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Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, April 1st, 2022
Claims of a Russian pullback are not trusted as Ukraine forces re-take positions outside Kyiv.
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People pass by artwork representing Russia's President Vladimir Putin carrying his own dead body applied on a wall in central Sofia.Credit:VALENTINA PETROVA
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Destroyed Russian armor vehicles are seen in the outskirts of Kyiv.Credit:RODRIGO ABD
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A destroyed vehicle is seen on a highway in Malaya Rohan, Ukraine. A Ukrainian commander said last Friday that his forces had retaken Malaya Rohan, although efforts to root out Russian troops here are reported to have continued over the weekend.Credit:Chris McGrath
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Ukrainian servicemen ride on an armored transporter driving through a Russian position overran by Ukrainian forces outside Kyiv. Heavy fighting raged on the outskirts of Kyiv and other zones Thursday amid indications the Kremlin is using talk of de-escalation as cover while regrouping and resupplying its forces and redeploying them for a stepped-up offensive in eastern Ukraine.Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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Ukrainian soldiers carry a body of a civilian killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv.Credit:EFREM LUKATSKY
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Members of the territorial defense man a checkpoint outside Brovary.Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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Oleksandr, 81, rides a bicycle near a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv. Russian forces shelled Kyiv suburbs, two days after the Kremlin announced it would significantly scale back operations near both the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv to increase trust between the two sides.Credit:RODRIGO ABD
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A Ukrainian serviceman jumps off a destroyed Russian tank after their forces overran a Russian position outside Kyiv.Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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A view of Oleksandr's vehicle which got damaged as a result of a shellfire earlier in the area in Stoyanka, Ukraine. Local officials reported fresh attacks on the outskirts of Kyiv, despite yesterday's announcement from Russia that it would "reduce military operations" around the capital.Credit:Anastasia Vlasova
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A Ukrainian serviceman takes a selfie photograph standing on a destroyed Russian tank after Ukrainian forces overran a Russian position outside Kyiv.Credit:Vadim Ghirda
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Members of the territorial defense stand guard next to a medieval knight armor, at a check point, on the outskirts of Kyiv.Credit:RODRIGO ABD
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People take shelter inside a church after fleeing from nearby villages that have been attacked by the Russian army, in the town of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv district. The talks between Ukraine and Russia will resume on Friday as NATO Secretary-General says Russia does not appear to be scaling back its military operations in Ukraine but is instead redeploying forces to the eastern Donbas region.Credit:PETROS GIANNAKOURIS