Tom Girondel
Photographer

An orthodox rosary is hung on a barbed wire in a park behind the hotel "Ukraine" on the Alley of the Celestial Century. Kiev, Ukraine - April 25, 2014

Two women leave the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro overlooking one of the facade - burned by police special forces Berkut - of the former headquarters of protestors during the Euromaidan.
Kiev, Ukraine - May 2, 2014

Four months after the Euromaïdan, the Independence Square (Maïdan Nézalejnosti) is occupied by pro-European activists. On the right, the former union house and the protestors' headquarters. It was partially set on fire on February 18, 2014, during an assault by the Berkut police. Kiev, Ukraine - April 25, 2014

Surrounded by tires and wooden pallets, a pro-European activist stands in front of a makeshift tent made of bricks in front of the entrance of the Dynamo local club football stadium.
Kiev, Ukraine - April 25, 2014

A pro-European activist looks towards Maïdan through a makeshift tent on a sidewalk. Khreschatyk Boulevard and the Independence Square were occupied for 6 months by activists and their camps. Kiev, Ukraine - April 30, 2014

On Hrushkevskoho Avenue - near the entrance of the Dynamo local football club stadium - candles, flowers and orthodox rosaries merge into a cobblestone's barricade.
Kiev, Ukraine - April 25, 2014

Olga Diachuk, 24, a fashion magazine journalist in Kiev and from Ivano-Frankisvk, in Pushskinskaya Street not far from Maïdan. Kiev, Ukraine - April 29, 2014

On Independence Square, citizens pray at the entrance of a tent used as a chapel in memory of the revolutionaries who passed away during the riots. Kiev, Ukraine - April 19, 2014

A woman carries a sign reading "Klitschko has cheated the 100 sacrificed" (referring to the victims of Maïdan) which is addressed to the new mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, during his first speech on the Independence Square. Kiev, Ukraine - June 1, 2014

Lisa Manoryk, a 20-year-old design student from Kiev, is lying on the grass in Vichnoyi Slavy Park. Kiev, Ukraine - May 2, 2014

Ira Ivanishkeva, 25, a student in organic agriculture from Kiev, wears a wreath of flowers (one of the main elements of the national female costume) in front of a pro-Maidan graffiti. It is close to Pravy Sektor's headquarter. Kiev, Ukraine - April 26, 2014

In the early evening, on the Khreschatyk Boulevard, members of the far-right Svoboda party perform a torchlight march towards Maïdan. The evening will end with violent clashes between the Svoboda militia and anti-nationalist pro-European activists. Kiev, Ukraine - May 6, 2014

Ira Ivanishkova, a 25-year-old pro-European activist holds a Kalashnikov in a recruitment camp of the right-wing party Pravy Sektor located on the pedestrian esplanade of the Independence Square. Kiev, Ukraine - April 26, 2014

Roma Batkovich, 20, a student in marketing from Billa Tservka. He poses with a Ukrainian embroidered shirt in front of a barricade erected by pro-European activists on Khreschatyk Boulevard. Kiev, Ukraine - April 28, 2014

On Khreschatyk boulevard, the worried look of two young Ukrainians among the crowd during the first speech of the new mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko. Kiev, Ukraine, June 1, 2014

A wall of Ukraine's military veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan during the first speech of new Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko, Maidan Square, Ukraine, June 1 2014.

One of the many exits of the Maidan Nezalezhnosti metro leading to the Europe’s Place is blocked by a pile of tires. The paralysis of Maïdan poses significant challenges in terms of transportation for the city. Kiev, Ukraine - April 28, 2014

In a tense atmosphere, a child stares at a fountain in Gorlovka's main square. The city was occupied by rebel forces, Ukraine, May 23, 2014

A riddled truck with bullets on which is written "DNR" (Donetsk People's Republic) in front of the Donetsk regional administration building occupied by rebel forces, Donetsk, Ukraine, May 23, 2014

Pro-Russian citizens rallied outside the Donetsk regional administration building to listen to an anti-Ukrainian speech before the presidential elections, Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24, 2014

A dummy sample’s head in a barricade blocking the entry of a police station occupied by rebel forces. The cap has the "UNA UNSO" initials, which is the organization of Ukrainian Nationalists such as Pravyy Sektor or Svoboda. Gorlovka, Donetsk suburb, Ukraine, May 23 2014

An elderly woman fixes an anti-Ukrainian torn banner to a barricade at the entrance of the occupied regional administration building of Donetsk. It is written on the barricades sentences like "our men fell against the Nazis", or "we are against huntas" a Russian pejorative word referring to the Kiev government and its people. Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24 2014.

Vova, 19, a high school student and volunteer at the Communist Party in Lenin Square before the presidential elections, Donetsk, Ukraine, May 24, 2014

Deserted view from a checkpoint controlled by a pro-Ukrainian self-defence militia during the Presidential election of May 25th 2014, Alexandrovka, Ukraine

Day of the Presidential Elections in Ukraine. A polling station in Selidovo few minutes before opening, Donbass Region, Ukraine, May 25 2014.

An enrolled  Chechen mercenary & his partner posing for a photograph in front of a Ukrainian army building occupied by the Russian militant group's Vostok Battalion, Donetsk, Ukraine, May 27, 2014

Remains of a truck and personal goods of pro-russian rebels who underwent a Ukrainian army air attack the night of May 26, Donetsk, Ukraine, May 27, 2014

A man wearing the uniform of the Berkut special police forces controls the entrance to Horlivka (or Gorlovka) in Ukraine, May 23, 2014. Located north of Donetsk in the Donbass region, the town fell to pro-Russian separatists a few weeks earlier.

Remains of a sudden pro-Russian rebels attack at a checkpoint. Ukraine, May 25, 2014

A seriously injured pro-Ukrainian self-defence militant lies in a bed at Dobropillia's hospital in the Donbas region. He was shot during a sudden morning attack by pro-Russian rebels. Ukraine, May 25, 2014

Concerned citizens a few hours after the first bombing of the Donetsk airport by the Ukrainian army, May 26, 2014

Empty platforms of Donetsk's main station, the day after the Presidential Elections whereas battle rages at the Donetsk International Airport between the Ukrainian army and rebel forces, Ukraine, May 26 2014.