In Bakhmout, images of a raging battle and a population that “wants to live”

In Bakhmout, the bombardments are “incessant”, explains Pilaheïa, septuagenarian and long-time resident of this city of Donbass. Yet, despite the missile fire, which has turned into ambient noise that she can barely hear now, she insists on living a normal life at all costs. And, for example, to take the time to feed his chickens.

A few kilometers away, on the front, the atmosphere is quite different. Ukrainian soldiers face the “most competent units” of the Russian army, according to Stepakha, 22, on the front line facing the enemy. Despite the harshness of the clashes, he remains optimistic: “We will manage and beat them”he says.