My The Guardian interview with ⁦Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦. We discuss his gripping new book on the battle for #Kyiv , Russia’s senseless war & how Elon Musk listens to wrong people. ‘I have my iPhone, X and a brain in my head,’ he tells me. Pix ⁦Alessio Mamo⁩ theguardian.com/books/article/…

Judges with machine guns: my piece on the part-time drone hunters defending Kyiv from #Russian attacks. With video and photos by ⁦Alessio Mamo⁩ theguardian.com/world/article/…

My dispatch for from the frontline in eastern Ukraine, where the Russian are creeping forward. Photos by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/article/…

A difficult story to write: my piece on how some #Ukrainian men are staying at home, or fleeing across the border, to avoid conscription. 'I love my country. But I can't kill,' one told me. Another admitted: 'I'm afraid to die.' With pix by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/article/…

Our book, Diario Ucraino, with an introduction by Roberto Saviano, is published today in Italy by Contrasto. It is both our journey into the #war & a demonstration of the power of the camera to document evidence with the most indisputable of testimonies: the image. #Ukraine

Nella sala al journalism festival calato il silenzio davanti a immagini di Lorenzo Tondo e Alessio Mamo da Ucraina 🇺🇦

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Incredible front page picture by Alessio Mamo

“I will never enter the army. Studying the Torah is everything, especially in these days of conflict, is a way to fight the war” said Yehuda.

Our dispatch from Mea Shearim, ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem

With Lorenzo Tondo & Quique Kierszenbaum front page of today’s The Guardian

We visited Mea Shearim, the heart of #Israel ’s ultra-Orthodox community, whose role, some believe, may be the issue that ultimately brings down Netanyahu’s government. By me & ⁦Quique Kierszenbaum⁩ . Photos by ⁦Alessio Mamo⁩. #Gaza #war #Palestine theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

We met cancer patients from #Gaza , including children, stranded in a hospital in #Jerusalem after #Israel threatened to send them back. My latest with photos by ⁦Alessio Mamo⁩. #war #Palestine theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

My dispatch from the frontline city of #Kurakhove . Russian forces swallowed up the nearby town. They continue to creep forward, and attack with artillery and glide bombs. 'The Russians have more of everything,' one commander admitted. Pics by Alessio Mamo
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

We spent time with medics working on the frontline in Ukraine, treating wounded soldiers. A brave, impressive, and humorous group of people. 'Maybe I'm bonkers. But I have a calling to do this,' one told me. Photos by Alessio Mamo thanks Razom for Ukraine 🇺🇦 theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

“To kill is always bad. It doesn’t give me joy. Regrettably, it’s necessary. We have to defend our country” Sasha said. Might he have regrets in the future? “Perhaps. For now we are too busy to suffer from traumatic feelings'
By Luke Harding & my 📸

theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

My piece from near Avdiivka, where Russian troops are advancing. Ukraine lacks tactical air defences & artillery. The villagers we spoke to on the frontline said: 'We are on our knees'. They are paying for the west's failure to arm Kyiv. Pix: Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

The Russian war plane flew above Avdiivka and dropped a bomb, not far from Maryna. “I saw the jet in the sky. It was 9.30am. The bomb landed 500 metres away from me. I threw myself to the ground. My legs are still trembling”.
By Luke Harding with my 📸
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

My piece from Kyiv's new mega-bookstore on the mood in #Ukraine , two years after Russia's bloody full-scale invasion. Optimism has given way to 'realism' and some gloom, as the conflict grinds on with no end in sight. Pictures by Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

‘Mum, if I don’t go the Maidan, they will kill us one by one.’
Ten years ago Oleksandr took part in protests against Ukraine’s corrupt president, Yanukovych.
He was one of 103 protesters killed by pro-Putin government forces.
By Luke Harding & my 📸

theguardian.com/world/2024/feb…

‘I want to have amazing sex before the nuclear strike’: Ukrainians’ fears and desires go on show in Lviv, by Charlotte Higgins Charlotte Higgins and photos by Alessio Mamo whose photographs of UA refugees 2 yrs ago are currently on show in Geopolis | Euradio in Brussels
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My latest The Guardian dispatch from the frontline in eastern Ukraine and #Kupiansk , where Russia is losing tanks and infantry in repeat doomed attacks. Ukrainian soldiers are holding the line using cheap & lethal FPV drones and artillery. Pix: Alessio Mamo theguardian.com/world/2024/jan…