The university town of Vinnytsia in Ukraine, where scores of Indians have studied over the years, came under sudden Russian attack on Friday, July 14, 2022.
A hail of rockets fired from a Russian ship rained on Vinnytsia, killing and wounding scores of people.
Vinnytsia had not been the target of significant Russian attacks since early March.
Glimpses of the Destruction in Vinnytsia:
IMAGE: A burning building in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
IMAGE: Toys are seen next to shattered glass in an apartment damaged in the Russian strike in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
IMAGE: An excavator clears the rubble in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
IMAGE: A badly damaged office building in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
IMAGE: A burnt car is placed on an evacuator in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
IMAGE: A firefighter in action in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Reuters
IMAGE: A police officer pours water onto a firefighter's hands at the site of a Russian strike in Vinnytsia. Photograph: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Reuters
IMAGE: Emergency personnel help those injured by the Russian strike in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Air Force Command of Ukraine Armed Forces/video grab/Handout/Reuters
IMAGE: Police officers inspect a damaged car in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
IMAGE: A monument with an old MiG fighter is seen next to damaged cars in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
IMAGE: The remains of a missile in Vinnytsia. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
IMAGE: A hotel building damaged by a Russian strike in Mykolaiv. Photograph: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Reuters
IMAGE: A building damaged by a Russian strike in Mykolaiv. Photograph: Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/video grab/Handout/Reuters
IMAGE: Vladimir Odarchenko, 70, stands inside his damaged house in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk region. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: A school destroyed in a Russian military attack in Kharkiv. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com