The images collected below are from the past few days of widespread destruction and Ukrainian resistance, more than a week after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces have reportedly made recent gains in the south, including the capture of the city of Kherson, while they continue efforts to lay siege to major cities and outlying areas in the north. The United Nations now estimates that 1 million people have fled Ukraine in the first week of war. A warning: Some of the images are graphic in nature.
Photos: Day Eight of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
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![Several destroyed military vehicles sit in the middle of a road in a town.]()
Read moreA view shows a line of destroyed military vehicles on a street in the town of Bucha, in Ukraine's Kyiv region, on March 1, 2022, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues. #
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![A view inside a hatch of a tank shows at least one soldier's partially obscured body, partly covered with snow.]()
Read moreThe dead bodies of soldiers are seen in a military vehicle on a road in the town of Bucha, close to the capital of Kyiv, on March 1, 2022. #
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![People build up a wall of sandbags outside a hospital.]()
Read moreLocals residents set up sandbags inside and outside of a hospital so that it is less affected by Russian attacks, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. #
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![An explosion is seen in the distance around the base of a tall TV tower.]()
Read moreA blast is seen during an apparent air strike on the Kyiv TV Tower, the city's main television tower, on March 1, 2022. #
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![A firefighter speaks on a phone, standing beneath a tall television tower on a foggy day.]()
Read moreEmergency crews respond after a missile caused damage near Kyiv's TV Tower on March 1, 2022. #
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![A police officer closes the back door of a truck. Inside can be seen at least five bodies wrapped in sheets or tarps.]()
Read morePolice officers prepare to remove the bodies of several passers-by who were killed in the previous day's air strike on the Kyiv TV Tower, on March 2, 2022. #
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![A line of about a dozen people can be seen sitting on the wreckage of a destroyed bridge across a small river, each passing a rifle to the next.]()
Read moreMembers of a Ukrainian civil-defense unit pass new assault rifles to the opposite side of a blown-up bridge on Kyiv's northern front on March 1, 2022. #
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![A person displays sharp pointed metal spikes, placed in wooden boxes.]()
Read moreA local resident shows tire puncture spikes produced by volunteers to defend their city and others, in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. #
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![A person welds together chunks of steel beam into a large tank obstacle.]()
Read moreIn Lviv, a resident welds anti-tank obstacles on March 2, 2022. #
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![A military vehicle is seen on fire amid rubble and debris in a street.]()
Read moreAn armored vehicle burns in a residential area following recent shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, on March 2, 2022. #
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![A burned-out shell of a military vehicle sits in a city street.]()
Read moreA view shows a destroyed Russian army vehicle on a road in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 28, 2022. #
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![A man stands in front of rubble of several destroyed buildings.]()
Read moreOleg Rubak, 32, whose wife was killed in the shelling, stands on the rubble of his house in Zhytomyr on March 2, 2022, after it was destroyed by a Russian bombing the day before. The shelling killed at least three people and injured nearly 20, according to locals and local authorities; it destroyed a nearby market and at least 10 houses on March 1, 2022. #
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![A five-story structure is seen on fire, with debris strewn about the street below.]()
Read moreA view shows the scene near National University after shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 2, 2022. #
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![Two firefighters stand atop a long ladder, spraying water into an open window of a tall building where flames are emerging.]()
Read moreFirefighters work to contain a blaze in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional security service and the regional police, after shelling took place in Kharkiv, on March 2, 2022. #
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![The blanket-wrapped body of a person lies on the ground beside damaged vehicles and among scattered debris.]()
Read moreThe body of a victim lies next to damaged cars in the central square, following shelling of the city-hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 1, 2022. #
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![A half-dozen firefighters carry the body of a bombing victim out of a damaged building.]()
Read moreEmergency personnel carry a body out of the damaged Kharkiv city hall on March 1, 2022. #
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![A shattered window frames a view outside of heavily-damaged houses and trees.]()
Read moreAndrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of the territorial defense, wipes his face in the backyard of a house that was damaged by a Russian air strike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside Kyiv, on March 2, 2022. #
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![Several people are seen sitting inside a dark basement room, one of them crying with her hand held to her face.]()
Read moreA woman cries in the small basement of a house crowded with people seeking shelter from Russian air strikes, outside Kyiv, on March 2, 2022. #
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![A person carries a crate of bottles among many others preparing hundreds of bottles to be used as Molotov cocktails.]()
Read moreUzhhorod residents prepare Molotov cocktails to defend the city, on February 27, 2022. #
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![A person pours liquid from a metal canister into a funnel being held by another person.]()
Read moreVolunteers make supplies for Molotov cocktails in a Kyiv civil-mobilization center, on February 28, 2022. #
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![Several dozen people stand together along a small dirt hill in a vacant lot, waiting behind a person who is throwing a Molotov cocktail, watched by a trainer.]()
Read moreCivilians train to throw Molotov cocktails in Zhytomyr, on March 1, 2022. #
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![A young man throws a Molotov cocktail in an empty field.]()
Read moreA civilian practices throwing Molotov cocktails in Zhytomyr on March 1, 2022. #
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![About a dozen people work on loading ammunition and preparing newly-received rifles.]()
Read moreMembers of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine load ammunition, after receiving weapons to defend Kyiv, on February 25, 2022. #
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![An injured young man lies in a hospital bed with metal rods attached to his left arm.]()
Read moreA 19-year-old Ukrainian soldier lies in bed in a military hospital in Lviv on March 1, 2022, after being injured by a mine in the Luhansk region. #
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![A view of scattered debris next to a heavily-damaged building.]()
Read moreA view of a damaged building, seen after shelling by Russian forces, in Kharkiv's Constitution Square, on March 2, 2022 #
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![Two civilians carrying rifles guard a makeshift checkpoint on a city street.]()
Read moreMembers of the civil defense take positions as a vehicle approaches a checkpoint in Gorenka, outside Kyiv, on March 2, 2022. #
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![An aerial view of destroyed Russian military vehicles left in a street. Smoke rises from a damaged building in the distance.]()
Read moreAn aerial view of destroyed Russian military vehicles left in a street in the settlement of Borodyanka, Ukraine, on March 3, 2022 #
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