In pictures: five months of war in Ukraine
Smoke and flames rise over during the shelling near Kyiv, February 26. REUTERS
Local residents prepare Molotov cocktails to defend the city, in Uzhhorod, Ukraine February 27. REUTERS
An aerial view shows a residential building destroyed by shelling in the settlement of Borodyanka in the Kyiv region, March 3. REUTERS
Ukrainian servicemen walk by a damaged vehicle, at the site of fighting with Russian troops, in Kyiv, February 26. REUTERS
Local residents escape from the town of Irpin, after heavy shelling landed on the only escape route used by locals, as Russian troops advance towards the capital of Kyiv, in Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine March 6, 2022. REUTERS
A civilian trains to throw Molotov cocktails to defend the city, in Zhytomyr, Ukraine, March 1. REUTERS
People wait in a traffic jam as they leave the city of Kharkiv, February 24. REUTERS
Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv as Russian forces advanced toward the capital, February 25. REUTERS