The well-established ‘Time’ magazine will feature a double cover photo from the Russian invasion in Ukraine for its upcoming double edition, which is expected to release on March 28 and will remain available till April 4.
These two images, which were shown on the magazine’s Twitter page, are appropriately titled “resilience” and “agony” and depict different stages of the war. The first, dubbed “resilience”, is a photo of 5-year-old Valeriia from the town of Kryvyi Rih, which was transformed into a cut-out and lifted into the sky by over 100 Ukrainians. Valeriia is one of the seven million Ukrainian children who were forced to flee their country due to the war, according to the head of the centre for civil liberties in Ukraine, Oleksandra Matviichuk. The original image was taken by a drone.
The story of 5-year-old Valeria from Kryvyi Rih on the cover of the American TIME. She is one of seven million Ukrainian children who have been forced to leave their homes in order to survive.#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/cAeoOg3RvZ
— Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina) March 17, 2022
The second photo features a mother with her child being lead outside the city of Irpin by an Ukrainian soldier. According to TIME Magazine’s Editor-In-Chief and CEO, Edward Felsenthal, the image, which was taken by Maxim Dondyuk, was taken on the day when the Russian military had blown up the railroad tracks which were based on one of the main evacuation routes.
“Together these images are an expression of the fortitude and agony of Ukraine,” said Felsenthal, who added that the magazine went into print on the day that Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelenskyy had addressed the US congress, where he appealed the NATO for the establishment of a no-fly zone in his country.
In a highly emotional speech, Mr Zelenskyy went on to compare what is happening right now the Pearl Harbour and 9/11 disasters and stated that the Russian military is “terrorising” their cities. During his speech, a video was shown displaying the level of disaster that over three weeks of Russian aggression had brought to his country.
