War in Ukraine

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  1. Journalist wearing a protective helmet speaks into the camera as troops behind her remove a Russian flag from a building.

  2. Vladimir Kara-Murza

  3. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video conference meeting with Kursk Region Acting Governor Alexei Smirnov on 08 August

  4. Ukrainian tanks

  5. Ukrainian servicemen hide from shelling, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border in Sumy region

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    • BBC News

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  9. Composite image shows an aeroplane in the air, a Russian flag being removed and debris on a road

  10. A still from footage shared on social media appears to show Ukrainian soldiers lifting their national flag while climbing a wall up to a tin roof of a building in Guevo, Kursk oblast on 11 August

  11. Three Ukrainian soldiers sit on top of tank in Sumy region wearing helmets and military gear with blue stripes, on 11 August

  12. A man reacts while standing next to burnt-out remains of cars

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  14. Ukrainian servicemen ride a military vehicle, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine August 11, 2024.

  15. Ukrainian servicemen operate a tank in the Sumy region

  16. Picture of black smoke coming out of nuclear power plant

  17. A woman stands in front of a makeshift memorial, which was erected following head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin and group commander Dmitry Utkin's death in 2023, during a commemoration ceremony held to pay tribute to Wagner fighters, who were recently killed in Mali by northern Tuareg rebels, in central Moscow, Russia August 4, 2024.

  18. Halyna Khovaiko and her son Ihnat

  19. Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle near the Russian border

  20. Soldiers ride a tank in the Sumy region close to the Russian border

  21. Russian troops delivering military equipment to the Kursk region, Russia

    • BBC Radio 4

  23. Russian soldiers are seen operating a tank in the Kursk region, western Russia, in a still image taken from footage released by the Russian defence ministry on 10 August 2024

  24. A burning house in the town of Sudzha, Kursk region, western Russia. Photo: 7 August 2024