The Great Cleanup Of Kyiv

Scenes of everyday life have replaced the devastation caused by the aborted Russian advance on Ukraine's capital after a remarkably swift cleanup in some areas of the Kyiv region.

Destroyed armored vehicles on a street in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, on April 2

The same street on June 23

A Ukrainian policeman at the scene of an explosion in a residential area of Kyiv on March 18.

June 24

The aftermath of fierce fighting that took place on March 4 in Hostomel, northwest of Kyiv.

June 23

Civilians draped in sheets and carrying white flags cross a road that runs between Bucha and Irpin on March 11.

June 24

The scene of an apparent missile strike that destroyed a shopping center and killed eight people on March 20. The Kremlin claimed the area was being used by the Ukrainian military. A man was detained by the Ukrainian authorities for posting footage to TikTok showing military vehicles around the shopping center before the attack.

June 24

A heavily damaged street corner in Kyiv after an apparent missile explosion on March 13.

June 24

A Russian BMD fighting vehicle stuck on a chunk of concrete after a fierce firefight in Hostomel on March 4.

June 23. A poster has been placed on the concrete block advertising heavy rubbish removal.

An April 6 photo shows a Ukrainian soldier next to a mass grave of civilians killed during the Russian occupation of Bucha.

June 24

A column of destroyed vehicles on a street in Bucha on March 1

June 23

An apartment building that had some of its outer walls blasted off after an explosion from an apparent missile strike in a Kyiv suburb on March 18.

June 24

A man inspects the turret of a destroyed tank in Zalissya, a town northeast of Kyiv, on April 12.

June 24. The burned remains of the apparent chassis of the tank were around 50 meters away on the other side of a highway.

June 2022 photos by Amos Chapple, scene locations by Andriy Dubchak/Donbas Frontliner