Putin defends Ukraine invasion as Russian missile strikes continue
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SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the Summit of leaders from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 14.SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 14.SPUTNIK, KREMLIN POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), in Astana, Kazakhstan, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Volunteers of the Georgian legion pay their last respect, during the funeral ceremony for Georgian volunteer Edisher Kvaratskhelia killed in a battlefield in St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 13.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Local resident Vadim Razuvayev, 60, looks out of his flat in damaged house after an overnight Russian shelling in Konstantinovka, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People gather their belongings from a damaged house after an overnight Russian shelling in Konstantinovka, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Locals wait to receive humanitarian food given by the Ukrainian army in Balaklia, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Parents of recently killed Ukrainian serviceman Ruslan Zhumaboev stand next to his grave in a cemetery during Ukraine Defenders Day in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman places flowers on the grave of a recently killed fellow soldier in a cemetery, during Ukraine Defenders Day in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man walks past a display of destroyed Russian military vehicles during the Defender of Ukraine Day in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Using a lighted collar, a dog named Jack stands next to his owner Valentina at a park in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 14.