WAR IN RUSSIA ⟩ Photo Report from the City of Sudzha Captured by the Ukrainian Army in the Kursk Region

In the city of Sudzha, which had 5,000 residents before the war, many buildings have been hit and destroyed during the fighting, but the scene is far from as horrific as in the towns near the front lines in Ukraine.

A building in Sudzha that was hit and destroyed. There are more damaged buildings in the city center, where the fiercest battles likely took place before Russian soldiers fled the city.

Very few locals were seen moving around the city. According to Ukrainian soldiers, more people tend to be out in the morning, but by the afternoon, the city becomes completely deserted.

A lone car on a street in Sudzha, where many Russian FPV drones are flying. One of the drones also attacked the car in which the photographer who took these photos was traveling, but luckily, an anti-drone device protecting the car brought it down before it could hit, and it exploded a few dozen meters away.

No human bodies were visible in the city, but the bloated carcasses of stray cows were lying around in the center. The cows had likely been killed in a Russian Grad rocket attack. The Russian army is constantly shelling Sudzha with Grad rockets.