Russia's invasion of Ukraine: Four years of devastation captured in photos
Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A civilian trains to throw Molotov cocktails to defend the city, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi
Olga hugs her boyfriend Vlodomyr as they say goodbye prior to Vlodomyr’s deployment closer to the front line, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
A Ukrainian soldier hides from a helicopter airstrike amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near Demydiv, Ukraine, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Maksim Levin
Ukrainian soldiers walk past a monument of the city founder Duke de Richelieu, covered with sandbags for protection, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Odessa, Ukraine, March 10, 2022. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
A tear drop rolls down a young woman's cheek aboard a bus after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 16, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
A man walks past a fire after a shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Oleg Pereverzev
A Ukrainian serviceman hugs his mother, Larysa Kolesnyk, 82, after she was evacuated from Irpin town on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
A woman carries her cat as she walks past buildings that were destroyed by Russian shelling in Borodyanka, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
A view shows a torn flag of Ukraine hung on a wire in front of an apartment building destroyed by Russians in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
A woman says goodbye to her serviceman husband before he leaves for the frontline, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii Hudak
An aerial view shows residential buildings destroyed during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the town of Irpin, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, April 29, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
A child stands on a destroyed Russian tank, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, near Makariv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Mikhail Palinchak
A Ukrainian serviceman looks on from inside a tank at a position in Donetsk region, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, June 11, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer
Wounded Earth
Service members of pro-Russian troops are seen at a former fighting position of the Ukrainian armed forces during Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the town of Svitlodarsk in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 25, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov
On patrol
A Ukrainian service member with a dog observes in the industrial area of the city of Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, June 20, 2022. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
Garden ornaments
A Russian tank, destroyed during Russia's attack on Ukraine, is seen in a backyard garden of a local resident Valerii in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine July 22, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Black & white
Buildings destroyed by military strikes are seen in northern Saltivka, one of the most damaged residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Ukrainian service members fire a shell from a M777 Howitzer at a front line in Kharkiv Region, Ukraine, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Gratitude
Local resident Nataliia Porkhun holds flowers to present them to Ukrainian service members in the recently retaken village of Kyselivka, outside of Kherson, Ukraine, November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Shells
An aerial view shows remains of MLRS shells used by Russian troops for military strikes on the city and collected by sappers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
Drone operators
Two soldiers with the 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, who wanted to be identified as "Ghost", 24, and "Soap", 30, release their drone for a test flight near Bakhmut, Ukraine, November 25, 2022. REUTERS/Leah Millis
A local resident Mykola, 70, climbs down with a stepladder from a bridge destroyed during Russia's invasion in the village of Kukhari in Kyiv region, Ukraine, April 19, 2022. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
A rescue.
Emergency personnel evacuate a woman at the site where an apartment block was heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, January 15, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Wall of Remembrance
People visit the Wall of Remembrance to pay tribute to killed Ukrainian servicemen during a commemorative ceremony to mark the Volunteer Day honouring fighters, who joined the Ukrainian armed forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Tired.
Ukrainian servicemen rest at their positions after a fight, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the front line city of Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Ukraine, May 11, 2023. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS/File Photo
The fog of war
A single Ukrainian service member is seen in the fog near the front line near the newly liberated village Neskuchne in Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
Running forward
A girl with a national flag runs past the local Palace of Culture, destroyed by a Russian military strike, in the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, June 17, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
A farewell
Grandmother Olha hugs her granddaughter Arina, 6, while saying goodbye before her evacuation from the frontline city of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak
Kyiv on fire
Fire rages after a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Yevhen Kotenko
Snow angel
A Ukrainian serviceman of 80th Separate Galician Air Assault Brigade makes a snow angel in a bomb crater, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a position near Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 25, 2024. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia
Faithful companion
A local resident with her dog sits near her residential building damaged during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 7, 2024. REUTERS/Danylo Antoniuk
Lone warrior
A Ukrainian serviceman carries a Leleka reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) after it flew at a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, February 15, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer
Smoko.
Infantry soldier Viktor of Ukraine’s 58th Motorized Brigade smokes while standing in a frontline trench in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, April 13, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
A shelter
A family sleeps while taking shelter inside a metro station during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 27, 2024. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Scrolling
A Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit uses his mobile device near a ZU-23-2 anti aircraft cannon as he waits for Russian kamikaze drones in Kherson region, Ukraine, June 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
A pianist
A serviceman of 24th Mechanized brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces plays a piano in a damaged building in the frontline town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, June 25, 2024. Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Children's war toys
Brothers Andrii, 8, and Maksym Tupkalenko, 6, two of the last children left in their frontline village, pose for a photo with toy guns, their favorite toys, in Kalynove, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, April 11, 2025. REUTERS/Violeta Santos Moura
Ukrainian servicemen walk along a road covered with anti-drone nets in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine, November 3, 2025. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
Nothing is sacred
A drone view of a church damaged by a Russian military strike as a Ukrainian serviceman stands on it , amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, November 28, 2025. Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS
Best friend's rescue
A man holds his dog with buildings on fire in Kyiv.
Thomas Peter
Wounded dog
Evacuation of wounded dogs from a bombed dog shelter
Keteryna Klochko
A young woman holds her cat in a metro station.
Evgeniy Maloletko
Four eyes are better than two
Ukrainian serviceman operating a FPV drone with his cat on his shoulder.
Even the pup is sad.
Putin fears most being Ghadafid.
Maybe his victims will find justice afteral.
earthling
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