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Following Russia's retreat from near the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv, but destruction is still common in other parts of the country.
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Destroyed Russian armoured vehicles cars and trucks are piled together on wasteland on the outskirts of the Bucha war zone.Credit:Christopher Furlong
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Local resident Anatolii Virko plays a piano outside a house likely damaged after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village.Credit:Francisco Seco
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A Russian soldier looks at a couple of lions at the zoo in Mariupol, in territory held by the Donetsk People's Republic.Credit:AP
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Iryna Martsyniuk, 50, stands next to her heavily damaged house after a Russian bombing in Velyka Kostromka village. Martsyniuk and her three young children were at home when the attack occurred a few kilometres from the front lines, but they all survived unharmed.Credit:Francisco Seco
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Young people ride e-scooters past a 'stop the war' poster in central Kyiv. Following Russia's retreat from near the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv, with residents taking advantage of shortened curfew hours, businesses reopening, and foreign countries returning their diplomats.Credit:Christopher Furlong
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Yuliia Paievska, known as Taira, looks in the mirror and turns off her camera in Mariupol. She recorded her team's frantic efforts to bring people back from the brink of death and had the footage smuggled out of the country.Credit:Yuliia Paievska
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A man searches for metal scraps in a shelled neighbourhood in Kharkiv.Credit:Bernat Armangue
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Destroyed Russian armoured vehicles cars and trucks are piled together on wasteland on the outskirts of the Bucha war zone. As Russia concentrates its attack on the east and south of the country, residents of the Kyiv region are returning to assess the war's toll on their communities.Credit:Christopher Furlong
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Irpin resident Halyna (surname withheld) explains how she lived throughout the Russian invasion hiding in a cellar. She and neighbours are still living in their destroyed apartments which have no electricity amenities or roof. She and other residents cook on an open fire outside their devastated apartment block.Credit:Christopher Furlong
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Destroyed Russian armoured vehicles cars and trucks are piled together on wasteland on the outskirts of the Bucha war zone.Credit:Christopher Furlong
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Residents of Irpin queue for charity food and essential items at the Irpin First Baptist Church. Credit:Christopher Furlong
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Footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry shows Russian servicemen frisking Ukrainian servicemen after they left the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.Credit:AP
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Residents stay in the city subway of Kharkiv. Although the bombings in Kharkiv have decreased and the subway is expected to run beginning of next week, still some residents use it as a temporary bomb shelter.Credit:Bernat Armangue
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A man inspects the damage of a destroyed boiler room in Kharkiv.Credit:Bernat Armangue
