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Kostiantyn Huzenko

Kostiantyn is a documentary photographer from Kyiv and an active serviceman in Ukraine’s Armed Forces. A Kyiv Polytechnic Institute graduate who began exploring photography at a local photo school, he chose documentary and film photography as his main tools. Since 2019, he has worked on reports and expeditions with Ukrainer. After Russia’s full-scale invasion, he documented the war as a freelance photographer. Since April 2024, he has served in the Ukrainian Marine Corps. His personal projects explore communities and identity.

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As their parents refuse to evacuate, these Ukrainian children grow up on the front line (Photos)

by Kostiantyn Huzenko
Since the summer of 2023, local Ukrainian authorities announced the mandatory evacuation of families with children from multiple front-line areas due to the intensification of hostilities. The orders apply to several districts in Kharkiv Oblast, which borders Russia and has been heavily bombarded throughout the full-scale invasion, and the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, which has been the theater of some of the heaviest battles of the Russian war. Despite that, some parents continue to refuse to