Russia attacks Ukraine: Russia intensifies bombardment of Ukraine urban areas

Russian air strikes and bombardments cause devastation in major Ukraine cities

Last updated: March 03, 2022 | 15:00

Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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Paramedics are seen at the residential area following recent shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region.

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Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of territorial defense wipes his face in the backyard of a house that was damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv.

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A view shows a residential building destroyed by recent shelling in the city of Irpin in the Kyiv region.

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Ukrainian volunteers sort donated foods for later distribution to the local population while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears on television in Lviv, western Ukraine.

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A destroyed armoured vehicle is seen on a street .

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A woman runs as she flees with her family across a destroyed bridge in the outskirts of Kyiv.

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People stand above a shell crater in front of the remains of residential building destroyed by shelling in Zhytomyr.

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A man carries a bicycle out of a residential building destroyed by recent shelling in the city of Irpin in the Kyiv region.

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The scene of a fire at the Economy Department building of Karazin Kharkiv National University,

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Local residents walk among debris of a residential building destroyed by shelling in Zhytomyr.

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An armoured vehicle burns at the residential area following recent shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region.

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Passengers rush to board a train leaving to Slovakia from the Lviv railway station, in Lviv, west Ukraine

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A view shows damaged buildings following recent shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, Ukraine.

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A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv.

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Remains of a residential building destroyed by shelling are pictured in Zhytomyr.

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An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv regio.

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