Niels Ackermann: ‘Putin’s bombs will not kill Ukraine’
The Geneva photographer has intimate experience of the country attacked by the Russians. He delivers his vision of the conflict and comments on four of his images in the light of current events.
“March 6, 2018. For my first trip to New York (which was still called Nohorodske at the time), I attended the rehearsal of the show scheduled for Women’s Day. Seen from here, it’s a bit kitsch, but it was one of the only cultural activities in this city which was fighting to preserve hope despite eight years of war. The city still survives, and with Sébastien Gobert, with whom we worked there, we wonder where these children are now and what their future will be.
NIELS ACKERMANN / LUNDI13
On Thursday, February 24, an explosion from another era shattered the hope of a peaceful 21st century Europe. At dawn, the Russians launched the dreaded offensive against the Ukraine. On the twenty-fourth day of the war, the deadly strikes continue, causing what Charles Michel, President of the European Council, described on March 17 as “absolute horror”.