100 photos of Ukraine is a large summary material that Ukraїner traditionally prepares at the end of each year since 2017. These are the most vivid and significant pictures that our team has taken during the last 12 months. The stories of powerful Ukrainian army brigades, reports from the de-occupied territories, the work of Ukrainian volunteers, farmers, cultural activists, etc. All of this is our modern history, which is worth recording and knowing.
In this publication, we summarise the year 2023. It began with a winter marked by energy terror, orchestrated by Russia through attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Despite the enemy’s attempts to intimidate us, this year will be remembered for the courageous and dignified military operations of our defence forces, and significant technological military advancements. This was exemplified by the first downing of the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal and the legendary “claps” in the territory of the Russian Federation and in Crimea. Also noteworthy are the major strides in decolonisation, European integration, and volunteer initiatives. Our team has also kept pace with these trends and challenges, continuing to articulate who Ukrainians are and what they are fighting for.
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On the cover: SSO fighters during training. October 31, 2023. Photo: Oleh Marchuk.
Carolers from Viktor Perfetskyi's band walk through the streets of a settlement affected by the Russian occupation. Slobozhanshchyna. 8 January. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko.
Viktor Perfetskyi's carol band on the ruins of a destroyed school. Slobozhanshchyna. 7 January. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko.
Carol band of Kateryna Bosiachenko in de-occupied Izium. Slobozhanshchyna. 10 January. Photo by Iva Sidash.
Carol band with a Christmas star. Halychyna. 13 January. Photo by Lina Chu.
A member of Anastasiia Skoropad's carol band. Slobozhanshchyna. 17 January. Photo by Petro Chekal.
Soldiers of the 30th Mechanised Brigade on training. Pryazovia. 24 January. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko.
A soldier of the 30th Mechanised Brigade on training. Pryazovia. 24 January. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Victory units.
Anti-aircraft installation in combat position. Donechchyna. 19 February. Photo by Karyna Piliuhina. Special project Victory units.
Participant of the calculation of the anti-aircraft gun. Donechchyna. 19 February. Photo by Karyna Piliuhina. Special project Victory units.
Ukrainian soldiers boil water in a kettle. Donechchyna. 18 February. Photo by Karyna Piliuhina. Special project Victory units.
Fighting positions of the Ukrainian military at night. Donechchyna. 27 January. Photo by Pavlo Pashko.
Ukrainian soldiers on night duty. Donechchyna.15 April. Photo by Pavlo Pashko.
Ukrainian fields damaged by numerous holes from shells. Donechchyna. 20 March. Photo by Pavlo Pashko.
An apartment building in the city of Vuhledar destroyed by a Russian aerial bomb. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Serhii Kovalov. Special project Victory units.
The church that has been destroyed by Russian shelling. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Serhii Kovalov. Special project Victory units.
British journalist and writer John Sweeney. Kyiv, 7 March. Photo by Artem Halkin. Ukraine Through The Eyes of Reporters.
Story: Ukraine Through The Eyes of Reporters: John Sweeney
Ukrainian artist and heraldist Oleksa Rudenko, who takes care of improving uniforms, insignia and identification of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 29 March. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
An anaesthetist with a cat at the mobile stabilisation unit. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Ukrainian defender in the background of a damaged building. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Ukrainian soldier in the forest strips. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Mines on a tree. Donechchyna. 23 April. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
A Ukrainian defender among the damaged residential blocks of the city of Vuhledar. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Ukrainian military in the combat zone. Donechchyna. 22 April. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Anti-tank hedgehogs and tires in the background of the sign "Welcome to Lviv Region". Halychyna. 12 May. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Special project Culture during the War.
Entrance to the Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes "Territory of Terror". Halychyna. 9 May. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Special project Culture during the War.
Story: Culture during the War. The West. Korsaks’ Museum and Territory of Terror
A window covered with sandbags. Chernivtsi. Bukovyna. 10 May. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Special project Culture during the War.
Artist Petro Antyp creates the painting Cosmogony at the Korsaks’ Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art. Lutsk. Volyn. 12 May. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Special project Culture during the War.
Ivan Butniak, director and artistic director of the Chernivtsi Music and Drama Theater named after Olha Kobylianska. 10 May. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Special project Culture during the War.
Story: Culture during the War. The West. Andriy Lyubka and
Ukrainian soldier in the background of the evening sky. Donechchyna. 4 June. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
The Ukraїner filming team on the outskirts of the city of Bakhmut. Donechchyna. 6 June. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Tankers of the 93rd Mechanised Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar'' on training. Donechchyna. 7 June. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Soldiers of the 93rd Mechanised Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar'' on their way to combat positions. Donechchyna. 9 June. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Servicemen of the 93rd Mechanised Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar''. Donechchyna. 9 June. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Victory units.
Oath ceremony of marines. Prychornomoria. 23 May. Photo by Serhii Kovalov. Special project Victory units.
Flooded Kherson district as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant. Prychornomoria. 7 June. Photo by Yurii Stefanik.
A small girl from Kherson looks at the street of her city, flooded as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant. Prychornomoria. 10 June. Photo by Vitalii Poberezhnyi.
A female volunteer strokes a dog rescued after the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant. Prychornomoria. 9 June. Photo by Vitalii Poberezhnyi.
The bottom of the river drained as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydro Power Plant. Zaporizhzhia, Podniprovia and Zaporizhzhia. 20 June. Photo by Pavlo Pashko.
British journalist and writer, researcher of Russian propaganda Peter Pomerantsev. 25 June. Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Ukraine Through The Eyes of Reporters.
Sumy Theater named after Mykhailo Shchepkin, who hosted internally displaced actors from Luhansk. 17 June. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Culture during the War.
Musicians, authors of the "warnyakannya" project Anton Slepakov and Andriy Sokolov. 15 June, Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Culture during the War.
An improvised tent to protect from the rain during the performance of the band "Pyrig and batig" as part of their tour on de-occupied settlements. Slobozhanshchyna. 27 June. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project Culture during the War.
Road sign in Slobozhanshchyna. 27 June. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project Culture during the War.
Artist, author of many murals Volodymyr Manzhos (creative pseudonym Waone) at work. Kyiv. 2 July. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Culture during the War.
Machine gunner of the Assault Amphibian Battalion of the Marines Corps. Donechchyna. 13 July. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Victory units.
A marine in the de-occupied territories of Donechchyny. Donechchyna. 13 July. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Victory units.
A spoil tip on the background of a rye field. Donechchyna. 14 July. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Victory units.
A Ukrainian defender in the de-occupied territories. Donechchyna. 13 July. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Victory units.
Kindergarten destroyed by Russian troops in Bakhmut. Donechchyna. 3 July. Photo by Pavlo Pashko.
Mariia Berlinska, an air intelligence representative, an expert in military technologies, and the initiator of the "Invisible Battalion" project on women's rights in the Ukrainian army. 18 July. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Women during the war.
Combat medic Yuliia "Taira" Paievska near the installation, a symbol of the resilience of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Azovstal. Kyiv. 31 July. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan. Special project Women during the war.
Olga Nosko, PR specialist of the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Arts in Kyiv. 18 July. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Culture during the War.
The Ukraїner team at the annual summer camp. Slavske, The Carpathians. July 22. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak.
Marine corps snipers. Donechchyna. August 1. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
Tankers of the marine corps on training. Donechchyna. 31 July. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
Marine artillerymen at work. Donechchyna. 1 August. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
Mykhailo with the call sign "Steel", a soldier of the 35th Marine Brigade. 3 August. Photo by Karyna Piliuhina. Special project Victory units.
A marine in the background of the APKWS installations. Donechchyna. 3 August. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
A stormy sky and lightning over a reservoir. Donechchyna. 1 August. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
Power lines in a sunflower field. Donechchyna. 2 August. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
The riverbed that has been mutilated by the shelling. Donechchyna. 26 August. Photo by Pavlo Pashko.
A marine on training. Donechchyna. 2 August. Photo by Karyna Piliuhina. Special project Victory units.
Marines during training. Donechchyna.7 August. Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Victory units.
Marines on the M113 armoured personnel carrier. Donechchyna. 6 August. Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Victory units.
Marines during training. Donechchyna. 9 August. Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Victory units.
A pack of cigarettes from the pocket of a seriously wounded soldier, which was taken out while providing medical care to him at the mobile stabilisation unit. Donechchyna. 29 August. Photo by Mykyta Zavilinskyi.
Tankers of the 47th Mechanised Brigade "Magura" on a Leopard tank. Podniprovia and Zaporizhzhia. 13 September. Photo by Petro Chekal. Special project De-occupation.
Stela at the entrance to the Donetsk region. Donechchyna. 10 August. Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Victory units.
Iryna with the call sign "Paragraph", a sniper of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians. Donechchyna. 7 August. Photo by Artem Halkin. Special project Women during the war.
Sasha Koltsova, singer, lead singer of the band Kryhitka, author of the song "Yalta '' for the Ukraїner special project Brave Cities. Kyiv. 23 August. Photo by Valentyn Kuzan.
Hanna Yarmish, a head of the scientific and educational department of the National Literary Memorial Museum of Hryhorii Skovoroda. Slobozhanshchyna. 18 August. Photo by Alona Malashyna. Special project Culture during the War.
Local residents walk by a school in Chernihiv damaged by Russian shelling. Sivershchyna. 21 September. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Project Restoration.
The sports hall in one of the Kharkiv schools that has been destroyed by shelling. Slobozhanshchyna. 30 August. Photo by Herman Krieger. Project Restoration.
Story: How Kharkiv is being rebuilt
Bullet mark covered with tape. Slobozhanshchyna. 31 August. Photo by Herman Krieger. Project Restoration.
A teenager with a scooter in the background of a shell-damaged building in Kramatorsk. Donechchyna. 24 August. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project De-occupation.
Odesa National Fine Arts Museum damaged as a result of shelling. Prychornomoria. 27 September. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Culture during the War.
The place where the Russian missile hit near the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum. Prychornomoria. 6 November. Photo by Serhii Kovalov. Special project Culture during the War.
Monument to Duke de Richelieu on Prymorskyi Boulevard in Odesa, protected by sandbags and a tarpaulin from Russian shelling. Prychornomoria. 9 October. Photo by Serhii Kovalov. Special project Culture during the War.
The dismantled monument to Catherine II in the courtyard of the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum. 12 October. Photo by Oleh Marchuk. Special project Culture during the War.
Oleksandr Knyha, the general director, artistic director of the Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre named after Mykola Kulish. Prychornomoria. 3 October. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Culture during the War.
Lely45 performs the song "Train to Simferopol" during the Ukraїner charity festival "Brave Cities" in Kyiv. 8 October. Photo by Olia Zakrevska.
Plast scouts during the torchlight procession in Kholodnyi Yar. Naddniprianshchyna. 30 September. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak.
Consecration of weapons in Kholodnyi Yar on the Intercession of the Theotokos holiday. Naddniprianshchyna. 1 October. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak.
A farmer with a metal detector during the demining of a field. Slobozhanshchyna. 4 October. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project Farming during the war.
A goat on a farm evacuated from the Donetsk region. Volyn. 11 October. Photo by Alona Malashyna. Special project Farming during the war.
Mykhailo Travetskyi, the founder of "Velesova farm" , leads his cows. 25 September. Photo by Sofiia Soliar. Special project Farming during the war.
A farmer near an irrigation canal. Pryazovia. Photo by Kostiantyn Huzenko. Special project Farming during the war.
Producer Vitalii Poberezhnyi admires the fields of Donetsk region from the window of an expedition car. Donechchyna. 24 October. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project De-occupation.
An irrigation channel on the front flank of Ukrainian positions. Donechchyna. 25 October. Photo by Vitalii Poberezhnyi. Special project De-occupation.
The inscription "Donbas is Ukraine" in the background of a building damaged by Russian shelling. Donechchyna. October 24. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project De-occupation.
Buildings mutilated by shelling and covered by red ivy. Donechchyna. 24 October. Photo by Herman Krieger. Special project De-occupation.
Fighters of special operations forces (SSO) with a drone. The location is not specified for security reasons. 23 October Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
SSO fighter. The location is not specified for security reasons. 17 October. Photo by Mykyta Zavilinskyi. Special project Victory units.
SSO fighters practice the skills of destroying enemies on land. The location is not specified for security reasons. 1 November. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
SSO fighters practice the skills of destroying enemies near water. Bird's eye view. The location is not specified for security reasons. 1 November. Photo by Oleh Marchuk. Special project Victory units.
SSO fighters in the sunset background. The location is not specified for security reasons. 31 October. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
SSO fighters in the night sky background. The location is not specified for security reasons. 31 October. Photo by Yurii Stefaniak. Special project Victory units.
A resident of Avdiivka with bread. Donechchyna. 3 December. Photo by Vitalii Poberezhnyi.
Evacuation of the wounded on the outskirts of Avdiivka. Donechchyna. 16 December. Photo by Mykyta Zavilinskyi.
