Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia accused of demolishing Mariupol theatre ‘to hide war crimes’

Troops demolishing ruins of theatre in occupied Mariupol that was hit by airstrike in March when it was being used as a bomb shelter

In early 2022, the Ukrainian photojournalist Evgeny Maloletka was covering violence in Kazakhstan when his attention turned back home: there were several reports signalling that Russia was preparing an invasion.

He didn’t have to think twice: he knew he had to be back in his home country. By mid-January, he was already working on assignment for the Associated Press in the city of Kharkiv and the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine, where there was a growing tension among Russian proxies.