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Ukraine Under Attack: Documenting the Russian Invasion | Ukraine Under Attack: Documenting the Russian Invasion |
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Atrocities against civilians. Hundreds of casualties, with the toll rising. Millions of refugees. Thriving cities besieged and reduced to rubble. | Atrocities against civilians. Hundreds of casualties, with the toll rising. Millions of refugees. Thriving cities besieged and reduced to rubble. |
These horrors of war go on for Ukrainians, but they have also put up an unexpectedly fierce resistance to the weekslong Russian invasion. Joined by civilians who have picked up arms, Ukrainian forces have held on to Kyiv, the capital, and forced the Russian military to change its strategy, shifting its attention to the east. | These horrors of war go on for Ukrainians, but they have also put up an unexpectedly fierce resistance to the weekslong Russian invasion. Joined by civilians who have picked up arms, Ukrainian forces have held on to Kyiv, the capital, and forced the Russian military to change its strategy, shifting its attention to the east. |
But even with some of the victories came unimaginable terror. Retreating Russian troops left a trail of bodies in the northwestern suburbs of Kyiv. In the town of Bucha, evidence unearthed by local officials, residents and journalists suggested the Russians had killed civilians recklessly and sometimes sadistically, in part out of revenge. | But even with some of the victories came unimaginable terror. Retreating Russian troops left a trail of bodies in the northwestern suburbs of Kyiv. In the town of Bucha, evidence unearthed by local officials, residents and journalists suggested the Russians had killed civilians recklessly and sometimes sadistically, in part out of revenge. |
Those killings emerged after a maternity ward and a theater where civilians were sheltering in the besieged port city of Mariupol were bombed. While Russia has claimed victory there, the last remaining Ukrainian fighters have holed up with civilians in a steel plant, refusing to surrender. All through the war, Russia has kept up attacks on the southern part of Ukraine. On the outskirts of Odesa, at least eight people were killed when two cruise missiles struck a residential neighborhood. Among the dead was a 3-month-old child, said Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential administration. | Those killings emerged after a maternity ward and a theater where civilians were sheltering in the besieged port city of Mariupol were bombed. While Russia has claimed victory there, the last remaining Ukrainian fighters have holed up with civilians in a steel plant, refusing to surrender. All through the war, Russia has kept up attacks on the southern part of Ukraine. On the outskirts of Odesa, at least eight people were killed when two cruise missiles struck a residential neighborhood. Among the dead was a 3-month-old child, said Andriy Yermak, the head of the presidential administration. |
The battle is now converging on the eastern region, which is familiar ground for Russian forces because they invaded the area in 2014. The massing of troops there has led to yet another round of evacuations, as thousands fled the region in anticipation of an escalation in fighting. | The battle is now converging on the eastern region, which is familiar ground for Russian forces because they invaded the area in 2014. The massing of troops there has led to yet another round of evacuations, as thousands fled the region in anticipation of an escalation in fighting. |
For the past ten weeks, photographers with The New York Times and other news organizations throughout Ukraine have chronicled the ordeal of war. | For the past ten weeks, photographers with The New York Times and other news organizations throughout Ukraine have chronicled the ordeal of war. |
This gallery contains graphic images. | This gallery contains graphic images. |
A family that fled from the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol arrives in Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine on May 2. | |
Members of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces trained near Lviv on April 30. Ukraine’s national network of Territorial Defense Forces was formed after Russia’s 2014 invasion of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and reflects the willingness of civilians to take up arms in defense of their homeland. | |
Valentyna Karpiniuk, 67, fled her home in Moshchun, Ukraine, days after the Russian invasion began. She returned with her husband on April 30 to find their home destroyed. | Valentyna Karpiniuk, 67, fled her home in Moshchun, Ukraine, days after the Russian invasion began. She returned with her husband on April 30 to find their home destroyed. |
Stanislav Chernyshev, 58, welded plates for body armor, part of a group of volunteers making tactical equipment for the Ukrainian military on April 30 in Zaporizhzhia. | Stanislav Chernyshev, 58, welded plates for body armor, part of a group of volunteers making tactical equipment for the Ukrainian military on April 30 in Zaporizhzhia. |
A woman looks out from a bombed-out apartment in central Kyiv on April 29 after an overnight Russian missile strike. | A woman looks out from a bombed-out apartment in central Kyiv on April 29 after an overnight Russian missile strike. |
Ukrainian soldiers walked through a street in the village of Shestovytsia where a column of destroyed Russian military vehicles were cleared away, on April 29. | Ukrainian soldiers walked through a street in the village of Shestovytsia where a column of destroyed Russian military vehicles were cleared away, on April 29. |
Residents waiting to receive food distributed by volunteers in the village of Novoselivka, on April 29, near Chernihiv, Ukraine. | Residents waiting to receive food distributed by volunteers in the village of Novoselivka, on April 29, near Chernihiv, Ukraine. |
Dozens of vehicles and some people on foot, clinging to their belongings, streamed into Kharkiv, once Ukraine’s second largest city, on April 29, fleeing fighting in a town to the north. | Dozens of vehicles and some people on foot, clinging to their belongings, streamed into Kharkiv, once Ukraine’s second largest city, on April 29, fleeing fighting in a town to the north. |
Hanna Tazaiev, 64 (center, holding flag), attending the funeral of her son, Liubomyr Tazaiev, 37, in the western city of Lviv on April 29. Mr. Tazaiev, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed by shrapnel while fighting in Popasna in the eastern Luhansk region. | Hanna Tazaiev, 64 (center, holding flag), attending the funeral of her son, Liubomyr Tazaiev, 37, in the western city of Lviv on April 29. Mr. Tazaiev, a Ukrainian soldier, was killed by shrapnel while fighting in Popasna in the eastern Luhansk region. |
An American volunteer teaching Ukrainian soldiers how to use a Javelin missile outside Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, on April 28. | An American volunteer teaching Ukrainian soldiers how to use a Javelin missile outside Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, on April 28. |
Valeriy Grigoryev cleaning up the aftermath of an airstrike in a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, on April 28. | Valeriy Grigoryev cleaning up the aftermath of an airstrike in a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, on April 28. |
António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, visited Borodyanka, Ukraine, on April 28. | António Guterres, the U.N. secretary general, visited Borodyanka, Ukraine, on April 28. |
Ihor Kuznetsov, 21, and his girlfriend Nastia Petriaeva, 19, both of whom fled from Kramatorsk earlier this month, watching an episode of “Peaky Blinders” on a cellphone at a shelter for people displaced by the Russian invasion in the western city of Lviv on April 28. | Ihor Kuznetsov, 21, and his girlfriend Nastia Petriaeva, 19, both of whom fled from Kramatorsk earlier this month, watching an episode of “Peaky Blinders” on a cellphone at a shelter for people displaced by the Russian invasion in the western city of Lviv on April 28. |
Ukrainian military, police officers and rescuers at the scene of a missile strike in central Kyiv on April 28. | Ukrainian military, police officers and rescuers at the scene of a missile strike in central Kyiv on April 28. |
The village of Demydiv, Ukraine, on April 24. The village has about 750 households, of which roughly 50 were flooded after the tactical decision to release water from a hydroelectric dam between the Irpin River and the Kyiv Reservoir to block the Russian military advance. | The village of Demydiv, Ukraine, on April 24. The village has about 750 households, of which roughly 50 were flooded after the tactical decision to release water from a hydroelectric dam between the Irpin River and the Kyiv Reservoir to block the Russian military advance. |
Hlib Kihitov, 21, pays his final respects to his twin brother, Ehor Kihitov, in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 26. | Hlib Kihitov, 21, pays his final respects to his twin brother, Ehor Kihitov, in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 26. |
A charred tank stands in the ruins of Hostomel, Ukraine, northwest of Kyiv, on April 25. | A charred tank stands in the ruins of Hostomel, Ukraine, northwest of Kyiv, on April 25. |
A Ukrainian firefighter taking cover behind a wall. A building continued to burn after parts of Kharkiv had been targeted in Russian attacks on April 23. | A Ukrainian firefighter taking cover behind a wall. A building continued to burn after parts of Kharkiv had been targeted in Russian attacks on April 23. |
Nazar, 28, a Ukrainian soldier, wounded in shelling while fighting Russian troops in Donetsk, rested in the military hospital in Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, on April 25. | Nazar, 28, a Ukrainian soldier, wounded in shelling while fighting Russian troops in Donetsk, rested in the military hospital in Zaporizhzhia, in southeastern Ukraine, on April 25. |
A wall of flowers and photographs served as a memorial for civilians killed since the start of the Russian invasion in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 24. | A wall of flowers and photographs served as a memorial for civilians killed since the start of the Russian invasion in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 24. |
Across Lviv, Christians gathered in courtyards in front of churches throughout the day on April 23 to receive blessings ahead of Easter, one of the most important holidays on the Orthodox Christian calendar. Families carried baskets filled with cakes, sausages and elaborately hand-painted Easter eggs. | Across Lviv, Christians gathered in courtyards in front of churches throughout the day on April 23 to receive blessings ahead of Easter, one of the most important holidays on the Orthodox Christian calendar. Families carried baskets filled with cakes, sausages and elaborately hand-painted Easter eggs. |
Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces hold Easter cakes near the trenches they man in a forest outside Kyiv on April 23. | Members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces hold Easter cakes near the trenches they man in a forest outside Kyiv on April 23. |
A firefighter arriving at a blaze that started after a Russian bombardment on April 22 in the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv. | A firefighter arriving at a blaze that started after a Russian bombardment on April 22 in the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv. |
Bombs struck shopping and residential areas on in the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv on April 22. | Bombs struck shopping and residential areas on in the Saltivka neighborhood of Kharkiv on April 22. |
Lt. Olena Petyak, second in command of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, near the front lines in the Zaporizhzhya region on April 22. | Lt. Olena Petyak, second in command of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade, near the front lines in the Zaporizhzhya region on April 22. |
Ukrainian families arriving in Zaporizhzhia on April 21 after fleeing from the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol. | Ukrainian families arriving in Zaporizhzhia on April 21 after fleeing from the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol. |
President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking at a news conference in Kyiv on April 23. | President Volodymyr Zelensky speaking at a news conference in Kyiv on April 23. |
Maksim Syroizhko, a Ukrainian soldier, with his girlfriend, Yana Matvapaeva, on April 21 in Kyiv. The couple said that they had been together for the past five years but, until that day, had not seen each other since the war began. | Maksim Syroizhko, a Ukrainian soldier, with his girlfriend, Yana Matvapaeva, on April 21 in Kyiv. The couple said that they had been together for the past five years but, until that day, had not seen each other since the war began. |
The funeral of Ivan Datsko, 38, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed in fighting in the eastern Donetsk region, at Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on April 21. | The funeral of Ivan Datsko, 38, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed in fighting in the eastern Donetsk region, at Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on April 21. |
A rocket strike slammed into a residential neighborhood in northern Kharkiv on April 21, killing at least two people in a car. | A rocket strike slammed into a residential neighborhood in northern Kharkiv on April 21, killing at least two people in a car. |
Matviy, 12, lying in a basement shelter in the village of Avdiivka, along the front line in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on April 20. | Matviy, 12, lying in a basement shelter in the village of Avdiivka, along the front line in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on April 20. |
Cars passing through the war-ravaged Kyiv suburb of Horenka on April 19. | Cars passing through the war-ravaged Kyiv suburb of Horenka on April 19. |
The body of a victim of shelling lay in a street on April 19 in Kharkiv. | The body of a victim of shelling lay in a street on April 19 in Kharkiv. |
Alexandre Bulatov, 49, digging a grave in the civilian section of the cemetery in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin on April 18. | Alexandre Bulatov, 49, digging a grave in the civilian section of the cemetery in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin on April 18. |
Firefighters trying to put out a blaze at the scene of a Russian missile strike on a tire fitting plant in the western city of Lviv on April 18. | Firefighters trying to put out a blaze at the scene of a Russian missile strike on a tire fitting plant in the western city of Lviv on April 18. |
A Russian artillery strike killed at least one person on April 18 in Kharkiv. | A Russian artillery strike killed at least one person on April 18 in Kharkiv. |
Valentyna Nechyporenko, 77, mourning at the grave of her 47-year-old son Ruslan during his funeral at a cemetery in Bucha on April 18. Ruslan was killed by the Russian army on March 17 while delivering humanitarian aid to his neighbors. | Valentyna Nechyporenko, 77, mourning at the grave of her 47-year-old son Ruslan during his funeral at a cemetery in Bucha on April 18. Ruslan was killed by the Russian army on March 17 while delivering humanitarian aid to his neighbors. |
Residents of Horenka, a suburb of Kyiv, on April 18 near apartment blocks that were destroyed during earlier battles between Russian and Ukrainian forces. | Residents of Horenka, a suburb of Kyiv, on April 18 near apartment blocks that were destroyed during earlier battles between Russian and Ukrainian forces. |
A bombed-out bridge across the Irpin River on April 17. | A bombed-out bridge across the Irpin River on April 17. |
Pallbearers carrying the caskets of Taras Kotliarchuk, 43, and Ivan Mynjo, 24, Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in fighting in the country’s east, during their funerals at Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on April 18. | Pallbearers carrying the caskets of Taras Kotliarchuk, 43, and Ivan Mynjo, 24, Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in fighting in the country’s east, during their funerals at Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on April 18. |
Ukrainian refugees singing the country’s national anthem during a demonstration in Krakow, Poland, on April 17. | Ukrainian refugees singing the country’s national anthem during a demonstration in Krakow, Poland, on April 17. |
American firefighters are joined by German, Australian, and Ukrainian volunteers in digging out the body of a Ukrainian man on April 17 after his home was hit by a Russian strike in the town of Hostomel. | American firefighters are joined by German, Australian, and Ukrainian volunteers in digging out the body of a Ukrainian man on April 17 after his home was hit by a Russian strike in the town of Hostomel. |
A Ukrainian soldier comforting Olena Siksoi, the mother of his comrade Ruslan Siksoi, 30, during his funeral in Lviv on April 17 after he was killed during fighting in the country’s east. | A Ukrainian soldier comforting Olena Siksoi, the mother of his comrade Ruslan Siksoi, 30, during his funeral in Lviv on April 17 after he was killed during fighting in the country’s east. |
A Palm Sunday ceremony at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on April 17. | A Palm Sunday ceremony at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv on April 17. |
Russian rockets struck a neighborhood in central Kharkiv on April 17. | Russian rockets struck a neighborhood in central Kharkiv on April 17. |
Four freshly dug graves, for an early-morning funeral, at a cemetery in Irpin on April 16. | Four freshly dug graves, for an early-morning funeral, at a cemetery in Irpin on April 16. |
Sister Diogena Tereshkevych comforting people displaced from eastern Ukraine inside a bomb shelter during an air raid alert in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 15. | Sister Diogena Tereshkevych comforting people displaced from eastern Ukraine inside a bomb shelter during an air raid alert in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 15. |
Firefighters put out a fire on April 15 after a building was bombed by Russian forces in Derhachi, about 7 miles northwest of Kharkiv. | Firefighters put out a fire on April 15 after a building was bombed by Russian forces in Derhachi, about 7 miles northwest of Kharkiv. |
A Palm Sunday service at St. Andrew’s church in Bucha on April 17. | A Palm Sunday service at St. Andrew’s church in Bucha on April 17. |
The bodies of a man and woman buried in the backyard of a home in the village of Vablya were exhumed, placed in body bags and taken for autopsies on April 14. Authorities said that the two civilians were killed by a Russian rocket attack. | The bodies of a man and woman buried in the backyard of a home in the village of Vablya were exhumed, placed in body bags and taken for autopsies on April 14. Authorities said that the two civilians were killed by a Russian rocket attack. |
The ruins of the village of Andriivka, west of Kyiv, on April 14. | The ruins of the village of Andriivka, west of Kyiv, on April 14. |
Mourners attending a funeral ceremony for Taras Bobanych, 33, deputy commander of the Ukrainian nationalist group Right Sector, at a cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 13. | Mourners attending a funeral ceremony for Taras Bobanych, 33, deputy commander of the Ukrainian nationalist group Right Sector, at a cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on April 13. |
Volunteer cemetery workers in Bucha on April 12 loading a truck with 65 bodies being taken for forensic investigation. | Volunteer cemetery workers in Bucha on April 12 loading a truck with 65 bodies being taken for forensic investigation. |
A photo taken during a visit to Mariupol organized by the Russian military shows the inside of a theater where hundreds of civilians are believed to have been killed in mid-March, when it was destroyed by a Russian airstrike. | A photo taken during a visit to Mariupol organized by the Russian military shows the inside of a theater where hundreds of civilians are believed to have been killed in mid-March, when it was destroyed by a Russian airstrike. |
Lviv residents assembling camouflage nets for the Ukrainian Army on April 9. | Lviv residents assembling camouflage nets for the Ukrainian Army on April 9. |
Anastasia Huseva mourning her husband, Vitaly Oleksandrovych Husev, 33, a member of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, during a funeral on April 11 in Irpin. | Anastasia Huseva mourning her husband, Vitaly Oleksandrovych Husev, 33, a member of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces, during a funeral on April 11 in Irpin. |
Firefighters and other workers cleared debris during a search for bodies in the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Borodianka, Ukraine, on April 9. | Firefighters and other workers cleared debris during a search for bodies in the rubble of a destroyed apartment building in Borodianka, Ukraine, on April 9. |
A neighborhood in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, on April 8 that had been bombed overnight. | A neighborhood in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, on April 8 that had been bombed overnight. |
The crowded train station in Dnipro, Ukraine, on April 9, as people fled ahead of an expected Russian assault in the eastern part of the country. | The crowded train station in Dnipro, Ukraine, on April 9, as people fled ahead of an expected Russian assault in the eastern part of the country. |
A rally on April 7 in support of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, in Simferopol, Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. | A rally on April 7 in support of the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, in Simferopol, Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. |
A fragment of what Ukraine’s president described as a Tochka-U short-range missile, following an attack at a railway station in Kramatorsk on April 8. | A fragment of what Ukraine’s president described as a Tochka-U short-range missile, following an attack at a railway station in Kramatorsk on April 8. |
An unattended casualty on the platform in the aftermath of the attack on the railway station. | An unattended casualty on the platform in the aftermath of the attack on the railway station. |
A woman prayed as she and others waited to cross a bridge into the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, while bombs continued to strike nearby, on April 7. | A woman prayed as she and others waited to cross a bridge into the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, while bombs continued to strike nearby, on April 7. |
Emergency responders on the outskirts of Kharkiv, a target of heavy bombing, on April 7. | Emergency responders on the outskirts of Kharkiv, a target of heavy bombing, on April 7. |
An artist entertained children with soap bubbles in central Lviv, in western Ukraine, on April 7. | An artist entertained children with soap bubbles in central Lviv, in western Ukraine, on April 7. |
Body collectors carry a man’s remains out of a home in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 7. He had been found in the kitchen. | Body collectors carry a man’s remains out of a home in Bucha, Ukraine, on April 7. He had been found in the kitchen. |
Mykola Motenko, 67, in a damaged home, on April 7, in Derhachi, Ukraine, near the city of Kharkiv, which has been hit by extensive Russian shelling. | Mykola Motenko, 67, in a damaged home, on April 7, in Derhachi, Ukraine, near the city of Kharkiv, which has been hit by extensive Russian shelling. |
A team of investigators, with the help of local workers, on April 6 documenting bodies found after Russian forces retreated from Bucha, Ukraine. | A team of investigators, with the help of local workers, on April 6 documenting bodies found after Russian forces retreated from Bucha, Ukraine. |
Borodyanka, a commuter town not far from the capital, Kyiv, on April 5, where as many as 200 people were missing and presumed dead under the rubble. | Borodyanka, a commuter town not far from the capital, Kyiv, on April 5, where as many as 200 people were missing and presumed dead under the rubble. |
Emergency responders removed part of a Smerch rocket from a suburb outside Kharkiv on April 6. | Emergency responders removed part of a Smerch rocket from a suburb outside Kharkiv on April 6. |
Tatyana Petrovna, 72, in the garden of a Bucha home where the bodies of three civilians lay on April 4. | Tatyana Petrovna, 72, in the garden of a Bucha home where the bodies of three civilians lay on April 4. |
Ukrainian soldiers attempted to salvage parts from a destroyed Russian armored vehicle in the recently liberated town of Bucha on April 3. | Ukrainian soldiers attempted to salvage parts from a destroyed Russian armored vehicle in the recently liberated town of Bucha on April 3. |
Bodies of civilians that Ukrainian authorities say were killed by Russian forces lay in a mass grave outside St. Andrew’s Church in Bucha on April 3. | Bodies of civilians that Ukrainian authorities say were killed by Russian forces lay in a mass grave outside St. Andrew’s Church in Bucha on April 3. |
Crumpled cars littered a main road leading out of the recently liberated town of Bucha on April 3. | Crumpled cars littered a main road leading out of the recently liberated town of Bucha on April 3. |
The body of a civilian, reportedly killed by Russian forces, remained on the streets on April 2 in Bucha. | The body of a civilian, reportedly killed by Russian forces, remained on the streets on April 2 in Bucha. |
After more than 30 days without deliveries of food, or gas or electricity to cook it, residents of Bucha waited for food being distributed by the Ukrainian military on April 2. | After more than 30 days without deliveries of food, or gas or electricity to cook it, residents of Bucha waited for food being distributed by the Ukrainian military on April 2. |
As many as nine burned-out tanks littered a forest road near Dmytrivka, Ukraine, as Russian forces appeared to withdraw from the region on April 2. | As many as nine burned-out tanks littered a forest road near Dmytrivka, Ukraine, as Russian forces appeared to withdraw from the region on April 2. |
An Irpin resident stood among rubble in the town on April 1. | An Irpin resident stood among rubble in the town on April 1. |
A military funeral for three Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on March 31. | A military funeral for three Ukrainian soldiers in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on March 31. |
Destroyed Russian armored vehicles on the outskirts of Kyiv on March 31. | Destroyed Russian armored vehicles on the outskirts of Kyiv on March 31. |
A volunteer teacher organized games and activities for children in an underground bunker in a small town south of Kyiv on March 31. Many of the children that remain in Ukraine at this point have been living underground for 5 weeks. | A volunteer teacher organized games and activities for children in an underground bunker in a small town south of Kyiv on March 31. Many of the children that remain in Ukraine at this point have been living underground for 5 weeks. |
What appeared to be a missile struck near a cultural center turned Ukrainian military barracks near central Kharkiv on March 31, destroying parked vehicles, damaging nearby buildings and throwing earth hundreds of yards in every direction. At least one person was injured. | What appeared to be a missile struck near a cultural center turned Ukrainian military barracks near central Kharkiv on March 31, destroying parked vehicles, damaging nearby buildings and throwing earth hundreds of yards in every direction. At least one person was injured. |
Ukrainian fighters from the Odin Unit, which includes foreign volunteers, returning from battle as emergency workers and troops carry the bodies of soldiers and civilians under the Irpin Bridge on March 31. | Ukrainian fighters from the Odin Unit, which includes foreign volunteers, returning from battle as emergency workers and troops carry the bodies of soldiers and civilians under the Irpin Bridge on March 31. |
Bodies of soldiers and civilians brought from Irpin on March 31, to be taken for burial. | Bodies of soldiers and civilians brought from Irpin on March 31, to be taken for burial. |
Fighters of the Ukrainian Odin Unit, including foreign volunteers, among them Americans and Britons, in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 29. | Fighters of the Ukrainian Odin Unit, including foreign volunteers, among them Americans and Britons, in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 29. |
Ukrainian soldiers waiting to advance during an operation to clear out remaining Russian forces on March 29, in Irpin. | Ukrainian soldiers waiting to advance during an operation to clear out remaining Russian forces on March 29, in Irpin. |
A territorial defense fighter at a newly dug trench on March 30 near the town of Vasylkiv, which Ukrainian forces took back from the Russians after more than 30 days of fighting. | A territorial defense fighter at a newly dug trench on March 30 near the town of Vasylkiv, which Ukrainian forces took back from the Russians after more than 30 days of fighting. |
Yulia Beley, center, with her daughter and friends after they escaped from Mariupol, at a shelter in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on March 29. | Yulia Beley, center, with her daughter and friends after they escaped from Mariupol, at a shelter in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on March 29. |
A 61-year-old man recuperating at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 28, after being shot in the leg three times by Russian forces in the city of Irpin. | A 61-year-old man recuperating at a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 28, after being shot in the leg three times by Russian forces in the city of Irpin. |
Ukrainian soldiers resting in Kyiv, Ukraine, after a day of fighting on the front lines on March 28. | Ukrainian soldiers resting in Kyiv, Ukraine, after a day of fighting on the front lines on March 28. |
A Ukrainian soldier walking in front of the remnants of a Russian tank that was destroyed by an American-made missile on the northern outskirts of Kyiv on March 25. | A Ukrainian soldier walking in front of the remnants of a Russian tank that was destroyed by an American-made missile on the northern outskirts of Kyiv on March 25. |
A man recovering items from a burning shop in Kharkiv, Ukraine, following a Russian attack on March 25. | A man recovering items from a burning shop in Kharkiv, Ukraine, following a Russian attack on March 25. |
A mass grave in Kharkiv on March 26. Workers said that many people in such graves had died of natural causes but had to be buried en masse because no relatives were able to claim the bodies. | A mass grave in Kharkiv on March 26. Workers said that many people in such graves had died of natural causes but had to be buried en masse because no relatives were able to claim the bodies. |
Dima Neron, 19, at a hospital in Kyiv on March 25. He was charging his phone with a generator on his family’s farm in the Chernihiv region when a bomb exploded about 50 yards away. He lost three fingers on his left hand and suffered multiple fractures to his left leg. | Dima Neron, 19, at a hospital in Kyiv on March 25. He was charging his phone with a generator on his family’s farm in the Chernihiv region when a bomb exploded about 50 yards away. He lost three fingers on his left hand and suffered multiple fractures to his left leg. |
Taking care of orphaned babies on March 26. When an orphanage in Boyarka, Ukraine, was evacuated, staff and volunteers found a new home at the Radosc Natura resort in Ustka, Poland. | Taking care of orphaned babies on March 26. When an orphanage in Boyarka, Ukraine, was evacuated, staff and volunteers found a new home at the Radosc Natura resort in Ustka, Poland. |
President Biden met with Ukrainian refugees in Poland on March 26, part of his three-day tour to meet with NATO and European leaders. | President Biden met with Ukrainian refugees in Poland on March 26, part of his three-day tour to meet with NATO and European leaders. |
A warehouse near an oil depot south of Kyiv on March 24. A day earlier, the site was hit by what was said to be a Russian cruise missile. | A warehouse near an oil depot south of Kyiv on March 24. A day earlier, the site was hit by what was said to be a Russian cruise missile. |
Civilians who were evacuated from Irpin, Ukraine, on March 24. | Civilians who were evacuated from Irpin, Ukraine, on March 24. |
The metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, being used as a bomb shelter on March 26. | The metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, being used as a bomb shelter on March 26. |
Yuri Yunevich’s farm and house north of Kyiv, seen on March 25, was severely damaged when a Russian Iskander missile landed nearby during the early days of the war. | Yuri Yunevich’s farm and house north of Kyiv, seen on March 25, was severely damaged when a Russian Iskander missile landed nearby during the early days of the war. |
On March 20, Vitalii Smahluk, 20, an economics student, worked on his laptop in the underground bunker in Kyiv where he had been living since the start of the war. | On March 20, Vitalii Smahluk, 20, an economics student, worked on his laptop in the underground bunker in Kyiv where he had been living since the start of the war. |
Residents in Kyiv cleaning up on March 19 after a missile strike a day earlier. | Residents in Kyiv cleaning up on March 19 after a missile strike a day earlier. |
Territorial defense volunteers, including a young Californian named Tony, fourth from right in green hat, learning how to use a rocket launcher and other weapons before being deployed to fight against Russian forces near Kyiv on March 20. | Territorial defense volunteers, including a young Californian named Tony, fourth from right in green hat, learning how to use a rocket launcher and other weapons before being deployed to fight against Russian forces near Kyiv on March 20. |
A Ukrainian army position in Mykolaiv on March 19. | A Ukrainian army position in Mykolaiv on March 19. |
The victim of an airstrike at a residential complex of Kyiv on March 18. | The victim of an airstrike at a residential complex of Kyiv on March 18. |
Some of 20 children evacuated from an orphanage in Kovel, Ukraine, playing at children’s home in Lodz, Poland, on March 19. | Some of 20 children evacuated from an orphanage in Kovel, Ukraine, playing at children’s home in Lodz, Poland, on March 19. |
At a base in Kyiv, Roman, 38, and Kseniya, 39, were married by their battalion commander on March 20. | At a base in Kyiv, Roman, 38, and Kseniya, 39, were married by their battalion commander on March 20. |
In Kyiv, senior citizens evacuated from Horenka take shelter at a kindergarten on March 20. | In Kyiv, senior citizens evacuated from Horenka take shelter at a kindergarten on March 20. |
A funeral in Kyiv on March 19 for a Ukrainian soldier, Serhiy Mashovets, who was killed by indirect fire in Horenka. | A funeral in Kyiv on March 19 for a Ukrainian soldier, Serhiy Mashovets, who was killed by indirect fire in Horenka. |
A survivor was pulled from the rubble on March 19 in Mykolaiv, a day after a missile strike killed at least 40 marines. | A survivor was pulled from the rubble on March 19 in Mykolaiv, a day after a missile strike killed at least 40 marines. |
A serviceman carries the photo of Capt. Andrei Paliy, a deputy commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, during a farewell ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, on March 23. | A serviceman carries the photo of Capt. Andrei Paliy, a deputy commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, during a farewell ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, on March 23. |
Russian forces hit a shopping mall on March 21 in Kyiv, in what appeared to be the most powerful explosion yet in the capital. | Russian forces hit a shopping mall on March 21 in Kyiv, in what appeared to be the most powerful explosion yet in the capital. |
Grieving for a civilian killed when parts of a Russian cruise missile landed on a high-rise residential building in Kyiv on March 17. | Grieving for a civilian killed when parts of a Russian cruise missile landed on a high-rise residential building in Kyiv on March 17. |
A portrait of a young woman who died during a Russian attack is pictured with flowers next to her fresh grave in the cemetery of Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, on March 21. | A portrait of a young woman who died during a Russian attack is pictured with flowers next to her fresh grave in the cemetery of Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, on March 21. |
Ukrainian firefighters battled a fire at a home struck during a multiple rocket attack by Russian forces, in the Nyvky district of western Kyiv, on March 23. | Ukrainian firefighters battled a fire at a home struck during a multiple rocket attack by Russian forces, in the Nyvky district of western Kyiv, on March 23. |
A home destroyed in a high-rise building in Kyiv on March 17. | A home destroyed in a high-rise building in Kyiv on March 17. |
Emergency workers escorting residents back into their homes after missile pieces struck their building in Kyiv on March 17. | Emergency workers escorting residents back into their homes after missile pieces struck their building in Kyiv on March 17. |
A steady stream of civilians, some injured, arrived in minivans and ambulances at an aid station in Kyiv after being evacuated from the besieged town of Irpin on March 17. | A steady stream of civilians, some injured, arrived in minivans and ambulances at an aid station in Kyiv after being evacuated from the besieged town of Irpin on March 17. |
A refugee family from Ukraine waited for a minibus to arrive to take them to a reception center upon crossing the border in the small village of Palanca, in eastern Moldova, on March 22. | A refugee family from Ukraine waited for a minibus to arrive to take them to a reception center upon crossing the border in the small village of Palanca, in eastern Moldova, on March 22. |
A Ukrainian soldier digging in at a beachfront position in Odessa on March 16. | A Ukrainian soldier digging in at a beachfront position in Odessa on March 16. |
A residential building that was hit in the western part of Kyiv on March 15. | A residential building that was hit in the western part of Kyiv on March 15. |
Konstantyn Yurchik examining damage to his apartment, which was hit by shelling in Kyiv on March 14. | Konstantyn Yurchik examining damage to his apartment, which was hit by shelling in Kyiv on March 14. |
Ukrainian soldiers carried away the bodies of two people who died after their building was hit by Russian shelling and caught on fire in western Kyiv. | Ukrainian soldiers carried away the bodies of two people who died after their building was hit by Russian shelling and caught on fire in western Kyiv. |
The morgue in Mykolaiv on March 12. Casualties, both military and civilian, accumulated so fast it could barely keep pace, with bodies stacked side by side or on top of one another, covered in sheets or carpets, if at all. | The morgue in Mykolaiv on March 12. Casualties, both military and civilian, accumulated so fast it could barely keep pace, with bodies stacked side by side or on top of one another, covered in sheets or carpets, if at all. |
A Russian tank attack on an apartment building in Mariupol, which has endured days of heavy bombardment, on March 11. | A Russian tank attack on an apartment building in Mariupol, which has endured days of heavy bombardment, on March 11. |
Ukrainian soldiers taking cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on March 13. | Ukrainian soldiers taking cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on March 13. |
Destroyed Russian tanks on a main road after battles near Brovary, near Kyiv, on March 10. | Destroyed Russian tanks on a main road after battles near Brovary, near Kyiv, on March 10. |
A funeral in Lutsk on March 12 for two local soldiers, Vadym Hryniuk and Ivan Koshil, who were killed the previous day in an attack on a military airfield in the city. | A funeral in Lutsk on March 12 for two local soldiers, Vadym Hryniuk and Ivan Koshil, who were killed the previous day in an attack on a military airfield in the city. |
Some of the last remaining civilians flee Irpin and Bucha after a night of numerous heavy explosions around the capital on March 12. | Some of the last remaining civilians flee Irpin and Bucha after a night of numerous heavy explosions around the capital on March 12. |
A Ukrainian volunteer fighter outside the civilian airport in Mykolaiv on March 10. | A Ukrainian volunteer fighter outside the civilian airport in Mykolaiv on March 10. |
Boarding an evacuation train in Odessa on March 15. | Boarding an evacuation train in Odessa on March 15. |
A refugee family from Ukraine arrives at the train station in Zahony, a small town in eastern Hungary, on March 10. | A refugee family from Ukraine arrives at the train station in Zahony, a small town in eastern Hungary, on March 10. |
In a nursery in a basement in Kyiv, nannies cared for 19 babies born to surrogate mothers who were trapped by the fighting on March 11. | In a nursery in a basement in Kyiv, nannies cared for 19 babies born to surrogate mothers who were trapped by the fighting on March 11. |
Fleeing the war in Ukraine. A train station in Przemysl, Poland on March 14. | Fleeing the war in Ukraine. A train station in Przemysl, Poland on March 14. |
A fortified checkpoint and market that provides food to shelters, hospitals, civilians and up to 5,000 soldiers around northern Kyiv. | A fortified checkpoint and market that provides food to shelters, hospitals, civilians and up to 5,000 soldiers around northern Kyiv. |
Ukrainian soldiers trying to save a mortally wounded man moments after a group of civilians was hit by a mortar in Irpin on March 6. | Ukrainian soldiers trying to save a mortally wounded man moments after a group of civilians was hit by a mortar in Irpin on March 6. |
Russian forces hit a warehouse complex where vegetables were stored in the southern city of Mykolaiv, a strategic point in Russia’s bid to capture all of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, on March 8. | Russian forces hit a warehouse complex where vegetables were stored in the southern city of Mykolaiv, a strategic point in Russia’s bid to capture all of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, on March 8. |
Emergency employees and volunteers carried an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital damaged by Russian shelling in Mariupol, on March 9. | Emergency employees and volunteers carried an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital damaged by Russian shelling in Mariupol, on March 9. |
A Russian missile hit barracks used by airborne troops from the Ukrainian army’s 79th Brigade in Mykolaiv. Several soldiers were killed in the attack, which took off the facade of the building, leaving gray steel bunk beds visible from the front courtyard, on March 8. | A Russian missile hit barracks used by airborne troops from the Ukrainian army’s 79th Brigade in Mykolaiv. Several soldiers were killed in the attack, which took off the facade of the building, leaving gray steel bunk beds visible from the front courtyard, on March 8. |
Ukrainian fighters being trained in first aid in Kyiv on March 9. | Ukrainian fighters being trained in first aid in Kyiv on March 9. |
Civilians being evacuated across the Irpin River into Kyiv on March 8. | Civilians being evacuated across the Irpin River into Kyiv on March 8. |
Russian forces unleashed an artillery barrage on the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, hitting residential neighborhoods with rockets and sending streams of people fleeing the city on March 7. | Russian forces unleashed an artillery barrage on the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, hitting residential neighborhoods with rockets and sending streams of people fleeing the city on March 7. |
Bodies were buried in a mass grave on Wednesday on the outskirts of Mariupol on March 9. | Bodies were buried in a mass grave on Wednesday on the outskirts of Mariupol on March 9. |
Anzhelika Verveyko was comforted by a friend at the funeral on March 6 for her husband, a sergeant who was killed in an artillery strike on his position north of Kyiv on Feb. 27. | Anzhelika Verveyko was comforted by a friend at the funeral on March 6 for her husband, a sergeant who was killed in an artillery strike on his position north of Kyiv on Feb. 27. |
People trying to escape from Irpin, near Kyiv, took shelter under a destroyed bridge on March 5. | People trying to escape from Irpin, near Kyiv, took shelter under a destroyed bridge on March 5. |
A refugee family from Ukraine arriving at a train station in Budapest on March 5. | A refugee family from Ukraine arriving at a train station in Budapest on March 5. |
Vitali Slobodianiuk, right, and Volodymyr Kotsyuba, who are Ukrainian, on a train from Prague to Przemysl in Poland on March 8. They were going back to Ukraine to join the fight. | Vitali Slobodianiuk, right, and Volodymyr Kotsyuba, who are Ukrainian, on a train from Prague to Przemysl in Poland on March 8. They were going back to Ukraine to join the fight. |
A bus riddled with machine gun fire in Kyiv on March 4. | A bus riddled with machine gun fire in Kyiv on March 4. |
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a news conference in Kyiv on March 3. “We have a special people, an extraordinary people,” he said. | President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a news conference in Kyiv on March 3. “We have a special people, an extraordinary people,” he said. |
People removing personal belongings from a burning house that was shelled in Irpin, outside Kyiv, on March 4. | People removing personal belongings from a burning house that was shelled in Irpin, outside Kyiv, on March 4. |
Ukrainian families running across train tracks to get to the next westbound train in Kyiv on March 4. | Ukrainian families running across train tracks to get to the next westbound train in Kyiv on March 4. |
Ukrainian children riding an evacuation train through Kyiv as it traveled west toward Lviv on March 3. | Ukrainian children riding an evacuation train through Kyiv as it traveled west toward Lviv on March 3. |
The body of a Russian soldier next to an armored vehicle that Ukrainian soldiers said was Russian, in Kharkiv on Feb. 25. | The body of a Russian soldier next to an armored vehicle that Ukrainian soldiers said was Russian, in Kharkiv on Feb. 25. |
A residential building was hit by missiles in Kyiv on Feb. 25. | A residential building was hit by missiles in Kyiv on Feb. 25. |
A Ukrainian mother and her newborn in a maternity ward in the basement of a hospital in Kyiv on March 2. | A Ukrainian mother and her newborn in a maternity ward in the basement of a hospital in Kyiv on March 2. |
Taria, 27, in a tent where she was living with her two children, and other Ukrainian families in a subway station on March 2. Many of them had been there for about a week as Russian and Ukrainian forces fought on the outskirts of Kyiv. | Taria, 27, in a tent where she was living with her two children, and other Ukrainian families in a subway station on March 2. Many of them had been there for about a week as Russian and Ukrainian forces fought on the outskirts of Kyiv. |
A projectile hit the main radio and television tower in Kyiv on March 1. | A projectile hit the main radio and television tower in Kyiv on March 1. |
Emergency worker carrying a body out city hall in Kharkiv after it was shelled on March 1. | Emergency worker carrying a body out city hall in Kharkiv after it was shelled on March 1. |
Russian attacks damaged radar arrays and other equipment at a Ukrainian military site outside Mariupol on Feb. 24. | Russian attacks damaged radar arrays and other equipment at a Ukrainian military site outside Mariupol on Feb. 24. |
Julia, a teacher and a volunteer, waiting to be deployed to fight Russian troops around Kyiv on Feb. 26. | Julia, a teacher and a volunteer, waiting to be deployed to fight Russian troops around Kyiv on Feb. 26. |
Ukrainian security forces guarding Maidan Square in Kyiv on March 2. | Ukrainian security forces guarding Maidan Square in Kyiv on March 2. |
People lining up at a long-distance bus station in the center of Kyiv on Feb. 24. | People lining up at a long-distance bus station in the center of Kyiv on Feb. 24. |
A Russian armored personnel carrier burning next to an unidentified soldier’s body during a fight with the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkiv on Feb. 27. | A Russian armored personnel carrier burning next to an unidentified soldier’s body during a fight with the Ukrainian armed forces in Kharkiv on Feb. 27. |
Covering a body after bombings in Chuguiv, on Feb. 24. | Covering a body after bombings in Chuguiv, on Feb. 24. |
Military volunteers getting weapons in Fastiv on Feb. 25. | Military volunteers getting weapons in Fastiv on Feb. 25. |
Refugees from Ukraine in a former school in Lodyna, in Poland, on March 8. | Refugees from Ukraine in a former school in Lodyna, in Poland, on March 8. |
Sunday service at St. Paraskeva Orthodox Church in Kalynivka, Ukraine, on Feb. 27. | Sunday service at St. Paraskeva Orthodox Church in Kalynivka, Ukraine, on Feb. 27. |
Ilona Koval, center, the choreographer for the Ukrainian national figure skating team, fleeing Ukraine with her daughter, left, and a family friend on March 1. | Ilona Koval, center, the choreographer for the Ukrainian national figure skating team, fleeing Ukraine with her daughter, left, and a family friend on March 1. |
Dusk in Kyiv on Feb. 24, as Russian forces were advancing on the city. | Dusk in Kyiv on Feb. 24, as Russian forces were advancing on the city. |