Last summer, Ukraine’s surprise incursion into western Russia’s Kursk Province turned it into a battlefield. Russian forces are back in control of Kursk, but the devastation has fueled anger within the community against the Russian authorities, as well as against Ukraine and its Western supporters.

A Landscape of Death: What’s Left Where Ukraine Invaded Russia
When Ukraine turned a corner of Russia’s Kursk region into a battlefield, it set in motion some of the war’s fiercest fighting. Our photographer documented the aftermath.