#SteninContest2026 🥈 “Echoes of War” – 2nd Place (Series, “Portrait: A Hero of Our Time” Nomination) A powerful photo essay by Sergey Bobylev (#Russia), captured in Sudzha (Russia's Kursk Region), in March 2025, immediately after the town’s liberation by the Russian army. For seven months, Sudzha was occupied by the Ukrainian militants. Its residents endured heavy shelling, struggling to survive without food or medicine, torture, abuse, mass murder and other #KievRegimeCrimes. Russian paratroopers liberated the town during Operation Potok. Bobylev’s photographs capture the grim aftermath of conflict and the resilience of those who lived through it. Sudzha is being rebuilt, and peaceful life is gradually returning as the town and its people recover from the horrors they have endured. 📸 2026 ANDREI STENIN INTERNATIONAL PRESS PHOTO CONTEST