Ukraine, Russia battle in the east; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits troops
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Debris hangs from a residential building heavily damaged in a Russian bombing in Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28. Fighting has raged around Lysychansk and neighbouring Sievierodonetsk, the last major cities under Ukrainian control in Luhansk region.RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this handout photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service released on Saturday, May 28, Russian soldiers control the situation sitting on a board of a Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian air force during a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Donetsk People's Republic militia's multiple rocket launcher fires from its position not far from Panteleimonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28.UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, May 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy looks on as he visits the war-hit Kharkiv region. Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in the east as "indescribably difficult." The "Russian army is trying to squeeze at least some result" by concentrating its attacks there, he said in a Saturday night video address.UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, May 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards a servicewoman as he visits the war-hit Kharkiv region. Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in the east as "indescribably difficult." The "Russian army is trying to squeeze at least some result" by concentrating its attacks there, he said in a Saturday night video address.UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, May 29, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks with his stuff as he visits the war-hit Kharkiv region. Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in the east as "indescribably difficult." The "Russian army is trying to squeeze at least some result" by concentrating its attacks there, he said in a Saturday night video address.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An elderly patient boards a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An elderly patient is carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An elderly patient boards a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.ASSOCIATED PRESS
An elderly patient waits on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A patient is carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A patient is carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian Army chaplain Vasyl talks to Ukrainian serviceman after a Sunday mass at a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A couple embrace during Kyiv Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A boy holds a Ukrainian flag on a destroyed Russian tank placed as a symbol of war during Kyiv Day celebrations in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May.GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine arrive at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Sunday, May 29.GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP
A Ukrainian national fleeing the ongoing war in Ukraine holds her child as she arrives at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Sunday, May 29.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian servicemen park a Russian BMP-2, an infantry combat vehicle, in the Kharkiv area, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. The Ukrainian military has been recovering abandoned Russian combat vehicles on the frontline to repair them and use them to their advantage.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman places a flag to honor soldiers killed fighting Russian troops during Kyiv Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May.