Sudzha under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine — in 14 pictures. Ukrainian military and Russian civilians in a frozen city
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- Oleksandr Myasishchev, Glib Gusiev
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Around August 14, the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied the Russian city of Sudzha in the Kursk region. Now this district center, where almost five thousand people lived, is the largest settlement that Ukraine captured during the Kursk operation. During two weeks of fighting, Ukraine took control of more than 90 settlements and more than 1 250 square kilometers of Russian territory. Most of the Sudzha residents left the city at the same time as the Ukrainian military arrived. However, civilians, families with children and the bodies of dead Russians remain there. Babel collected 14 pictures of different photographers to show what this empty city is now under the control of Ukraine.
The Armed Forces checkpoint in Sudzha, with inscriptions in Ukrainian. On the opposite side of the checkpoint are several inscriptions "Ukraine".
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A soldier of the 33rd Assault Battalion in Sudzha. The body of a dead Russian soldier is behind him on the road.
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The body of a dead civilian covered with branches on one of the streets of Sudzha.
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The residents of Sudzha are hiding in the basement of the local school.
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93-year-old Olga and 91-year-old Mikhail talk in the basement of a school in Sudzha.
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13-year-old Danil near the shelter at a local school in Sudzha.
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The damaged monument to Vladimir Lenin in the center of Sudzha on Soviet Square.
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Goods scattered on the floor in a broken Sudzha supermarket.
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The commander of the UAV unit with the call sign "Boxer" records a video against the background of the inscription "ATB", which was made at the "Pyaterochka" supermarket in Sudzha.
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The inscription "Living people live here, the child is 1 year old" on the garage of a Russian house in the private sector of Sudzha.
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A soldier of the assault battalion walks down the empty street of Sudzha, past a broken cafe and a pharmacy.
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Sudzha Central Square.
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A Ukrainian military man walks along the broken street of Sudzha.
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