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Photos: Death on Ukraine’s bombarded streets

Russian forces have stepped up their shelling of Ukrainian cities in the centre, north and south of the country.

A woman carried by Ukrainian soldiers crosses an improvised path while fleeing the town of Irpin
A woman carried by Ukrainian soldiers crosses an improvised path while fleeing the town of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv. [Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP Photo]
Published On 7 Mar 20227 Mar 2022
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Ukrainian cities continued coming under increasingly heavy bombardment on Sunday as Russia’s nearly two-week invasion of its neighbouring country intensified.

Scenes of destruction were reported around the country, with Ukrainian soldiers seen carrying civilians away from Russian attacks. Others who could not be saved from the barrage lay dead in the streets.

A Ukrainian presidential adviser said that as the sun went down the largest wave of missile attacks began, with heavy shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv but also hitting Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv.

Amid the deaths, the fires and the crowds of desperate people fleeing the fighting, there were glimmers of hope, like the wedding of two members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces, with flowers, fatigues and a helmet for a wedding crown.

Others, meanwhile, attended church services.

Diplomatic efforts to end the war continued with meetings and calls among leaders in Europe and beyond on Sunday. So far some 1.5 million Ukrainians have been driven from their country by the violence.

A man opens his arms as he stands near a house destroyed in the Russian artillery shelling
A man opens his arms as he stands near a house destroyed in the Russian artillery shelling, in the village of Horenka close to the capital, Kyiv. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]
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A Ukrainian man rides his bicycle near a factory and a store burning after they had been bombarded in Irpin
A Ukrainian man rides his bicycle near a factory and a store burning after they had been bombarded in Irpin. [Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo]
Ukrainian servicemen help an elderly woman, in the town of Irpin
Ukrainian servicemen help an elderly woman in Irpin. [Andriy Dubchak/AP Photo]
A woman cries during a religious service at the St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine
A woman cries during a religious service at the St Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kyiv. [Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo]
A Christian worshipper prays in front of pictures of fallen soldiers at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv
A worshipper prays in front of pictures of fallen soldiers at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv, western Ukraine. The memorial is dedicated to Ukrainian soldiers who died after 2014. [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]
A soldier holds a helmet as a wedding crown during the wedding ceremony for members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Fylymonov, at a checkpoint in Kyiv
A soldier holds a helmet as a wedding crown during the wedding ceremony for members of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Fylymonov, at a checkpoint in Kyiv. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]
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A Ukrainian woman dressed in military attire prays inside the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv
A Ukrainian woman dressed in military attire prays inside the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv. [Bernat Armangue/AP Photo]
A factory and a store burn after having been bombarded in Irpin
A factory and a store burn after having been bombarded in Irpin. [Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo]
Refugees that fled Ukraine from the war cover themselves with a blanket while they wait for a bus to leave Korczowa border crossing, Poland
Refugees who fled Ukraine from the war cover themselves with a blanket while they wait for a bus to leave Korczowa border crossing, Poland. [Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo]
Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine form a line as they approach the border with Poland in Shehyni
Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine form a line as they approach the border with Poland in Shehyni, Ukraine. [Daniel Cole/AP Photo]
People hide from Russian artillery shelling in a school basement in the village of Horenka close to Kyiv
People hide from Russian artillery shelling in a school basement in the village of Horenka close to Kyiv. [Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo]


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