UKRAINE. Hostomel. 17 January 2023. Shopping mall destroyed by Russian army in the first days of war. It's been almost a year since Russia fully invaded Ukraine. The suburbs of Kyiv suffered from significant devastation of civilian infrastructure in the first phase of the war. Irpin, Hostomel and Bucha have become a symbol of brutal war crimes committed against civilians by the Russian army. Ukrainians try to reorganize their lives after the withdrawal of the invading troops from the Kyiv region, but a large part of the destroyed residential districts, shopping centers and gas stations still remain abandoned and uninhabited. Many places have become the memorials of heavy fights and victories over the Russian army.