RozéPagès ReportageQuentin Rozé Pagès
FR
A Ukrainian flag flies on the roof of a building, under a grey, stormy sky.

Independent reporting · 16.05 → 01.06.2026

Alone in Ukraine,a first experience of war

At 21, with a passion for geopolitics, I went to Ukraine on my own to understand how people feel, depending on their age, their background and where they live. From 16 May to 1 June 2026, from Lviv to Dnipro.

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Days
16
Cities
7
Interviews
3
Photos and videos
600+

Lviv 49.84° NDnipro 48.46° N

01 · The route

The route

Seven cities in sixteen days, from the Polish border to the eastern front. Each stop opens the photos taken there.

  1. 16.05 Lviv The border at 17:28, a first night 49.84° N · 24.03° E
  2. 17 → 24.05 Kyiv Maidan, Podil, the first alert Base camp 50.45° N · 30.52° E See the photos →
  3. 19 → 20.05 Kharkiv Budy, a night of bombing 49.99° N · 36.23° E See the photos →
  4. 22.05 Irpinand Bucha A landscape that heals 50.52° N · 30.25° E See the photos →
  5. 24 → 27.05 Odesa A missile on the port 46.48° N · 30.72° E See the photos →
  6. 28 → 30.05 Dnipro 50 km from the front 48.46° N · 35.05° E See the photos →
  7. 31.05 → 01.06 Lviv Bus to Kraków, then Paris 49.84° N · 24.03° E See the photos →

02 · My approach

I went alone, with no newsroom and no commission, to understand how people feel, depending on their age, their background and where they live.

Days on the ground
16
Cities visited
7
Long interviews
3
Photos and videos
600+

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03 · Latest

Latest content

The story first, then the photos and interviews.

A soldier in camouflage kneels before the memorial on Maidan Square, covered in flags and portraits.
Article · The story 01.06.2026 13 min + 38 photos

Alone in Ukraine: the experience of a 21-year-old discovering a war zone for the first time in his life

This article retraces my experience, based on my travel journal: a 21-year-old French student, I went alone to Ukraine to discover a war zone for the first time in my life.
Photo · Lviv · 31.05

Lviv · The way home
Interview · Yaroslava · Odesa

“If you’re not resilient, you die.”
Interview · Azad Safarov · Kyiv

“Without the reporting on Bucha, Germany would have sent us blankets, not weapons.”

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