Ukrainians are defending their homeland as the Russian attack mounts in intensity, photos show.
Many women and children have been evacuated to the West as Russia attacks Ukraine from land, sea, and air. Though over a million refugees have fled the country, those who are staying are determined to fight, as captured in striking imagery.
Staving off Russian advances sometimes means inflicting even more strategic damage. The Ukrainian front shelled its own bridge in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv to deter a Russian convoy from Belarus from making its way toward the capital.
But that didn’t stop Ukrainian soldiers from traversing the muddy river on bent pipes.
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Russian shelling has caused extensive damage to civilian areas, especially in the residential neighborhoods of Kyiv’s suburbs. Below, a member of Ukraine’s territorial defense surveys the remains of a home in suburb Gorenka on Wednesday after a round of Russian airstrikes.
Lviv, a western Ukrainian city, has become a center for the displaced as Russia takes hold of Ukraine’s eastern regions. The popular tourist city has been converted to a refugee hub, and residents are working to upgrade its defenses by digging out abandoned bomb shelters.
Strikes on Kyiv have left buildings in flames and eventually rubble. The Ukrainian military surveys the damage below.
Volunteer welders fashioned roadblocks to put at checkpoints around Lviv in hopes of stopping eventual Russian advance on the city.
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Some soldiers stocked up on antitank launchers to combat the Russian offensive.
Since the Russian invasion last week, more than 2,870 people in Ukraine have been killed, around 3,700 have been injured, and 572 have been captured, according to the Russian defense minister.
