War in Ukraine

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  1. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow

  2. Olesia and her family taking a picture back in Ukraine at Christmas as it snows outside. Pictured from the left to the right is a man in a black coat, a young girl with a red coat, pink scarf and grey hair, a young boy with a black hat and green coat, and Olesia with a hat, black coat and scarf.

  3. Oleksandr Matsievsky

  4. Two Russian service members in camouflage undergo combat training at a firing range, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Russia, December 2024

  5. Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers line up to take their positions prior to a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung, in Pyongyang

    • BBC World Service

  7. putin

  8. Andrii Rokotianskyi smiles as he stands outside the House of Lords. He wears a school blazer and his long, brown hair is tied back in a bun.

  9. North Korean soldiers wearing facemasks salute as they pay their respects to the country's former leaders in 2021

  10. Close headshot portrait of three Ukrainian soldiers, wearing helmets and camouflage, training with the British Army in the UK in August 2024

  11. Municipal workers in puffer jackets inspect a blown out door that has been boarded up outside the apartment building where Kirillov died. Plastic flowers are placed in exposed brickwork

  12. Putin gestures as he speaks on stage

  13. The rear of a van is pictured with its doors opened. Boxes are piled inside the vehicle and reach up to the ceiling.

  14. A woman with long hair in a light coloured top next to a boy in a black T-shirt with words "One Piece" and a man with a beard and a green top.

  15. Police officers in camouflage outfits stand guard near a scene of an explosion in Moscow

  16. Crowds gather next to an area that has been surrounded by tape with a man in armour standing by.

  17. ambulance in moscow

  18. Scene of the explosion in which Igor Kirillov was reported killed. A damaged wall shows blackened and missing bricks, while two armed guards stand to the left and a crowd looks on from behind a red-and-white striped security cordon.

  19. A man with short dark hair and tattoos on his arms stands in front of a shop window. The shop is decorated for Christmas and the man is holding a Ukrainian flag.

  20. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov attends a press conference in Moscow, Russia

  21. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov

  22. Korean People's Army soldiers march during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang. They are seen marching in a line, each staring forward holding a rifle at a 45-degree angle. The rifles have bayonets on the end.

  23. Daniel Burke wears green military fatigues, including a shirt and cap bearing the Ukranian flag. He is sat indoors, outside the entrance to a doorway, with daylight streaming in behind him.

  24. Three firefighters extinguishing a blaze at a Ukrainian energy plant.