The Ukrainian capital, Kiev, is facing attacks by Russian forces after Putin ordered a full-scale ground and air strike that claimed dozens of lives and displaced at least 100,000 people.
Soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine occupy positions in the center of Kiev.
People take pictures of the exterior of a residential block hit by a rocket attack early in the morning.
Ukrainians keep their dog near the Kiev-Pasazhyrskyi railway station.
Ukrainians use cell phones while sheltering at the Kiev metro and train station.
Ukrainians rest on the Kiev subway, using it as a shelter for bombs.
People see a damaged apartment building on Koshytsa Street, a suburb of Kiev.
Buildings destroyed by grenades in the town of Starobilsk in the Luhansk region, Ukraine.
Rescue teams help a resident after the attack in the town of Starobilsk in the Luhansk region.
Natali Sevriukova near her home after a rocket attack in Kiev.
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Photos and descriptions via Guardian.
