KHARKIV, Ukraine (Tribune News Service) — In a war that has upended millions of lives, killed thousands of people and unleashed almost unfathomable destruction across Ukraine, a country of 44 million, he’s only one soldier. “We want to defend our country, after each explosion,” said Supereka, 53, who worked as a portrait photographer before the war. The portrait he sees daily now is the face of a beloved city disfigured. Every day, unrelenting rocket fire, missile strikes and artillery shells pour down on what was a city of 1.4 million people. The regional administrative building Supereka was assigned to help guard — now in ruins — was an enormous Stalinist-style structure situated on Freedom Square, the country’s largest public plaza.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2022 03:29 UTC