In pictures: five months of war in Ukraine

On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that began in 2014

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

A woman fleeing the Russian invasion hugs a child at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, February 28. REUTERS

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses after an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, March 1. REUTERS

Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv as Russian forces advanced toward the capital, February 25. REUTERS