{"id":47163,"date":"2022-04-21T20:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T18:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=47163"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:06:57","slug":"mariupol-before-the-invasion-seen-by-a-photographer-killed-by-the-russians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/21\/mariupol-before-the-invasion-seen-by-a-photographer-killed-by-the-russians\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariupol before the invasion, seen by a photographer killed by the Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Mariupol is an example of the barbarism of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. It has been almost completely leveled after a brutal siege.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/04\/13\/a-russian-tank-destroys-the-headquarters-of-caritas-in-mariupol-killing-seven-people\/\">A Russian tank destroys the headquarters of Caritas in Mariupol killing seven people<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/03\/22\/im-sure-ill-die-soon-the-letter-of-an-ukrainian-woman-from-mariupol\/\">\"I'm sure I'll die soon\": the letter of an Ukrainian woman from Mariupol<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>As you will remember, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/03\/24\/the-figures-and-the-situation-of-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-one-month-after-its-start\/\">on March 24 I published this video showing how the city has turned out<\/a>, and that was almost a month ago:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDKXNX0eDqE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the last few hours, images of Mariupol taken by photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3093804180884961&id=100007662284921\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vic Dedoff, born on February 4, 1970 and killed by the Russians on March 11, 2022<\/a>, have been released online. <strong>He is survived by his wife, Natalya, and their son Sasha.<\/strong> Here we can see them together in a photo when the boy was little (he is now a teenager). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3093804180884961&id=100007662284921\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">She is devastated, with an \"emptiness and infinite pain in her soul.\"<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52020460520_f70a22b2f4_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vic Dedoff has been photographing his city for years.<\/strong> Mariupol was an important port town of 431,000 inhabitants, on the shores of the Sea of Azov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=4781731108536828&set=pb.100000999587746.-2207520000..&type=3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Below these lines you can see the last photo of Mariupol published by Dedoff on his Facebook, on December 26, 2021, showing the Dramatic Theater<\/a>, which was destroyed by a Russian attack on March 16, five days after the death of the photographer. <strong>Inside the Theater there were hundreds of refugee women and children<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/internacional\/2022\/03\/17\/6232d535fc6c8373778b45b7.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">they even put two large messages on the floor warning that there were children there<\/a>, but the Russians did not care and attacked the place, reducing it to rubble and burying many refugees under it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52019939066_de86c1f4cb_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can see below some of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vic.dedoff\/photos\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the photos of Mariupol published by Dedoff on his Facebook profile<\/a>.<strong> I hope they serve as a tribute to that photographer killed by the Russians, and as a reminder of the city that was and that no longer exists<\/strong>, since it has been razed to the ground by the fanaticism of a tyrant who believes he has the right to invade and massacre neighbours countries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52018947607_7ae2cffb53_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52020029003_1fc189c6be_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52020029038_e9fa3884d2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; 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