Ukrainians have seen ‘unimaginable’ horror. Photographers share their stories.

When Russia invaded two years ago, many Ukrainian civilians were faced with a choice.

Some took up weapons to join the fight. Some volunteered in other ways, such as building body armor, repairing equipment or contributing financially.

Mykhaylo Palinchak went in a different direction.

“For me, the only option was to take my camera in hand and to do I what know best, witnessing and documenting,” the photojournalist says in the book “Ukraine: A War Crime,” which features powerful images from him and more than 90 of his peers.

Telling Ukrainians’ stories, providing a visual record of the horrors they face every day, has become an important part of the war effort and shaped public perceptions around the world. Many of these photojournalists — some Ukrainian, some foreign — were among the first to enter liberated cities and collect evidence of atrocities that had taken place.