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Andriy, a 21 year-old Ukrainian soldier, works to deepen a trench where fellow soldier Ihor Tychyna, 20, was shot by a sniper on December 27 at a frontline position on January 18, 2022 in New York, Ukraine. Tychyna succumbed to his injuries on January 1.

Members of the Kyiv Territorial Defense Unit stetch before taking part in a Saturday-morning training on January 15, 2022 at an unfinished asphalt plant on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian troops practice using US-made M141 “bunker buster” rockets with trainers from the Florida National Guard at a firing range on Feb. 4, 2022 near Yavoriv, Ukraine.

An elderly participant receives instruction with a mock rifle at ‘Don’t Panic! Prepare!,’ a training for the general public initiated by Azov movement leader Andriy Biletsky on January 30, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

An American serviceman is seen as American military aid, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, bunker-busting munitions and other ammunition is offloaded at Boryspil International Airport outside of Kyiv, Ukraine on January 25, 2022.

A Maritime Guard of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is seen aboard a patrol boat during a patrol on January 19, 2022 in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Ukrainian soldiers bathe in the water of a frozen pond in celebration of Epiphany on January 19, 2022 in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine.

Ukrainians attend a Sunday service at St Volodymyr's Cathedral on February 13, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

A person walks their dog in Samosad park on January 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Children sled and play a mound of snow in front of a cultural building on January 22, 2022 in Novohrodivka, Ukraine.

Ukrainian fans react to a scoring opportunity while watching the semi-final UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 match between Russia and Ukraine on February 4, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Russia won the match, 3-2.

The entrance to Men’s Club Penthouse, a strip club that has been designated for use as a bomb shelter in the event of an attack by Russia, is seen on February 10, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Thousands of Ukrainians chant patriotic and anti-Putin Slogans while taking part in a march from Shevchenko Park to Maidan Nezalezhnosti on February 12, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Thousands of Ukrainians chant patriotic and anti-Putin Slogans while taking part in a march from Shevchenko Park to Maidan Nezalezhnosti on February 12, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Large video screens on a mall display Ukrainian flags on February 16, 2022, which was declared a day of National Unity, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Pedestrians pass through Palats Sportu metro station on February 13, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Underground metro stations were designed to function as bomb shelters in the event of an attack on the city.

Yeva (rear) and Veronika, 12 year old twin sisters, make arts and crafts out of beads in a room where a window was damaged by shelling the day before as their teacher, Zhennia, supervises on February 18, 2022 in Mariinka, Ukraine.

A woman crosses the street in front of a Ukrainian armored vehicle, hours after cruise missiles struck a nearby military installation signaling the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of the country on February 24, 2022 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.

People crowd into Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi Central Train Station as they wait for trains headed west on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. A Senior U.S. Official said on Monday that Russia’s main advance was about 25km from the center of Kyiv.

People desperately try to board trains headed west at Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi Central Train Station on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. A Senior U.S. Official said on Monday that Russia’s main advance was about 25km from the center of Kyiv.

A woman looks out the window having boarded a westbound train at Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi Central Train Station on March 1, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. A senior U.S. Official said on Monday that Russia’s main advance was about 25km from the center of Kyiv.

Women, who typically work as cooks for school children, prepare meals for soldiers stationed at a nearby post on February 28, 2022 in Vasylkiv, Ukraine.

Members of territorial defense forces eat lunch in a city building on February 28, 2022 in Vasylkiv, Ukraine.

Chefs and volunteers prepare meals to be distributed to a variety of needy people at upscale Ukrainian restaurant 100 Rokiv Tomu Vpered on March 9, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Volunteers prepare meals at the Lviv Art Palace, which is being used as a headquarters/distribution point for humanitarian aid, on March 16, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine.

Soldiers stand by anti-tank obstacles as a man rides his bike on Maidan Nezalezhnosti, the central square and site of the 2013 revolution, on March 6, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

A makeshift sleeping area is seen at a pizzeria on March 11, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Leonid Ostaltsev poses for a portrait at his pizzeria on March 11, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Behind him are boxes filled with ammunition.

A statue has been wrapped in protective material at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption in an attempt to protect it from airstrikes on March 13, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine.

A 13 year-old boy, who suffered a facial injury from shrapnel, is seen at Okhmadyt Children’s Hospital on March 2, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Today is the seventh day of Russia’s renewed invasion of Ukraine.

A child’s drawing of a military vehicle is seen at the Lviv Regional Academic Puppet Theater on March 16, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. The theater is being used to house IDPs.

A Ukrainian serviceman holds a portrait of Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy outside his funeral service at the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul on March 15, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. The funeral was held for Vyshyvaniy, as well as three other soldiers, who were killed in the March 13 attack on the Yavoriv military complex. Vyshyvaniy’s younger brother Vasyl, also a soldier, was buried less than a week prior on March 9.

A procession, funeral service, and burial are held for Ukrainian Soldier Serhiy Hryhorovych Kulyk, 54, on March 14, 2022 in Starychi, Ukraine. Kulyk was killed in combat in the Kyiv region on March 3.

A procession, funeral service, and burial are held for Ukrainian Soldier Serhiy Hryhorovych Kulyk, 54, on March 14, 2022 in Starychi, Ukraine. Kulyk was killed in combat in the Kyiv region on March 3.

Soldiers carry an elderly woman on a stretcher as evacuation operations continue over a destroyed bridge on March 8, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine.

Evacuation operations continue over a destroyed bridge on March 8, 2022 in Irpin, Ukraine.

An elderly person is carried to a bus by an emergency services worker during operations to evacuate Irpin on March 8, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Contact information is written on the hand of an elderly person on a bus as elderly people, most of whom need assistance to move and others who seemed to be suffering from dementia, wait to be evacuated from Irpin on March 8, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

A bloody handprint is seen in an abandoned car near Babi Yar a week after a nearby TV tower was hit by a missile on March 9, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Two people are taped to a post on March 8, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, and Ukrainians have set up checkpoints throughout the city and countryside, people suspected of being Russian saboteurs or looters have been frequently detained in this manner.

Service members carry the coffin of Ukrainian soldier Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy following a funeral service on March 15, 2022 in Duliby, Ukraine. Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy was killed in the March 13 attack on the Yavoriv military complex while his brother Vasyl, also a soldier, was killed in fighting on the southern front on March 3.

A funeral is held for Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy, and three other Ukrainian soldiers, all of whom killed in the March 13 attack on the Yavoriv military complex, at the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul on March 15, 2022 in Lviv, Ukraine. Vyshyvaniy’s coffin is the second from left. Vyshyvaniy’s younger brother Vasyl, also a soldier, was buried less than a week prior on March 9.

Ahafiya Vyshyvana, the mother of the deceased, grabs Mariana Lopushanska, the girlfriend of Vasyl Kyrylo, as she collapses in grief next to his grave as his brother, Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy, is buried in the background on March 15, 2022 in Duliby, Ukraine. Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy was killed in the March 13 attack on the Yavoriv military complex while his brother Vasyl, also a soldier, was killed in fighting on the southern front on March 3.

The graves of Ukrainian soldiers Kyrylo and Vasyl Vyshyvaniy (r-l) are seen following the former’s burial on March 15, 2022 in Duliby, Ukraine. Kyrylo Vyshyvaniy was killed in the March 13 attack on the Yavoriv military complex while his brother Vasyl, also a soldier, was killed in fighting on the southern front on March 3.

A plume of smoke emanates from Vasylkiv Airfield on March 12, 2022 near Vasylkiv, Ukraine. Per local officials, the airfield was completely destroyed.

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