“If my father had not gone to storm, now he would be alive.” In the village of Kalinovo, Kharkov region, only two children remained to live - the Tupkinko brothers
Their father died at the front, and the boys are now playing war and have never been at school. Photos Andrey and Maxim Tupkinko. April 11, 2025. Violeta Santos Moura / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Andrei and Maxim Tupkinko are the only children who live in the village of Kalinovo, Kharkov region, 15 kilometers from the border with Russia. Back in March of 2025, six children lived here, but they soon left -and in April only the brothers Andrei and Maxim remained.