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This crater was left after a missile strike in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. AFP
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Smoke rises on the outskirts of the city during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Reuters
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Workers surround the Monument to the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred with sandbags against damage from shelling in Mykolaiv. EPA
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev for talks before a meeting between the Russian president and the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia. AFP
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People take water from a water pump in Kyiv. EPA
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A woman walks past a damaged building in the town of Nova Kakhovka. Reuters
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A woman outside her home, which was destroyed during battles at the start of the conflict, in Yahidne, Chernihiv. Getty Images
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People shelter inside a subway station during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Reuters
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Firefighters at the site of a drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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A woman walks past the site of a Russian missile strike in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. Reuters
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Rescuer workers at a building destroyed in an attack in Mykolaiv. Reuters
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Parts of a drone lie on a street in Kyiv. Reuters
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A drone flies over the Ukrainian capital during an attack. AFP
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Ukrainian servicemen tow a captured Russian armoured vehicle in Rudneve village, Kharkiv. EPA
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A partially destroyed residential building in Saltivka, in Kharkiv. AP
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Ukrainian servicemen fire a captured Russian howitzer on a front line near Kupyansk city, Kharkiv. EPA
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Ukrainian servicemen near the recently retaken town of Lyman in Donetsk region. AFP
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An officer from a Ukrainian national police emergency demining team prepares to detonate collected anti-tank mines and explosives near Lyman, in the Donetsk region. AFP
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A boy playing on a destroyed Russian tank on display in Kyiv. AFP
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A young couple hiding underground during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia. AFP
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Ukrainian firefighters looking for survivors after a strike in Zaporizhzhia. AFP
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Workers fix a banner reading 'Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson - Russia!' to the State Historical Museum near Red Square in Moscow. AFP
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Residents try to cross a destroyed bridge in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. AFP
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Alyona Kishinskaya helps to clean up a shop as it prepares to reopen in Balakiya, Ukraine, after a six-month Russian occupation. Getty Images
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Alla, 12, has a swinging time in Balakiya, Ukraine, as life goes on despite the war. Getty Images
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Ukrainian flags in the town square in Balakiya. Getty Images
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A destroyed Russian command centre in Izium, Ukraine. Getty Images
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In what may be a final farewell, young Russian recruits - escorted by their wives - walk to a train station in Volgograd before being sent to war in Ukraine. AP
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Russian recruits board the train to Ukraine in Volgograd. AP
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Ukrainian soliders drive a tank at the recently retaken eastern side of the Oskil River in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. AFP
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Volunteers pass boxes of food aid on a destroyed bridge over the Oskil River. AFP
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Ukrainian soliders rest on an armoured personnel carrier. AFP
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A sign warns of landmines in Izyum, eastern Ukraine. AFP
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This crater was left after a missile strike in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. AFP
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Smoke rises on the outskirts of the city during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Reuters
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Workers surround the Monument to the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred with sandbags against damage from shelling in Mykolaiv. EPA
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev for talks before a meeting between the Russian president and the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Russia. AFP
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People take water from a water pump in Kyiv. EPA
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A woman walks past a damaged building in the town of Nova Kakhovka. Reuters
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A woman outside her home, which was destroyed during battles at the start of the conflict, in Yahidne, Chernihiv. Getty Images
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People shelter inside a subway station during a Russian missile attack in Kyiv. Reuters
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Firefighters at the site of a drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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A woman walks past the site of a Russian missile strike in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. Reuters
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Rescuer workers at a building destroyed in an attack in Mykolaiv. Reuters
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Parts of a drone lie on a street in Kyiv. Reuters
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A drone flies over the Ukrainian capital during an attack. AFP
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Ukrainian servicemen tow a captured Russian armoured vehicle in Rudneve village, Kharkiv. EPA
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A partially destroyed residential building in Saltivka, in Kharkiv. AP
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Ukrainian servicemen fire a captured Russian howitzer on a front line near Kupyansk city, Kharkiv. EPA
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Ukrainian servicemen near the recently retaken town of Lyman in Donetsk region. AFP
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An officer from a Ukrainian national police emergency demining team prepares to detonate collected anti-tank mines and explosives near Lyman, in the Donetsk region. AFP
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A boy playing on a destroyed Russian tank on display in Kyiv. AFP
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A young couple hiding underground during an air alert in Zaporizhzhia. AFP
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Ukrainian firefighters looking for survivors after a strike in Zaporizhzhia. AFP
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Workers fix a banner reading 'Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson - Russia!' to the State Historical Museum near Red Square in Moscow. AFP
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Residents try to cross a destroyed bridge in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. AFP
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Alyona Kishinskaya helps to clean up a shop as it prepares to reopen in Balakiya, Ukraine, after a six-month Russian occupation. Getty Images
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Alla, 12, has a swinging time in Balakiya, Ukraine, as life goes on despite the war. Getty Images
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Ukrainian flags in the town square in Balakiya. Getty Images
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A destroyed Russian command centre in Izium, Ukraine. Getty Images
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In what may be a final farewell, young Russian recruits - escorted by their wives - walk to a train station in Volgograd before being sent to war in Ukraine. AP
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Russian recruits board the train to Ukraine in Volgograd. AP
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Ukrainian soliders drive a tank at the recently retaken eastern side of the Oskil River in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. AFP
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Volunteers pass boxes of food aid on a destroyed bridge over the Oskil River. AFP
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Ukrainian soliders rest on an armoured personnel carrier. AFP
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A sign warns of landmines in Izyum, eastern Ukraine. AFP
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This crater was left after a missile strike in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. AFP
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Robert Tollast
24 October, 2022
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