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Best Photos of A Look at Life in Ukraine, Part 1/2

Best Photos of A Look at Life in Ukraine, Part 1/2
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Land is seen through a machine gun spotting optic, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to keep talking with the West on Moscow's security demands, a signal from the Kremlin that it intends to continue diplomatic efforts amid U.S. warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

Land is seen through a machine gun spotting optic, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to keep talking with the West on Moscow’s security demands, a signal from the Kremlin that it intends to continue diplomatic efforts amid U.S. warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A Ukrainian serviceman washes a t-shirt at a frontline position, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022.. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A Ukrainian serviceman washes a t-shirt at a frontline position, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022.. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A Ukrainian serviceman walks by a cross in memory of a soldier killed near that spot in 2018, on a front line position outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A Ukrainian serviceman walks by a cross in memory of a soldier killed near that spot in 2018, on a front line position outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A woman prepares a bunch of flowers for a customer in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A woman prepares a bunch of flowers for a customer in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Members of National Guard of Ukraine look out of the window as they ride in a bus through the city of Kyiv, Monday, February 14, 2022. More NATO troops headed to Eastern Europe and some nations worked to move their citizens and diplomats out of Ukraine on Monday, as Germany's chancellor made a last-ditch attempt to head off a feared Russian invasion that some warn could be just days away. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Members of National Guard of Ukraine look out of the window as they ride in a bus through the city of Kyiv, Monday, February 14, 2022. More NATO troops headed to Eastern Europe and some nations worked to move their citizens and diplomats out of Ukraine on Monday, as Germany’s chancellor made a last-ditch attempt to head off a feared Russian invasion that some warn could be just days away. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Pedestrians walk along a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Pedestrians walk along a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A woman walks underneath a military plane set as a monument to a former military base at a town on the outskirts of the Three Sisters border crossing between, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus on February 14, 2022 in Senkivka, Ukraine. Russian forces are conducting large-scale military exercises in Belarus, across Ukraine's northern border, amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Russia and Ukraine's Western allies. Ukraine has warned that it is virtually encircled, with Russian troops massed on its northern, eastern and southern borders. The United States and other NATO countries have issued urgent alerts about a potential Russian invasion, hoping to deter Vladimir Putin by exposing his plans, while trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A woman walks underneath a military plane set as a monument to a former military base at a town on the outskirts of the Three Sisters border crossing between, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus on February 14, 2022 in Senkivka, Ukraine. Russian forces are conducting large-scale military exercises in Belarus, across Ukraine’s northern border, amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Russia and Ukraine’s Western allies. Ukraine has warned that it is virtually encircled, with Russian troops massed on its northern, eastern and southern borders. The United States and other NATO countries have issued urgent alerts about a potential Russian invasion, hoping to deter Vladimir Putin by exposing his plans, while trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A small child struggles to remove ammunition from a clip during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine's National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A small child struggles to remove ammunition from a clip during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine’s National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A vendor waits for customers at her fish market stall in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A vendor waits for customers at her fish market stall in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A couple kisses on a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

A couple kisses on a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)

Women chat beside a heart-shaped decoration during Valentine's Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)

Women chat beside a heart-shaped decoration during Valentine’s Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)

A child on a swing with his grandmother on February 16, 2022 in Prymorsk, Ukraine. Russian forces are conducting large-scale military exercises in Belarus, across Ukraine's northern border, amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Russia and Ukraine's Western allies. Ukraine has warned that it is virtually encircled, with Russian troops massed on its northern, eastern and southern borders. The United States and other NATO countries have issued urgent alerts about a potential Russian invasion, hoping to deter Vladimir Putin by exposing his plans, while trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

A child on a swing with his grandmother on February 16, 2022 in Prymorsk, Ukraine. Russian forces are conducting large-scale military exercises in Belarus, across Ukraine’s northern border, amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Russia and Ukraine’s Western allies. Ukraine has warned that it is virtually encircled, with Russian troops massed on its northern, eastern and southern borders. The United States and other NATO countries have issued urgent alerts about a potential Russian invasion, hoping to deter Vladimir Putin by exposing his plans, while trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

A child walks under a large Ukrainian flag carried by people marking a “day of unity” in Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he welcomed a security dialogue with the West, and his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine, while U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. had not verified Russia's claim and that an invasion was still a distinct possibility. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A child walks under a large Ukrainian flag carried by people marking a “day of unity” in Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he welcomed a security dialogue with the West, and his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine, while U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. had not verified Russia’s claim and that an invasion was still a distinct possibility. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

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