| Ukraine Yellow Kitchen Photo | |
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| Artist | Yan Dobronosov |
| Completion date | January 15, 2023 |
| Medium | Photograph |
| Subject | Kitchen of boxing coach Mykhailo Korenovsky, destroyed by the 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike |
The Ukraine Yellow Kitchen Photo is a 2023 photo by Yan Dobronosov that captures the aftermath of the 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike that hit the home of boxing coach Mykhailo Korenovsky. It was widely shared online in January 2023.
Olga and Mykhailo Korenovsky and their two daughters lived in the 9-story housing block in Dnipro, Ukraine. [1] [2] Mykhailo (Ukrainian: Михайло Кореновський) was the boxing coach for Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. [3]
The Ukraine Yellow Kitchen Photo is a drone image taken by Yan Dobronosov on January 15, 2023. [4] The image includes the Korenovsky family kitchen and a table in the centre with a bowl of fruit on top. [5]
Dobronosov first photographed the kitchen without a drone, but returned to the location upon reviewing his day's work to take a drone photo. [6] The image captures the devastation caused by the 2023 Dnipro residential building airstrike that fatally struck the kitchen of the Korenovsky family. [4] [7] The image was widely shared online in January 2023. [8] The Ukrainian Army stated that the strike was delivered from a X-22 Russian missile. [3]
Mykhailo Korenovsky died in the strike, Olga and their daughters were out for a walk at the time and survived. [9]
The images provoked contemplation from social media users. [8] Commenting on the photo, member of the Ukrainian Parliament Zoya Yarosh wrote "Here people cooked, had kitchen conversations, celebrated holidays, laughed, argued...These are the wounds on the body of Ukraine. Wounds on our homes." [8] The Wall Street Journal described the kitchen as "a symbol for Russian cruelty." [5]
Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission commented "The latest symbolof Russia's terror is a yellow kitchen." [5]
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