Painful Photos That Perfectly Capture The Heartbreak In These Stories From The War In Ukraine

1. "Boy reunited with his cat, he had lost while crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border."

2. The pain and exhaustion are clearly visible on his face.

3. "A #Ukrainian Man With Down Syndrome Bakes Bread To Feed 🇺🇦 Soldiers Fighting The War. ❤"

4. "23-Year-Old Nazar Nebozhenskyi, Who Saved 20 Fellow Soldiers By Drawing Fire From 3 Russian Btrs To Himself And Destroying 2 Of Them, Being Mortally Wounded In The Process. Remember His Name"

5. "I Found This Cat After The Fire. A Rocket Hit A House Near Me (I Live In Ukraine), And This Cat Must Have Been There Because His Fur Is Burnt And He Has Problems With His Paw. I Am Now Looking For His Owners. Vet Clinics Do Not Work (Do Not Write Me About Them)i Take Care Of Him, Now He Looks Better"

6. He should be very proud of his dad

7. This one really hits hard.

8. Children don't deserve to go through this...

9. Art In Kyiv

10. "A woman hugs one of the Ukrainian soldiers who liberated her village from the savage Russian army. "

11. Those keys are the last link to a once normal life...

12. Leaders start wars and the people pay the consequences.

13. "Defenders Of Ukraine Don't Leave Anyone In Trouble 🤍"

14. "18 year old Ukrainian volunteers off to war in Kyiv. Three days training and they will be on the front line."

15. Rest in peace, brave soul.

16. "Volodymyr Zelenskyy Awarded The Order "For Courage" Of The Third Degree Mayor Of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov, Who Returned From Captivity And Refused To Cooperate With The Occupiers. Glory To Ukraine"

17. "Ukrainian Female Soldiers Rescued From Captivity. The Afu Army Manual Does Not Provide For Women To Shave Their Heads. This Was Done In Russian Captivity"

18. "When The Fighting In Bucha Near Kyiv Intensified, The Russians Went Berserk. The Occupiers Began Killing People En Masse, Shooting And Throwing Grenades At Them. Nikolai Was Given 20 Minutes To Piece Together His Friend And Bury Him"

19. "Actors dress up in costume to comfort children taking shelter in the Kharkiv metro during shelling"

20. "Roman Hrybov (On The Right), The Border Guard From The Snake Island, Author Of "Russian Warship..." Motto, Is Back At Home!"

21. "“War Is War, But Flowers Still Need To Be Planted” - The View Of A Kyiv City Gardener, Bringing Spring Colour To The City. She’s Hopeful That Conflict Will Be Over Soon And Wants The Capital Looking Beautiful Again"

The most irritating part about this is the fact the leaders who orchestrated this invasion are perfectly safe in their homes along with their families. They started something that flipped people's lives upside down, but for them, nothing has changed at all.

They sent soldiers to fight their wars and are hiding in their expensive houses. Leaders should be forced to participate in wars if they are so keen on starting one, many of them won't be so fast to take that decision if their lives are at stake.