Moving photographs from the war in Ukraine will be displayed at a new exhibition space in the city later this week.

The Pain and Struggle exhibition, featuring images captured by Roman Naumov, a Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army, begins on Friday and will continue until Friday, May 31.

Sixty volunteers will be acting as gallery attendants at Topers Square, off Thorn Lane, in space lent by Alan Boswell at the back of Prospect House - the building that is also home to the Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News.

Norwich Evening News: The Pain and Struggle exhibition, featuring images captured by Roman Naumov, a Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army, is being held in Norwich The Pain and Struggle exhibition, featuring images captured by Roman Naumov, a Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army, is being held in Norwich (Image: Roman Naumov)Norwich Evening News: Photographs of the war in Ukraine captured by Roman Naumov, a Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army, are going on display in Norwich Photographs of the war in Ukraine captured by Roman Naumov, a Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army, are going on display in Norwich (Image: Roman Naumov)

One of the organisers of the free exhibition, Geoffrey Smart, said he hopes the "extraordinarily powerful photographs" will help people to "understand what is happening in Ukraine”.

He continued: "The images depict the power of modern weaponry, the conditions in which soldiers and civilians are having to live, the devastation of Ukrainian buildings and infrastructure, the emotional impact on soldiers and civilians and how tender moments can still exist amongst the horrors.

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"They show clearly what modern warfare can do to a country and its people and why everything possible must be done to support Ukraine and stop the war spreading across Europe."

Norwich Evening News: Ukraine have said more than 30,000 of their soldiers have died since Russia's invasion Ukraine have said more than 30,000 of their soldiers have died since Russia's invasion (Image: Roman Naumov)Norwich Evening News: Roman Naumov, a photographer and Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army Roman Naumov, a photographer and Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army (Image: Roman Naumov)

The idea for the exhibition came from Major Oleksandr Bielov, head of most of the media communications for the Ukrainian Army, who alongside his family was hosted in Norfolk by Mr Smart and his wife Charlotte following Russia's invasion in February 2022.

Before the war, Major Bielov was editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian Parliament’s television channel, RADA.

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Naumov, 44, served in the Ukrainian army from 1999 until 2002 and became a professional photographer in 2015.

Norwich Evening News: The Pain and Struggle exhibition, featuring images of the war in Ukraine is being held in Norwich The Pain and Struggle exhibition, featuring images of the war in Ukraine is being held in Norwich (Image: Roman Naumov)Norwich Evening News: Roman Naumov is a photographer and Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army Roman Naumov is a photographer and Master Sergeant in the Ukrainian Army (Image: Roman Naumov)

Following the invasion, he started volunteering in his hometown of Bila Tserkva. In early 2023, he re-joined the army and was sent to the Joint Press Centre of the Northern Defence Forces.

The exhibition will be open Monday to Saturday between 11am and 4pm.