Tragedies have multiplied since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This year, the situation has not improved. In 2023, Russian strikes were carried out on agricultural infrastructure and cultural heritage sites. The UN estimates rebuilding the cultural sector alone will cost $7 billion over the next decade. 

Many residential buildings in the Chernihiv region have been empty since the very first days of the war.

UN agencies deliver humanitarian aid to the Kherson region.

The UN is working with local non-governmental organisations in Ukraine to provide the necessary support to vulnerable people.

A teenager takes a photograph of a work by British street artist Banksy in the spring of 2023 in Irpin.

As a result of indiscriminate shelling in the south and east of Ukraine, tens of thousands of residential buildings and civilian infrastructure have been partially or completely destroyed.

The city of Mykolaiv faced incessant shelling for 230 days.

The evacuation of the inhabitants of Kherson after flooding took place against the backdrop of shelling.

Deminers clear the area near the front line between Mykolaiv and Kherson.

The explosion of the Kakhovka Dam led to pollution and depletion of reservoirs in the Kherson region and a shortage of clean drinking water.

Municipal workers clean the streets despite shelling in Mykolaiv.

Pet dogs in the ruins of the village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv.