Alexander Ermochenko

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises above the area of Avdiivka town in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, as seen from Yasynuvata (Yasinovataya) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 13, 2023.

A local resident casts her vote into a mobile ballot box next to a security member during the Russia's presidential election, in the basement of a destroyed apartment building in

People light candles during a vigil in memory of the victims of a shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue outside Moscow, in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 24,

FILE PHOTO: Defence Minister of Israel Benny Gantz speaks during a press conference, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Shlomi, Israel November 9, 2023.

File photo: Smoke from fire rises above the city in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File photo

DIIS offers a compact series of a total of four seminars to give you a comprehensive understanding of some of the most pressing issues relating to Ukraine. At this seminar, James Nixey from Chatham House will give a talk on the lessons learned and the prospects for the war in Ukraine

A view shows an apartment building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Toshkivka (Toshkovka) in Luhansk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, July 2, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

A general view shows the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine, January 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

A general view shows the house of residents Pavel and Alla Ten heavily damaged by recent shelling, which local Russian-installed authorities called a Ukrainian military strike, in the course of

Reuters footage, some of the first visuals by an international media organisation, showed destroyed buildings and vast amounts of rubble dusted with snow.