Electricity and heating outages across Ukraine caused by Russian missile and drone strikes to infrastructure have added urgency to preparations for winter.
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IMAGE: A van drives past a crater in the road caused by a missile strike in the eastern Donbas region of Bakhmut. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
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IMAGE: Debris of a residential house destroyed by a missile attack in Mykolaiv. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Oksana Dehtyaryova surrounded by boxes full of donated medicine, food and clothes inside her home which she has turned into an aid distribution point in Chernihiv. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Municipal workers remove a window pane shattered by missile strikes. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
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IMAGE: A woman walks past a damaged building. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
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IMAGE: A damaged shop front full of bullet holes. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters
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IMAGE: A woman stands next to the body of her neighbour found under debris of a residential house in Mykolaiv. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Rescuers carry the body of a woman found under debris of a residential house. Photograph: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
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IMAGE: A Ukrainian military helicopter flies toward the front line in Kotlyareve, Mykolaiv. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images
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IMAGE: A man checks names as food aid package are distributed. Photograph: Carl Court/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Oksana Dehtyaryova (with blond hair) and other volunteers distribute donated medicine to local residents outside her home. Photograph: Ed Ram/Getty Images
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