''People cross the destroyed bridge as they flee from the frontline town of Irpin, Kyiv (Kiev) region, Ukraine, 07 March 2022. Irpin, the town which is located near Kyiv city had heavy fightings for almost a week between Ukrainian and Russian militaries forcing thousands of people to escape from the town.'' EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY

''A Ukrainian firefighter in action to extinguish a fire at a storage with chemicals which was hit after a Russian Kalibr missile was shot down over Kalynivka village on the outskirts of Brovary, the eastern frontline of Kyiv (Kiev) region, Ukraine, 08 March 2022. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, which started on 24 February, has destroyed civilian infrastructure and caused civilian casualties, with tens of thousands internally displaced and over two million refugees fleeing the country.'' EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY

''An injured seven-years-old Vova receives medical treatment at a hospital in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 10 March 2022. According to Head of the Neurosurgery Center of the Kharkiv city clinical hospital of emergency aid named by prof. O.I. Meshchaninov, Alexander Dukhovskoy, Vova was injured during fights between Russian and Ukrainian troops, as he was playing outside his home in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Russian troops entered Ukraine on 24 February prompting the country's president to declare martial law and triggering a series of severe economic sanctions imposed by Western countries on Russia.'' EPA-EFE/VASILIY ZHLOBSKY

''A woman cries near a building damaged by shelling in Kyiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Kyiv, Ukraine, 18 March 2022. On 24 February Russian troops had entered Ukrainian territory in what the Russian president declared a 'special military operation', resulting in fighting and destruction in the country, a huge flow of refugees, and multiple sanctions against Russia.'' EPA-EFE/MIGUEL A. LOPES

''Russian conscripts are blessed by a priest at a farewell ceremony before leaving to serve in the armyl, Crimea, 09 November 2022. In 2022, as part of the autumn conscription, the number of those called up for military service will be 120 thousand people. Male citizens of the Russian Federation aged 18 to 27 who have not previously completed military service fall under the autumn draft. Conscripts of the autumn conscription will not be sent to serve in the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.'' EPA-EFE/STRINGER

''Ukrainians attend a funeral ceremony for Mykhailo Korenovsky, a boxing coach who was killed in shelling in Dnipro, Ukraine, 17 January 2023. At least 44 people died, including five children, 79 others were injured, including 16 children after a rocket hit a nine-story building in Dnipro on 14 January, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine said in a statement. Russian troops entered Ukraine territory on 24 February 2022, starting an armed conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis.'' EPA-EFE/ARTEM BAIDALA