Please click on the images for glimpses of the aftermath of brutal Russian rocket strikes in the Ukrainian cities of Byshiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol.
IMAGE: A view of a kindergarten room in Byshiv, which was destroyed by a Russian rocket attack on March 2/3.
The kindergarten used to accommodate 120 children from the area, who were thankfully evacuated long before the strike.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
IMAGE: A house destroyed by a rocket strike in Byshiv.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
IMAGE: A burned car in Byshiv's market square which was struck by a Russian rocket.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
IMAGE: Another view of the market square in Byshiv.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
IMAGE: Fire in the woods in Byshiv.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
IMAGE: A view of a crater caused by a rocket strike in Byshiv.
Photograph: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
IMAGE: A rocket crater in the courtyard of the destroyed Kharkiv regional state administration building.
More than half of Kharkiv's 1.4 million people have fled the city since Russia's invasion began on February 24, which was followed by weeks of intense bombardment.
Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
IMAGE: A damaged apartment building in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: Destroyed cars in Mariupol.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: Charred cars in Mariupol.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: A part of a shell is seen in the street in Mariupol.
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com
