Please click on the images for glimpses of how the Russian invasion has impacted the lives of Ukrainians. Caution: Graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.
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IMAGE: Volunteers prepare to put the body of a civilian, who according to residents was killed by Russian soldiers, in a van carrying body bags in Bucha in the Kyiv region.
India on Tuesday, April 5, unequivocally condemned the 'deeply disturbing' reports of civilian killings in Bucha and supported the call for an independent investigation. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awards an injured Ukrainian soldier for his courage in the face of the Russian invasion at a military hospital in Kyiv. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters
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IMAGE: A Ukrainian soldier signals to cars passing a checkpoint in Kyiv, Ukraine.
After more than five weeks of war, Russia appears to have abandoned its goal of encircling the Ukrainian capital. However, Ukraine expects a renewed fight in the east and south. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Ukrainian soldiers, ever vigilant for saboteurs, check a bike passing a checkpoint in Kyiv. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Ukrainian soldiers check cars passing a checkpoint in Kyiv. Photograph: Getty Images
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IMAGE: Ukrainian soldiers ride a tank in the Chernihiv region. The wording reads 'Good evening, we are from Ukraine'. Photograph: Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Local residents salute Ukrainian soldiers in the Chernihiv region. Photograph: Serhii Nuzhnenko/Reuters
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IMAGE: Firefighters operate at an oil refinery which caught fire following a missile attack near the port city of Odesa. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters
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IMAGE: The interior of a theatre destroyed in the southern port city of Mariupol. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Buildings damaged in Mariupol. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Burnt cars in the parking lot of the Retroville trade centre in Kyiv. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
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IMAGE: A gym inside the destroyed Retroville trade centre in Kyiv. Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images
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IMAGE: Residents cross the street with their hands raised as the sound of shelling is heard in Mariupol. Photograph: Reuters
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IMAGE: Residents draw water from a well near the building of a theatre destroyed in Mariupol. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Rajesh Alva/Rediff.com
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