Since the invasion, the press officer has taken thousands of photographs of ruined buildings, murdered civilians and the twisted remnants of enemy missiles. Pletenchuk said he was considering exhibiting some of them once the fighting was over – as a way of processing the horror that Ukraine had collectively endured, and of reminding future generations of Russian war crimes. “It’s a very big archive,” he said.
He was confident that Ukraine would eventually be able to move on from its current cycle of trauma and grief. “People feel optimistic. We all believe in our victory and we understand Russia can’t win. They don’t know what they are doing in our country. They come to Ukraine and die, like slaves. They don’t have our motivation. We know exactly why we are fighting.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/12/i-must-work-i-cant-cry-capturing-russias-attacks-on-ukrainian-civilians