Ukraine continues deadly campaign to rebuff Russian forces
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Ukrainian soldiers prepare to bury 32-year-old Senior Lieutenant Pavlo Chernikov, in the photograph at left, and 47-year-old soldier Roman Valkov, during their funeral ceremony, after being killed in action, at the Lychakiv cemetery, in Lviv, western Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man rides a bicycle backdropped by a statue of Grand Princess Olga of Kyiv, in the process of being covered in sandbags to avoid damage from potential shelling, in Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Local residents pass by a damaged Russian tank in the town of Trostyanets, east of capital Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mykolaivna Shankarukina, 54, kisses her son from inside a damaged bus as she is leaving from the Ukrainian Red Cross center in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, today. Shankarukina and her family evacuated from Sablagodante village in the Mykolaiv district that have been attacked by the Russian army. She and a grandson are going to Odesa and from there to Prague, as the rest of the family, her son, daughter in law and a grandson will stay in Mykolaiv in a center for displaced residents.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A soldier smokes a cigarette near the frontline in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A volunteer smokes next to sandbags used for protection, at a Ukrainian volunteer center in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Halyna Falko looks at the destruction caused after a Russian attack inside her house near Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A soldier stands on a bridge destroyed by the Ukrainian army to prevent the passage of Russian tanks near Brovary, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sofia Boiko, 90, arrives at the Ukrainian Red Cross center in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian soldiers look over the bodies of dead Russian soldiers after recent fights in the town of Trostsyanets, some 400km (250 miles) east of capital Kyiv, Ukraine, today. The more than month-old war has killed thousands and driven more than 10 million Ukrainians from their homes including almost 4 million from their country.