EYES ON
UKRAINE
350+ dispatches. 8 cities. 2022–2023.
Eight local journalists embedded across Ukraine — documenting not the front line, but the everyday life of cities under war.
DAILY LIFE
UNDER WAR
Most war coverage gravitates toward frontlines, casualties, and military developments. Eyes on Ukraine did the opposite. Eight journalists already living inside Ukrainian cities — in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Okhtyrka, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Mykolaiv, and Odesa — published daily dispatches observing ordinary life: queues, shops reopening, buildings repaired, neighborhoods finding their rhythm under bombardment.
The format was mobile-first by design: vertical frames, social-native composition, photo sequences structured like story arcs. Each dispatch was self-contained — one city, one day, one window.
"WE SHOWED NOT THE FRONT LINE — WE SHOWED THE LIFE BEHIND IT."
— JAKUB GÓRNICKI, CO-FOUNDER, OUTRIDERS
ONE CITY.
ONE DAY.
ONE STORY.
Each dispatch was a sequence of vertical frames — photograph, text, context. No commentary, no framing from the outside. The journalist was already there.
Primary platform: Instagram Stories + Facebook · Also displayed on outdoor screens in Warsaw
KHERSON
Kherson OblastZAPORIZHZHIA
Zaporizhzhia OblastOKHTYRKA
Sumy OblastCHERNIHIV
Chernihiv OblastDNIPRO
Dnipropetrovsk OblastPOLTAVA
Poltava OblastMYKOLAIV
Mykolaiv OblastODESA
Odesa Oblast
SUMY
DISPATCH #132
ODESA
DISPATCH #66
KHERSON
DISPATCH #93 · Under Russian occupation
KRAKOWSKIE
PRZEDMIEŚCIE.
CHMIELNA.
From the first days of the invasion, Warexpo made space on their Smart Citylight outdoor screens in central Warsaw. Every day, a fresh dispatch from Ukraine appeared in the street — seen by anyone walking past, without a phone, without an account.
"A JOURNALIST IS A SHADOW — YOU WATCH PEOPLE MORE THAN YOU TALK TO THEM. IN WARTIME, PEOPLE PREFER TO ACT."
— JAKUB GÓRNICKI, MEDIA.AM INTERVIEW · 2022
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350+ DISPATCHES
The full archive is available in English at eyesonukraine.outride.rs