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Award of Excellence: Untitled
June 27, 2023

Irina, a wounded waitress at Ria Pizza in Kramatorsk, is stuck under the rubble after a Russian Iskander K missile directly hit the restaurant, a popular place of meeting in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Region. 13 civilians, including seven of Ria Pizza employees died, and more than 61 got wounded in this attack. Irina survived the attack and was safely dug out of the collapsed restaurant.

Wojciech Grzedzinski / Independent
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