Maksym with his mother before the war, right, and his mother with sister Natalya recently
(Picture: Supplied)Maksym Yali’s three photographs depict the story of Mariupol. In the first, taken a year ago, his mother, Kateryna Yali, looks vibrant and glamorous as she celebrates her 77th birthday.
The second, below, taken last month, shows bombed out Mitropolytskaya Street on the edge of town where Kateryna lived. The third, above, taken last week after Kateryna’s dramatic escape on her 78th birthday, shows more than words ever can the devastating impact of living under constant bombardment — a haunted, traumatised-looking Kateryna appears to have aged 15 years in six weeks.
