Beyond the frontlines: Two years of Ukraine-Russia conflict in photos
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Ukraine War Kyiv
Natali Sevriukova stands near her house after a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.
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Difficult goodbyes
Stanislav, 40, says goodbye to his son David, 2, and his wife Anna, 35, on a train to Lviv at the Kyiv station, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3. 2022. Stanislav is staying to fight while his family is leaving the country to seek refuge in a neighbouring country.
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Residential targets
An explosion erupts from an apartment building at 110 Mytropolytska Street, after a Russian army tank fired on it in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 11, 2022.

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- 4/21
Anti-war protesters arrested
A person is detained by police during an anti-war protest in Moscow, Russia, after the country launched a massive military operation against Ukraine.
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Bodies litter the streets
A man and child ride a bicycle as bodies of civilians lie in the street of formerly Russian-occupied Kyiv suberb of Bucha, Ukraine.
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Seeking shelter
Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee across the Irpin River in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

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- 7/21
Bomb shelter candlelight
Two elderly woman lit by a candle hide in a basement used as a bomb shelter in Irpin, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine
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Sheltering in the subway
Lena Artyomenka, who has been sheltering in a metro station since the first day of the war, prepares food in a subway car where she currently lives, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Art amongst the rubble
A work of world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy is seen at the wall of destroyed building in the Ukrainian town of Borodianka, which had been occupied by Russia until April and heavily damaged by fighting in the early days of Russian invasion.

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- 10/21
Hero's welcome in Washington, D.C.
From war-time Kyiv, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy embarks on a virtual tour of Western parliaments to plead for more weapons and aid.
- 11/21
Wartime wedding
A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces Lesia Ivashchenko reacts at her wedding with Valerii Fylymonov during Ukraine-Russia conflict, at a checkpoint in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Russia Ukraine War
A cluster ammunition rocket lies on a sunflower field at sunset, in the recently retaken area of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Sunday that Russia had a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster munitions, warning that Russia “reserves the right to take reciprocal action” if Ukraine uses the controversial weapons.

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- 13/21
Hasty escape
A man runs after he has recovered items from a burning shop following a Russian attack in Kharkiv.
- 14/21
All that's left
Nila Zelinska holds her granddaughter's doll found in her destroyed house in Potashnya on the outskirts of Kyiv. Zelinska had just returned to her hometown after escaping war to find out she is now homeless.
- 15/21
Seeking shelter
People shelter underground following explosions in Lviv, Ukraine.

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- 16/21
Christmas Eve at the front line
Ukrainian service members of the 4th Ivan Vyhovskyi Separate Tank Brigade attend a Christmas Eve service near the front line outside Kupiansk as Ukrainians celebrate their first Christmas according to a Western calendar, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Kyiv
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv.
- 18/21
Painful goodbyes
A father bids farewell to his nine year-old daughter as the train with his family leaves for Poland, in Odesa

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- 19/21
A heavy toll
Ukrainian servicemen attend the funeral ceremony of marine Alexandr Khovtun, in Kyiv, Ukraine
- 20/21
Winter tank duty
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 128th separate mountain assault Transcarpathian brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine takes part in tank drills, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region.
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A hope for peace
People create a peace sign with lights as a demonstration for Ukraine at Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary.
As Ukraine continues standing resilient in the face of adversity, February 24 marks the solemn occasion of the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion.
Two years have passed, but the scars of conflict are etched across the landscape and the hearts of its people.
Putin's forces have bombarded infrastructure. Missiles, rockets and artillery shells have wiped out homes, hospitals and other public buildings, leaving tens-of thousands wounded and killed.
We rounded up some of the images that best capture a country surviving its second year under warfare.



