Love, loss and duty: Ukraine's photojournalists share stories of war


Love, loss and duty: Ukraine

Published 23 Feb 2025 In the three years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, hundreds of photographers have documented the human impact of the war on the front line and in civilian areas. Some of them have shared stories about their photos which have appeared in BBC coverage since February 2022. Vlada and Kostiantyn Liberov Prior to the full-scale war, this husband and wife team worked as wedding and portrait photographers in the Black Sea port city of Odesa. They soon moved "from capturing love stories, to documenting Russian war crimes", recalls Vlada. She knows first-hand the risks in her work. An explosion on a visit to the Donetsk region in 2023 left her with shrapnel lodged deep in her side, which doctors decided could not be removed.