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Mobilize to be able to demobilize, the challenge of Ukraine (World 2025, by Niels Ackermann) - Swiss Press Award

Kyiv, Ukraine, 11 février 2024. Sur la place Maidan, les familles posent un petit drapeau pour chaque soldat tombé au combat. La petite installation grandit mois après mois, recouvrant toujours plus de la place.
Niels Ackermann
Kyiv, Ukraine, 11 février 2024. Sur la place Maidan, les familles posent un petit drapeau pour chaque soldat tombé au combat. La petite installation grandit mois après mois, recouvrant toujours plus de la place.
Photo / World
2025

Mobilize to be able to demobilize, the challenge of Ukraine

Niels Ackermann

Faced with a dragging war, Ukraine must manage a delicate balance: allowing frontline soldiers to consider demobilization while recruiting new forces. Between coercion and incentive, the country struggles to mobilize, with many fearing a commitment with no return. A report from Kyiv to Odessa, meeting the families of those mobilized and those who want to maintain a normal life.

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Mobilize to be able to demobilize, the challenge of Ukraine

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Photo / World
2025

Niels Ackermann

Faced with a dragging war, Ukraine must manage a delicate balance: allowing frontline soldiers to consider demobilization while recruiting new forces. Between coercion and incentive, the country struggles to mobilize, with many fearing a commitment with no return. A report from Kyiv to Odessa, meeting the families of those mobilized and those who want to maintain a normal life.

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Niels Ackermann / Swiss Press Award

Niels Ackermann

Photographe, Genève, 1987

Niels has worked as a photojournalist for the Swiss and international press since 2007. Working on Ukraine since 2009, he has published three books dedicated to the country. These include the post-Chernobyl youth (2016), the management of the Soviet legacy (2017), and the war unleashed by Russia (2021). The perpetual quest for nuance is a cardinal point of his work. An idea that the world is too complex to be summed up in binary oppositions between good and evil, between right and wrong, and that it is often better to ask new questions than to provide answers yourself. After focusing on Ukraine for more than 13 years, Niels is now interested in the Swiss political system. In addition to photography, Niels holds a degree in political science from the University of Geneva. He now lives in Geneva, where he co-founded the photography collective Lundi13.

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