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Heavily damaged buildings in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP
A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv. Photo: AFP
Steeplejacks wave the Ukrainian flag after finishing installing the coat of arms of Ukraine on the shield of the 62-metre Motherland Monument in Kyiv. Photo: AFP
Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguev near Kharkiv. Photo: AFP
A child plays as women rest on a bench in Kostyantynivka, the eastern Donetsk region. Photo: AFP
Ukrainian doctor Ihor Kolodka (centre) stands amid the rubble of the destroyed building of Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital following a Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian soldier reflected in a car mirror looks at Swedish-made Archer Howitzer operated by Ukrainian members of the 45th Artillery Brigade firing toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian serviceman stands near a destroyed Russian tank in the northeastern city of Trostyanets. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut. Photo: AFP
An alleged soldier presented as North Korean detained by Ukrainian authorities at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, following his capture by the Ukrainian army. Photo: AFP
Coffins being buried during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine. Photo: AFP
Residents get Russian humanitarian aid in the city of Lysychansk. Photo: AFP
A Russian soldier patrols at the Mariupol drama theatre. Photo: AFP
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Heavily damaged buildings in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine....Heavily damaged buildings in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP
February 23, 2025
Today in Photos

3-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine: in pictures

This week marks the three-year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. Here is a collection looking back at the...

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Heavily damaged buildings in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP
A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv. Photo: AFP
Steeplejacks wave the Ukrainian flag after finishing installing the coat of arms of Ukraine on the shield of the 62-metre Motherland Monument in Kyiv. Photo: AFP
Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguev near Kharkiv. Photo: AFP
A child plays as women rest on a bench in Kostyantynivka, the eastern Donetsk region. Photo: AFP
Ukrainian doctor Ihor Kolodka (centre) stands amid the rubble of the destroyed building of Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital following a Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian soldier reflected in a car mirror looks at Swedish-made Archer Howitzer operated by Ukrainian members of the 45th Artillery Brigade firing toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian serviceman stands near a destroyed Russian tank in the northeastern city of Trostyanets. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut. Photo: AFP
An alleged soldier presented as North Korean detained by Ukrainian authorities at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, following his capture by the Ukrainian army. Photo: AFP
Coffins being buried during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine. Photo: AFP
Residents get Russian humanitarian aid in the city of Lysychansk. Photo: AFP
A Russian soldier patrols at the Mariupol drama theatre. Photo: AFP
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Heavily damaged buildings in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP
A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv. Photo: AFP
Steeplejacks wave the Ukrainian flag after finishing installing the coat of arms of Ukraine on the shield of the 62-metre Motherland Monument in Kyiv. Photo: AFP
Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguev near Kharkiv. Photo: AFP
A child plays as women rest on a bench in Kostyantynivka, the eastern Donetsk region. Photo: AFP
Ukrainian doctor Ihor Kolodka (centre) stands amid the rubble of the destroyed building of Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital following a Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian soldier reflected in a car mirror looks at Swedish-made Archer Howitzer operated by Ukrainian members of the 45th Artillery Brigade firing toward Russian positions, in the Donetsk region. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian serviceman stands near a destroyed Russian tank in the northeastern city of Trostyanets. Photo: AFP
A Ukrainian soldier of an artillery unit fires towards Russian positions outside Bakhmut. Photo: AFP
An alleged soldier presented as North Korean detained by Ukrainian authorities at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, following his capture by the Ukrainian army. Photo: AFP
Coffins being buried during a funeral ceremony at a cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine. Photo: AFP
Residents get Russian humanitarian aid in the city of Lysychansk. Photo: AFP
A Russian soldier patrols at the Mariupol drama theatre. Photo: AFP
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