In pictures: How Scotland has been supporting Ukraine

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Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last month, Scots have been finding different ways to offer their support to Ukrainians.

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A Ukrainian woman is comforted during a public show of support for Ukraine outside the Scottish Parliament earlier this month.

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A demonstration outside the Russian Consulate in Edinburgh the day after the Russian military began attacking targets in Ukraine.

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In March, Scottish Artists for Ukraine held a demonstrate against the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside the Russian Consulate in the Scottish capital.

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The flag of Ukraine is held aloft during a candle-lit vigil held in Aberdeen in the days just after the war started.

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People gathered at St Mary's Cathedral in Edinburgh to light candles after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Community organisation Rain or Shine South Lanarkshire in Cambuslang has been among the groups across Scotland collecting donations for Ukraine.

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Volunteers load vans with donations outside the Edinburgh Ukraine Club.

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Support has also come in other forms. A Glasgow family was behind this tribute on the city's Duke of Wellington statue.

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Pat Christie knitted this heart for Ukraine for an art work in North Berwick.

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Landmarks have been lit up or decorated in the colours of Ukraine's flag. John Hastings took this image of The Kelpies near Falkirk.

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Dumfries and Galloway Council's headquarters lit up in blue and yellow.

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Derek Morrison's image of the Ukraine flag flying from St John's Episcopal Church in Edinburgh.

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Inverness' Ness Bridge lit in blue and yellow. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenksy has been granted the freedom of the Highlands as a show of support to the country.

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St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, lit up for Ukraine.

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