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Mar 3, 2022, 21 tweets

Thread. 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine in photos.

A fighter of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces stand guard at the underground crossing in Kyiv. © Sergei Supinsky.

P.S ⚠️ Warning: This thread could be upsetting to some people

A boy plays on a swing in front of a damaged residential block hit by an early morning missile strike in Kyiv. © Chris McGrath

Residents carrying supplies walk back from the direction of Bucha, amid the debris of battle with Russian forces, on the outskirts of Irpin, Ukraine. © Marcus Yam

The view of a military facility which was destroyed by recent shelling in the city of Brovary outside Kyiv. © Genya Savilov

A high school building is seen damaged after yesterday’s Russian missile attacks in Vasylkiv, Kyiv Oblast. © Wolfgang Schwan

A view of missile damage to a building in the Lobanovsky district in Kyiv © Laurent Van der Stockt

Children look out of a carriage window as a train prepares to depart for the town of Uzhhorod, near the border with Slovakia © Daniel Leal

Support for Ukraine as Chelsea play Liverpool in the EFL Carabao Cup Final. © James Marsh

A Russian passport is set aflame next to burning candles in front of the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel. © Jack Guez

People march down Strasse des 17 in Berlin. © Markus Schreiber

Anna Vasilevna, 84, sits in her home with her dog, Doll, in Nevelske, Ukraine. She has been injured three times and has partially lost her sight. © Gaëlle Girbes

A damaged building in Pisky, now used as a military position, is adorned with a panel that reads ‘Heroes don’t die’. © Gaëlle Girbes

Alisa, 38, a media-relations specialist, poses for a picture in her home near Kyiv. © Antonio Bronic

Locals gather at Rocket Park in Dnipro, Ukraine, to prepare Molotov cocktails. © Andrea Carruba

A newly married couple, Svyatoslav Fursinb and Yarina Arieva, pose for a photo after they joined the ranks of the city territorial defense the day after they got married in Kyiv. © Mikhail Palinchak

#honeymoon #Ukraine

Local residents board an evacuation train heading to western Ukraine. © Pierre Crom

People rest in the Kyiv subway, using it as a bomb shelter. © Emilio Morenatti

A couple embraces prior to the woman boarding a train leaving for western Ukraine at the railway station in Kramatorsk. © Andriy Andriyenko

A man collects belongings in his bedroom, which was damaged by a missile in Kyiv. His face was wounded by an exploding window.

© Pierre Crom

A person walks in the middle of a deserted street in central Kyiv © Daniel Leal

Ukraine's youngest Parliament member, 26-year-old Sviatoslav Yurash, is seen in a street carrying his weapon to defend Kyiv. © Aytac Unal

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