Bil’machivka, a community of just over 500 people north of Ichnya, Chernihiv Oblast, was just on the route taken by Russian military forces as they marched towards Kyiv following the invasion of Ukraine in the early spring of 2022. Many people lost their homes in this period, as fighting and attacks led to houses being either severely damaged, or simply razed to the ground. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000g9Q.1YH1BLo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000g9Q.1YH1BLo.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A group of students arrive at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Nonetheless, students pass by occasionally, for example to pick up learning materials. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000LfzZbt5P77M/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000LfzZbt5P77M.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A group of students arrive at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Nonetheless, students pass by occasionally, for example to pick up learning materials. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000PxEZs2dALcs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000PxEZs2dALcs.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Bhoj Khanal (left), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, and School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (right) walk through a hallway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00006053ErrHyPI/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00006053ErrHyPI.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera visits an underground bomb shelter undergoing renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000RvU7K7VWXwY/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000RvU7K7VWXwY.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Underground bomb shelter undergoing renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000D7aWDMthxnM/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000D7aWDMthxnM.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera visits an underground bomb shelter undergoing renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000vHqRZWnWDmc/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000vHqRZWnWDmc.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Local contractor Olexander Sviridov works on bomb shelter renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00002ouEvVympQE/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00002ouEvVympQE.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Underground bomb shelter undergoing renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00009Uc0UGw_FXE/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00009Uc0UGw_FXE.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Local contractor Olexander Sviridov works on bomb shelter renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000uvRl1FJH_zY/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000uvRl1FJH_zY.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Local contractor Olexander Sviridov works on bomb shelter renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DU5koaAcz2A/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000DU5koaAcz2A.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Local contractor Olexander Sviridov works on bomb shelter renovation at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ysrntQ09Nxw/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000ysrntQ09Nxw.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Buturlym, mayor of Ichnya pictured in a room where renovation is underway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000mXf7TOusDF0/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000mXf7TOusDF0.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Buturlym, mayor of Ichnya pictured in a room where renovation is underway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Jux2YI7fUyQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000Jux2YI7fUyQ.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera pictured in a room where renovation is underway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00009E9jgIBv9ik/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00009E9jgIBv9ik.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Olena Buturlym, mayor of Ichnya pictured in a room where renovation is underway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000xHomUKb.uhI/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000xHomUKb.uhI.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera pictured in a room where renovation is underway at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00006zbx7bdsjNg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00006zbx7bdsjNg.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: A female student shows the work she has done during an online handiwork class led by teacher Natalia Koval (right), at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00009BXvRMstJDo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00009BXvRMstJDo.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JdXLP__YN2c/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000JdXLP__YN2c.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000kd.2g52hfL0/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000kd.2g52hfL0.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Teacher Natalia Koval leads an online class in textile handiwork at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Oe9OcRklPTs/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000Oe9OcRklPTs.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Bhoj Khanal, team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, (left) greets handiwork teacher Natalia Koval (right) wearing products made by students at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Zp5zCmdB1TY/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000Zp5zCmdB1TY.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: Bhoj Khanal (left), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, listens in as a student shows the work they have done during an online handiwork class led by teacher Natalia Koval (right), at the Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16. The school is currently empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000LwvQQOpvGrA/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000LwvQQOpvGrA.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (right) and Bhoj Khanal (left), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, connect to an online English class led by teacher Natalia Muchailivna Bouko (top left on the screen). The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000A.ee.VYdXtg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000A.ee.VYdXtg.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera pictured in her office. The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00003RDXqo.zi24/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00003RDXqo.zi24.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (right) and Bhoj Khanal (left), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, connect to an online English class led by teacher Natalia Muchailivna Bouko (top left on the screen). The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000A6n5.v3Jexo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000A6n5.v3Jexo.jpg)
![12 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A bus stops at a traffic light at night in central Kyiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000cZbRvVw57.Q/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000cZbRvVw57.Q.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera lays her hand on a spreadsheet schedule at the desk in her office. The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000_ojrhrOxejQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000_ojrhrOxejQ.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (right) welcomes Bhoj Khanal (left), team leader of the Lutheran World Federation in Ukraine, to her school during an October 13 visit by the LWF. The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000YTuOOcaBcxo/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000YTuOOcaBcxo.jpg)
![13 October 2022, Ichnya, Ukraine: School director Luidmyla Kutchovera (right) welcomes Olena Buturlym, mayor of Ichnya (centre), to her school during an October 13 visit by the LWF. The Ichnya school of Vasilchenko in the Ichnya municipality of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine — home to 540 students (boys and girls) aged 6-16 — is empty of its students, with classes taught online only, until secure bomb shelters can be restored at the school. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022, Ukrainian schools are no longer allowed to undertake onsite schooling without functional bomb shelters available in case or air raids or other attacks. The Lutheran World Federation collaborates with the municipality of Ichnya to help renovate existing but not-yet-functional shelters in the school basement, intended to secure protection for at least 1,000 people in case of emergency. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000tpupF5eyDTQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000tpupF5eyDTQ.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People take shelter underground in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Ehz1Bn_VTJ0/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000Ehz1Bn_VTJ0.jpg)
![11 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A basket full of apples sits on a table, as people shelter underground in central Kyiv, following an air raid alert for potential incoming missiles towards the city. Since February 2022, Ukraine has been invaded by Russian miltary forces, and on 10 October, missiles hit several locations in central Kyiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000H_McAkwKkeI/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000H_McAkwKkeI.jpg)
![11 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Moment of sharing, as a group takes shelter underground for several hours in central Kyiv, following an air raid alert for potential incoming missiles towards the city. Since February 2022, Ukraine has been invaded by Russian miltary forces, and on 10 October, missiles hit several locations in central Kyiv. . [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00004ITgbImr92g/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I00004ITgbImr92g.jpg)
![11 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A bus runs past a monument in Peremohy square in central Kyiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000PAGNfyapbTI/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000PAGNfyapbTI.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People take shelter underground in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000QW9fLntpx5Q/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000QW9fLntpx5Q.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman walks past a building of the Kyiv city council, department of health, struck only hours earlier by Russian missiles, as in the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000hN3o1QCgaMg/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000hN3o1QCgaMg.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A family walks past a building of the Kyiv city council, department of health, struck only hours earlier by Russian missiles, as in the morning of 10 October, 75 Russian missiles were reported to have been fired at cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, Lviv, and Kharkiv. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JxQ60D40dSQ/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000JxQ60D40dSQ.jpg)
![10 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: People take shelter underground in central Kyiv, after air raid alarms sounded across the city in the afternoon of 10 October. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000BrtiO6FYPFw/fit=250x250/fill=/g=G00009Nf8QkvYI74/I0000BrtiO6FYPFw.jpg)