The Other Days of Life

• Prize
  Gold in Press/War
• Photographer
  Oleksandr Rupeta, Ukraine
• Website
  https://www.rupeta.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/oleksandrrupeta/

Bakhmut is a small town in the Donetsk region that should have become another victim of the Russian occupation in the first months of the invasion of Ukraine. Nonetheless, the town has been desperately standing against the fierce onslaught of the Russian army for over a year, and now it is one of the bloodiest places in this war. Becoming the main achievement of the Russian occupation forces in more than six months of fighting if captured, Bakhmut has acquired a symbolic meaning for both sides, in addition to its strategic importance.