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Families divided -

A man says goodbye to a young child leaving Kyiv on an evacuation train on March 4. This was the same day Ukraine accused Russia of "nuclear terror" after they attacked and took over the enormous Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine. 

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A home lost -

A devastated woman stands in front of a burning house in the city of Irpin, located just outside Kyiv. Russian troops seized the town in March as part of a strategy to surround the capital. 

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The new normal -

Two young girls play on the street in front of a building destroyed by bombing in the town of Bucha in East Ukraine. In March, 458 civilians were killed in Bucha in what is being called a cold-blooded massacre by Russian troops. 

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Small comforts -

A young girl holds on tightly to her pets as she shelters in a subway station transformed into a bomb shelter in Kyiv. 

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Making a statement -

In August, artist Varvara Logvyn painted these anti-tank roadblock devices placed on the streets of Kyiv by military forces. She paints in Petrykivka, a traditional Ukrainian style that centers around floral patterns. 

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The remnants of war -

Abandoned boots and a helmet are seen here at the site of a bread factory in Makariv which was bombed by Russia in April. At least 13 civilian bodies were found in the rubble. 

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Coming to terms -

A retired school teacher named Hanna stands next to the rubble of her destroyed home in Kherson oblast, Southern Ukraine, on October 30. 

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Makeshift shelters -

A subway station in Kyiv became a bomb shelter for thousands of people during a rocket attack.

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Abandoning homes -

Thousands of residents of Irpin, Ukraine, were forced to abandon their homes and evacuate as Russian troops bombed the peaceful city.

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Leaving on foot -

Ukrainian families are forced to flee the war by foot across the Hungarian border.

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Tearful goodbyes -

A man bids a tearful goodbye to his wife who is fleeing the Russian aggression along with other refugees at the Ukrainian-Slovak border.

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No place for children -

A kindergarten after being shelled in the settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska in Ukraine.

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The weight of a hug -

A refugee woman hugs a child at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland.

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Taste of freedom -

A woman cries as she flees the country with her children, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania.

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Up in flames -

A local woman stands next to her house, still on fire, following recent shelling, in Donetsk, Ukraine.

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No one gets left behind -

A woman carries her cat as she flees Ukraine during the conflict.

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A horrible sight -

A woman reacts to a residential building damaged  by shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, on February 28, 2022.

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Missile damage -

A senior resident checks the damage in her apartment after her block in Kyiv was hit by a missile strike.

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Metro moment -

A couple are pictured in a metro station used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv on March 2, 2022.

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Innocence gone -

A boy plays on a swing in front of a severely damaged residential block in Kyiv.

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A home(s) destroyed -

Local residents are pictured outside a destroyed building after bombings on the town of Chuguiv, Ukraine.

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A shock for all involved -

A refugee woman holds her dog at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, on February 28, 2022.

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Up in smoke -

A woman stands as black smoke can be seen coming from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Broken dreams -

A woman is seen through the broken window of her house in Yasynuvata, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022.

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New, harsh beginnings -

A father holds his newborn child in the basement floor of a maternity hospital converted to medical ward in Kyiv.

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Refugees -

Reugees Helena (right) and her brother Bodia (left) from Lviv, Ukraine, are pictured sitting at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing, in Poland.

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Empty shelves, empty selves -

A woman looks on at empty shelves in a Kyiv shop on February 28, 2022.

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Bittersweet -

A woman cries after fleeing Ukraine and crossing the border to Romania, on February 28, 2022.

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The aftermath -

The owners of a shop assess the damage after a blast targeted a TV tower nearby, in Kyiv.

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Heartbroken -

A child is seen looking out of a window of a train next to a heart symbol before leaving Donetsk, Ukraine.

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Waiting game -

A Ukrainian family waits at a train station in Lviv, trying to board a train to Poland.

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The newest generation -

Pregnant women and newborn babies and seen on makeshift beds in the basement floor of a hospital in Kyiv, on March 2, 2022.

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A mother's worries -

A woman holds her child at Lviv central train station in Ukraine on February 26, 2022.

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War and wards -

A mother checks on her baby, who is being treated in the bomb shelter of the pediatric ward of Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv.

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A hug's worth -

People hug outside a metro station in Kyiv on the morning of February 24, 2022.

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Inconceivable -

The body of a rocket can be seen stuck in an apartment after shelling on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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Just getting by -

A woman checks her phone and tries to stay warm at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland.

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Trainspotting -

People wait to board an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train on March 1, 2022.

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Border bound -

Ukrainian refugees are pictured on a cold day at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland.

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Shook by sirens -

People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds in Kyiv, on February 26, 2022.

Sources: (NY Times)

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