First time I visited the Donbass region was at the beginning of summer of 2014, right at the beginning of the military conflict.

I arrived to the Ukrainian city of Luhansk in the early summer of 2014 and then it was still a peaceful town, but the feeling of an impending disaster was already in the air and and every following day it was getting stronger.

Exotics, hot climate, interesting culture and history, and unbelievable hospitality of local people impressed me so much, I immediately fell in love with this country.

In November 2013, as a phogorhapher I accompanied the Olympic Torch relay.