Andriivka is the story of the village under Russian occupation. It is a small village on the road from the Belarussian border to Kyiv, the country's capital. It was among dozens of settlements near the capital seized by Russian forces in the early stage of the full-scale invasion. Moscow’s military quickly captured Andriivka on Feb. 27, terrorizing civilians and destroying houses before soldiers eventually were forced to retreat in early April.

We met with Nadia, an old lady at 66, who showed us the remnants of her hallway and the bathroom turned into ashes. Nadia is a mother of two; a daughter living in Spain and a son fighting against Russian military aggression. I found her in the company of two of her neighbours whose house had just survived the Russian flames.
Nadia is also a landlady friend to a tiny kitten who recently befriended her and two dogs. She told us it was 19 of March when she went to visit her neighbour to get new clothes, and upon return, she found her house burned down. Now, she's got nothing but painful remnants of Russian aggression, her land covered in grass, clothes dropped outside her burned home and a container for shelter brought to her by volunteers.
Photojournalist: Vudi Xhymshiti.
Production Assistant: Oleksander Pugach.