In pictures: Dramatic scenes of chaos as Russia attacks Ukraine

Russia launches 'full-scale invasion' in Ukraine

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Ukranian soldiers ride in a military vehicle in Maripuol, Ukraine.
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Video screengrab shows military vehicles crossing into Ukraine's Kherson Oblast from Crimea through the Kalanchak border control point, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in a video uploaded Feburary 24, 2022 by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian rocket launcher vehicle drives west of the coastal city of Mariupol.
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Workers load the debrs a rocket onto a truck in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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People stand next to fragments of military equipment on the street in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Kharkiv in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Smoke rise from an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine.
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Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine.
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A group of people from separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine crosses the border into Russia at the check point in Avilo-Uspenka.
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Trucks are seen on the side of a road near the border check point in Avilo-Uspenka.
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Military vehicles drive along a street the town of Armyansk, Crimea.
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Ukrainian army soldier are seen on an armoured vehicle.
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Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv.
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Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv.
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People walk past the body of a relative outside a destroyed building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv.
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A man sits outside his destroyed building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv.
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Police and security personnel inspect the remains of a shell in a street in Kyiv.
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People are seen outside the cordoned off area around the remains of a shell in a street in Kyiv.
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Ukrainian tanks move into the city, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in Mariupol.
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Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces take position near the port of Mariupol, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
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Traffic jams are seen as people leave the city of Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A view shows a building of a military base, which, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, was damaged by fire, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, near Kyiv, Ukraine,
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A Ukrainian soldier stands next to a military vehicle on a road in Kramatosrk, eastern Ukraine.
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A woman stands in a street as black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv.
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A woman cleans up broken glass after Russian shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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People wait at a bus station to go to western parts of the country.
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A youth walks with an enclosed cat carrier at a metro station in Kyiv.
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A person walks past luggage carts at Kyiv Airport.
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Cars drive at the border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine.
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A family takes shelter in a metro station in Kyiv.
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People queue to a petrol station in Kyiv.
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People queue to withdraw money at cash machines in Kyiv.
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