War in Ukraine

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  1. Two men survey the damage in a destroyed block of flats in Kyiv

  2. Split screen image showing James Landale on the right and a damaged multi-storey building in Kyiv on the left

  3. A soldier carries his rifle on his back as he adjusts his facemask while moving between positions

  4. A treated image showing Putin in black and white, flames at a Ukranian power plant and Kiev-Pecherskaya Lavra's cathedral after a heavy snow-fall in the Ukrainian

  5. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko and head of Ukraine's state nuclear power company Enerhoatom Petro Kotin

  6. A large Ukrainian army tank in a field with long beige grass or crops, pictured against a blue sky. Two soldier outlines visible sitting on top of vehicle.

  7. A foggy image of Russians on motor bike riding along a road in eastern Ukraine

  8. A woman holding a phone walks past white flags

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  10. Danish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022

  11. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the External Church Relations Department of the Moscow Patriarchate, addresses the media following an extraordinary session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church over the Ukrainian Church dispute in Moscow on September 14, 2018.

  12. Two men in military khaki use a bit of kit that is on a stand

  13. Rescuers work at the site of the apartment buildings hit during the Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine November 8, 2025.

  14. Piece to camera from BBC Budapest correspondent Nick Thorpe

  15. US President Donald Trump in a navy suit with a yellow tie stands and points to Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban in a navy suit with red tie as they stand outside the White House

  16. On stage actors in military fatigues hold a Ukrainian flag under spotlights. The heads of audience members can be seen in the foreground.

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  18. Dmitry Kurashov, who has short dark hair and is wearing a black jumper, stands in the dock with his arms folded, looking down, surrounded by Ukrainian guards.

  19. Members of the White Angel unit of Ukrainian police officers stand in front of a destroyed building in Pokrovsk

  20. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa wears a dark blazer and red tie.

  21. Sophia wears camouflage military uniform and sits in a podcast studio

  22. A view of destroyed buildings in Pokrovsk with the logo of Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence in the top left corner

  23. Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone speaks during a BBC interview

  24. Artillerymen of the 152nd Separate Jaeger Brigade fire an M114 self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops near Pokrovsk