Below are the effects of Russia’s invasion on the Ukrainian people that the author of this website has collected and archived. They are arranged in order of date of occurrence. There are a mix of news articles and footage from on the ground in Ukraine.
Ground footage of Russian helicopters flying over the city of Gostomel, dated February 24th, 2022
Ukrainian forces recapture Hostomel airport northwest of Kyiv, dated February 25th
Video of the aftermath of fighting in Kharkiv, graphic, dated February 27th, 2022
Ukraine regains control of Kharkiv, dated February 27, 2022
Video of Ukrainian soldiers destroying a Russian tank with an NLAW, not graphic, dated February 27th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t2knpz/ukrainian_soldiers_hitting_a_tank/
Video of an ambulance near Kherson, shot by Russian soldiers, driver was killed, ambulance burned, and the paramedic on board was injured, graphic video, dated February 27th, 2022
Video of A Ukrainian civilian removing an Anti vehicle mine drone the road, by hand, while smoking a cigarette, dated February 28th, 2022
Civilians creating and bottling napalm at the behest of the Ukrainian government, dated February 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/t29xfw/state_sponsored_molotov_cocktails/
Image of a 17 mile long Russian convoy approaching Kyiv, dated March 1st, 2022
Video of Russian artillery shelling civilian dwellings In Kherson, not graphic, dated March 1st
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t442sm/shelling_of_residential_areas_kherson/
Video of Ukrainian farmers using their tractors to steal abandoned Russian Anti-Air systems, dated March 2nd, 2022
11 rapes of Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers reported by a clinic in Kherson, women and girls are warned to stay inside if at all possible, dated March 3rd, 2022
Putin threatens Ukraine with the loss of it’s statehood, “if they continue to behave like this”, dated March 5th, 2022
(wow…)
An image of a mother taking her daughter to the центральньии, sort of the town hall, with a yellow armband, indicating that she is a part of the Ukrainian defense force, and a Kalashnikov sling over her shoulder. It strikes me as an image that may become iconic of the cost of this invasion to the people of Ukraine, dated March 5th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t7d1b1/mom_with_ak/
Video of a Russian airstrike on a Ukrainian suburb in Kharkiv, not graphic, dated March 6th
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t7w9z1/the_moment_of_a_russian_strike_on_residential/
Ukrainian civilians fleeing Irpin, in a designated cease fire zone agreed upon by both the Russian and Ukrainian military are fired upon by Russian artillery, 3 killed, graphic video. Surprisingly, the soldier closest to the impact site has been reported to be injured, but alive. Dated March 7th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t8696v/russian_shelling_kills_fleeing_civilians_in/
An elderly couple is killed in Ukraine by a Russian tank, seemingly with no provocation, graphic video below, dated March 8th
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t9exxk/russians_killing_ukrainian_civilians_just_because/
Aftermath: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t3pa8y/russian_soldiers_shot_an_old_ukrainian_couple_who/
A video walkthrough of a maternity ward that was shelled by the Russian army, nothing graphic, dated March 9th, 2022
A Russian airstrike killed 47 civilians that were waiting for food in Chernihiv on March 3rd, Amnesty International calls for an investigation into Russian war crimes, dated March 9th, 2022
A woman who survived the siege of Leningrad is now being besieged in Kharkiv, dated March 10th, 2022. Mostly a human interest story, but definitely not a happy one
Ukrainian counterattack on a Russian army position outside of Kyiv, all soldiers appear to have some sort of Anti-Armor weapon, dated March 11th, 2022
Google announces that they will be sending air raid alerts to Ukrainian android users, dated March 11th, 2022.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-will-send-air-raid-alerts-to-ukrainian-android-users/
Image of a Ukrainian apartment block being hit by Russian artillery fire, dated March 12th 2022
Visual evidence that Russian attacks have hit at least 9 Ukranian medical facilities, dated March 12, 2022
Image of Russian soldiers firing an ATGM from the back of a UAZ Patriot (truck), dated March,12th, 2022
Satellite imagery shows fires burning outside of Kyiv, indicating that the Russian army is shelling residential neighborhoods, dated March 13th, 2022
Ukrainian Forces stop advance of Russian troops near Baryshivka, dated March 13, 2022
Russian troops open fire on Ukrainian citizens protesting the invasion in Kherson, dated March 13, 2022
Video of a Russian missile striking a neighborhood in Kyiv, not graphic, dated March 14, 2022
An image of a Ukrainian girl with a lollipop in her hand, a pump action shotgun in her hand and ribbons in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in her hair standing next to a window with the phrase “Putin is a dick” graffitied underneath it (in Russian), dated March 16th, 2022
https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/artear/KPSATMGP5VA5PB3E26ZA3HLCGQ.jpg
Video of the aftermath of Ukrainian artillery strikes on Kherson Airport, occupied by Russian troops at the time, not graphic, dated March 16, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tfiv8l/aftermath_of_ukrainian_artillery_hits_on/
People buried under rubble after Mariupol theatre sheltering hundreds is hit by Russian bomb, officials say, dated March 17th, 2022
Video from RT of Russian troops clearing bombed out apartments in Mariupol, not graphic, dated March 19th
Russian forces have kidnapped and forcibly moved civilian residents of Mariupol to Russia, not dissimilar to how Nazi Germany moved “undesirables” to concentration camps in captured territories during WWII, dated March 19th, 2022
Image of Ukrainian civilians hiding from Russian troops in a shelter, dated March 20th, 2022
50 bodies have been recovered from a Ukrainian barracks that was hit by a Russian missile strike, dated March 20th, 2022
Ukrainian troops retake the city of Makariv, approximately 70km West of Kyiv, dated March 22nd, 2022
A Russian soldier took Ukraine’s offer of $10,000 and Ukrainian citizenship in exchange for surrendering both himself and his tank after the rest of his unit deserted, dated March 22nd, 2022
Russian forces have destroyed a radiation monitoring lab in Chernobyl, dated March 23rd, 2022
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/europe/ukraine-chernobyl-update-03-23-intl/index.html
Ukrainian farmers are continuing to work in order to feed Ukrainian citizens and military forces, despite the Russian invasion, dated March 23rd, 2022
Russian forces have been witnessed using phosphorus munitions against Ukrainian targets, which is considered a crime under the Geneva Convention, dated March 24th, 2022
Ukrainian forces seize a Russian supply convoy in northern Ukraine, details scant, dated March 24th, 2022
The Russian military has been forcibly deporting citizens of Mariupol to Russia (at least 6,000) this is again reminiscent of Nazi Germany, dated March 24th, 2022
An Image of Mariupol after weeks of fighting, dated March 26th, 2022
Footage of Ukrainian troops from Kraken Battalion and Azov Battalion retaking the town of Olkhovka near the city of Kharkiv, dated March 26th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tpmagh/translation_25_march_azov_liberation_of_the/
This article is about Ukrainian president Zelensky giving explicit permission for Ukrainian defenders to leave the city of Mariupol, and the fact that the defenders chose to remain, regardless, dated March 27th, 2022
Russian soldiers gassed peaceful protesters in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, dated March 27th 2022
Ukrainain MP Maria Mezentseva states that Ukraine will not remain silent about Ukrainian women being raped by invading Russian soldiers, dated March 27th, 2022
NLAW fired by Azov battalion Ukrainian troops at a passing T72 Russian tank in Mariupol. The explosive warhead does not seem to have armed, likely because it impacted inside the 20 meter minimum arming distance (a safety measure designed to protect the wielder). Dated March 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tqgxj2/dpr_t72_being_hit_by_a_azov_rpg_in_mariupol/
What appears to be a Ukrainian propaganda video of a team operating a Smerch rocket vehicle, showcasing how the team works together to get a firing solution, dated March 28th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tql1na/ukrainian_smerch_in_operation_firing_towards/
Irpin’s mayor has stated that Irpin has been liberated from Russian invaders, dated March 28th, 2022
Ukrainian President Zelensky confirms that several Ukrainian mayors that were kidnapped by Russian troops have been found dead, dated March 28th, 2022
Nearly 5,000 people killed by Russian troops in the city of Mariupol, according to the mayor’s office, dated March 28th, 2022
Sophia Kudrin, a 13 year old Ukrainian girl has recovered from life threatening injuries in Rome, including a bullet in her spine, after her mother, father, 10 year old sister, and 7 year old brother were killed by Russian troops in the early days of the invasion, dated March 28th, 2022
Video footage of Chechen soldiers, fighting for Russia, shooting at traffic lights in Mariupol, dated March 29th, 2022
Ukranian Mayor of Mykolaiv, Vitaly Kim, survives a Russian assassination attempt because he overslept, dated March 29th, 2022
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ukraine-mayor-survives-rocket-assassination-26580942
Video of a Ukrainian Soldier in a trench as a Russian shell impacts nearby. The soldier responds with the exasperated Ukrainian equivalent of “Fuck.” dated March 29th, 2022
Ukrainian nuclear plant workers in Chernobyl describe the behavior of Russian soldiers in the area as suicidal, and imply that they had no understanding of the dangers of the region, dated March 29th, 2022
https://fortune.com/2022/03/29/chernobyl-ukraine-russian-soldiers-dangerous-radiation/
Russian troops destroy a warehouse in Brovary, Ukraine containing 50,000 tons of food. It was one of Europe’s largest food storage facilities. Dated March 29th, 2022
Russian troops continued to attack Chernihiv after Putin’s promises of a cessation of hostilities to “boost mutual trust”, dated March 29th, 2022
Ukrainian president Zelensky has announced that two Ukrainian Generals have been found to be traitors and stripped of their rank, dated April 1st, 2022
As Russian troops have withdrawn from the region of Kyiv, there is a stretch of highway outside the city where 13 corpses have been found, 2 identified as Ukrainian citizens, 2 identified as Ukrainian soldiers, and 9 as yet unidentified, dated April 2nd, 2022
Ukrainian President Zelensky states that Russian troops are leaving mines behind them as they retreat. Historically, this is likely to lead to deaths and crippling injuries for decades if not centuries. There are still sections of France that are unsafe to traverse due to the mines left behind during the first world war, dated April 2nd, 2022
https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/04/01/zelenskyy-retreating-russians-leave-many-mines-behind/
Ukrainian parliament passed a bill allowing for the nationalization of the property of Russian citizens, dated April 2nd, 2022
Russian troops have been mining homes and corpses as they retreat, potentially lethal to either Ukrainians returning to their homes, or to workers attempting to retrieve bodies for burial, dated April 2nd, 2022
Video from Enerhodar Ukraine, of Russian troops opening fire on peaceful protesters, dated April 2nd, 2022
Ukrainian journalist Oleg Baturin claims that the Russian soldiers who kidnapped and tortured him for 8 days threatens to mutilate and kill him, dated April 3rd, 2022
Russian soldiers are accused of committing war crimes after executing possibly hundreds of Ukrainian civilians in the town of Bucha, identification of 280 corpses found in a nearby mass grave underway, dated April 3rd, 2022
Ukrainian women discuss the fact that Russian soldiers are using rape as a weapon against civilians, come forward with their experiences and show the evidence of sexual violence on corpses found after the fact, dated April 3rd, 2022
Further evidence of extrajudicial killings of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha by Russian soldiers, dated April 4th, 2022
Footage of Chechen soldiers fighting for Russia in Mariupol, dated April 4th, 2022
https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/tw6hs8/chechens_fighting_in_mariupol_april_4th/
Over 300 dogs have been found dead in a Ukrainian shelter after weeks without access to food or water, dated April 4th, 2022
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-shelter-dogs-die-borodyanka/
Russian mobile crematoria are being used by Russian troops to burn the bodies of Ukrainian civilians in Mariupol, likely in an attempt to destroy evidence, dated April 6th, 2022