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.

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350+DISPATCHES

8CITIES

2YEARS

PROJECT / 2022-2023

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

FORMAT / INSTAGRAM STORY

MOBILE-FIRST / 9:16

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

THE CORRESPONDENTS

KHERSON

Kherson Oblast

ZAPORIZHZHIA

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

OKHTYRKA

Sumy Oblast

CHERNIHIV

Chernihiv Oblast

DNIPRO

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

POLTAVA

Poltava Oblast

MYKOLAIV

Mykolaiv Oblast

ODESA

Odesa Oblast

FIELD DISPATCHES

SUMY

DISPATCH #132

ODESA

DISPATCH #66

KHERSON

DISPATCH #93 · Under Russian occupation

BEYOND THE SCREEN / DOOH · WARSAW

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.