Latest glimpses from the Ukrainian battle zone.
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IMAGE: Smoke rising following an explosion in the village of Mayskoye in Dzhankoi district, Crimea. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Buses for emergency evacuation are parked on the roadside in Azovskoye following an explosion at a Russian military warehouse in the Dzhankoi district, Crimea. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Workers repair a railway line near Azovskoye in the Dzhankoi district. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Firefighting and ambulance vehicles are parked in Azovskoye following an explosion at a Russian military warehouse. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: People are seen at the renovated Ukraine-Poland border crossing point near the village of Krakovets in Lviv region. Photograph: Pavlo Palamarchuk/Reuters
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IMAGE: Police officers evacuate residents at a location given as Maryinka, Donetsk region. Photograph: State Donetsk Region Police/Handout via Reuters
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IMAGE: Ukrainian soldiers travel near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
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IMAGE: Destroyed homes in Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
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IMAGE: Destroyed houses in Kramatorsk. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
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IMAGE: A man pushes water containers next to destroyed houses in Kramatorsk. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com