Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Russian militaries and authorities have committed multiple war crimes all over Ukraine in the form of deliberate attacks on civilian targets, abduction, illegal captivity and torture of civilians, torturing of POWs, massacres of civilians, torture and rape, and indiscriminate attacks in densely populated areas.
Mykhaylo Palinchak with his photo series documents places of Russian war crimes all over Ukraine such as torture rooms in Kherson, a mass grave in Izum and Bucha, school in Yahidne village, destroyed civilian objects all over Ukraine, looted Kherson Fine Art Museum etc. The photo series highlights the cold void that the Russian world brings and leaves behind.
