Exposition Art Blog: Dmytro Kozacky "Oresta" - "Place of death and my life". Defenders of Azovstal in photos

Dmytro Kozacky "Oresta" - "Place of death and my life". Defenders of Azovstal in photos

 

Dmytro Kozatsky, Azov Regiment fighter and photographer, documented the siege of the Azovstal metalworks. Before his capture he posted his pictures on social media, asking that they be shared as widely as possible. This is some of his work showing the realities of life during the battle

Now a prisoner of war, a Ukrainian Photographer-soldier Dmytro Kozatsky has captured the horrific ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His photos are his legacy. Kozatsky posted several images from his collection on his Twitter handle before he joined the troops from the Ukraine side. (Dmytro Kozatski/Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP)
 
 Now a prisoner of war, a Ukrainian Photographer-soldier Dmytro Kozatsky has captured the horrific ramifications of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His photos are his legacy. Kozatsky posted several images from his collection on his Twitter handle before he joined the troops from the Ukraine side. He was one of hundred soldiers who marched out of the Azovstal mill in Mariupol carrying the wounded and picking up pieces amid the Russian attack. Amid a fiercely Russian offensive, nearly 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered in the week before the city’s fall, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu saidAn unknown number of soldiers continued to remain inside the mill, putting up a strong resistance and not willing to give up their piece to the enemy.For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill.It was during this time that the Ukrainian soldiers got a window into the powerful and hopeful resistance put forth by the Ukrainains through Kazotsky's pictures.In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, a Ukrainian soldier injured during fighting against Russian forces, poses for a photographer inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. A Ukrainian soldier plays crossword as he takes rest in his shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 7, 2022. Ukrainian soldiers inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant in their shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 7, 2022. (Dmytro Kozatski/Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP) 
 
 
 
















Dmytro Kozatsky, a fighter of the Azov Regiment, published his last photo from “Azovstal” before leaving. “Well, that’s all. Thank you for the shelter, Azovstal. The place of my death and my life.”  Keep strong! See you! Twitter: @Kozatsky_D 
 


 
 

 

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