Vouhledar is a mining town in the south of Donbass where a furious tank battle took place at the end of January. Four months later, the Russian assault was defeated and the din of bombing receded a little.
But the gaze, wherever it lands, stumbles on pulverized buildings, blackened facades, tree trunks torn from the earth and charred cars. And yet, even weak, the pulse of VouHledar still beats. This Saturday, May 20, Father Oleh Tkachenko has just parked his van when hunched figures advance in procession among the tall grass.