Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, approximately 3,573 people have died.
Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, an unprovoked act that has led to carnage across the country. The war has displaced more than 6 million Ukrainians, mostly the elderly, women and children. As desperate Ukrainians flee their homes to neighboring NATO member countries — Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania — Russian forces have focused their military might in eastern and southern Ukraine after weeks of stalled ground advances on the capital city of Kyiv. As it deals with significant setbacks on the battlefield, Moscow faced renewed global outrage after reports of a Russian massacre in Bucha and a missile strike on a crowded train station in Kramatorsk. The Kremlin has described its military actions in Ukraine as a “special operation” and has denied targeting civilians. The United Nations confirmed on Friday 3,573 civilian deaths and 3,816 civilian injuries in Ukraine since Russia invaded its ex-Soviet neighbor on Feb. 24. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said the death toll in Ukraine is likely higher, as the armed conflict has delayed reporting. Here is a look at some of the faces and lives affected by Russia’s horrific war. Editor’s note: Graphic content. The following post contains photos of dead and wounded civilians and soldiersA child watches grave diggers putting soil on the grave of a fallen sniper in LvivA Ukrainian policeman stands inside a school sport hall, where, according to residents, Russian soldiers were based in the village of VilkhivkaA Ukrainian soldier, mother of a five-year-old boy, poses as she uses a smartphone near KramatorskA man walks past the unexploded Grad rockets in front of the Kharkiv Regional Government headquarters in the center of KharkivA woman holds her dog after arriving from Russian-occupied territory at a registration and processing area for internally displaced people in ZaporizhzhiaAn injured Ukrainian serviceman inside the Azovstal iron and steel works factory in eastern MariupolSoldiers carry a coffin of a senior soldier in the village of Kulchytsia, Lviv regionA Ukrainian woman cries in her house after the 18 missiles hit the civil settlements of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia OblastA child milks a cow despite the lack of customers due to the war in BakhmutUkrainian forensics experts carry the body of a Russian soldier exhumed in the village of Zavalivka, west of KyivRussia’s regime critical punk music group Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina performs with band members during a concert, after she escaped a house arrest in Russia, in BerlinA woman carrying her baby is seen in front of damaged residential building in MariupolA priest of the Church of St. Andrew Pervozvannoho All Saints (2nd, R) guides Bono (C) activist and front man of the Irish rock band U2 and guitarist ‘The Edge’ (2nd, L) visiting the site of a mass grave by the church in BuchaA man plays piano in an abandoned photo studio in SeverodonetskAn elderly woman sits on her bed with her dog at an apartment damaged by a missile explosion in KramatorskA territorial defense man poses for a photo next to cars destroyed during the Russian occupation in IrpinMembers of the Ukrainian military receive treatment for concussions and light injuries from Ukrainian military medics at a frontline field hospital in PopasnaA 20-year-old Ukrainian volunteer paramedic in Sviatohirks, Donetsk regionMilitary boots of Russian military forces are seen at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II in KyivA woman seen inside a shelter on the outskirts of Kharkiv in UkraineA woman observes a huge crater made by an air bomb in Sloboda-KukharivskaA nurse checks the wounds of a woman three days after her family’s home was shelled by Russian forces in the village of VysokopillaFirst responders work at the site of a missile strike in OdesaRussian servicewomen march on Dvortsovaya Square during the Victory Day military parade in Saint PetersburgRussian President Vladimir Putin watches a military parade on Victory Day in MoscowParticipants carry flags during the Immortal Regiment march on Victory Day in MoscowRussian Ambassador to Poland, Ambassador Sergey Andreev reacts after being covered with red paint during a protest in WarsawMine-sniffing dog Patron and his owner received an award from Ukraine President Volodymyr ZelenskyyFirst lady Jill Biden receives flowers from Olena Zelenska, spouse of Ukrainian’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in UzhhorodA pedestrian walks past a Russian rocket outside the National Museum of Military History of Ukraine in KyivPeople take pictures of a sculpture depicting the President of Russia Vladimir Putin called “Shoot yourself” in KyivA child stands on a destroyed Russian tank near MakarivA Ukrainian serviceman stands guard at an undisclosed location in Kharkiv OblastA daughter of a Ukrainian serviceman attends his memorial service in central KyivThe skeleton of a Russian is seen near a destroyed helicopter on a field outside of MakarivUkrainians gather around a destroyed Russian tank near MakarivA man views the flower memorial wall for victims of Russia’s attacks in LvivA man walks past destroyed and burned cars in IrpinA Ukrainian woman evacuee from Mariupol at a registration center for internally displaced people in ZaporizhzhiaFuneral workers carry the body of a person killed in MariupolA woman stands in the yard of her house that she said was destroyed by shelling in Budy in the Chernihiv regionA family from Mariupol wait in their car to be registered by police after arriving at an evacuation point in ZaporizhzhiaA woman sits at a funeral home where she works and now lives with neighbors in SeverodonetskA young child plays at the playground in front of a building, destroyed by shelling in BorodyankaResidents are evacuated from a village retaken by Ukrainian forces near KharkivUkrainian soldiers ride in the back of a truck to a resting place after fighting on the front line for two months near KramatorskUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., before their meeting in KyivA woman walks past a billboard advising where to target tanks when throwing molotov cocktails, in ZaporizhzhiaRelatives and friends attend the funeral of Ukrainian serviceman at Lychakiv cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of LvivA Ukrainian boy walks past temporary beds at a refugee center in Warsaw An ederly woman, who fled from the village of Ruska Lozova, rests at an evacuation point in KharkivA mother looks at her daughter as she visits the graves of her parents, who were killed by Russian army in IrpinAn elderly woman is carried on an improvised stretcher as she boards a train, fleeing the war in Severodonetsk Gravedigger Alexander digs a grave at a cemetery in Irpin, on the outskirts of KyivSatirical toilet paper featuring the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen in LvivChildren depict a Soviet monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia after its demolition in KyivA woman says goodbye to her relative aboard a train traveling to Przemysl, PolandA woman cries inside her burnt house in OzeraA Ukrainian serviceman looks at a Russian ballistic missile’s booster stage that fell in a field in BohodaroveA woman leans on her husband’s coffin during a funeral at a cemetery in IrpinA Ukrainian soldier crosses herself during an Orthodox Easter service in KyivUkrainian service members carry a coffin with the body of an officerAn armored convoy of pro-Russian troops moves along a road in the southern port city of MariupolAn internally displaced 92-year-old woman lays downs in a bunker at a factory in SeverodonetskWorshippers receive a sanctification during an Orthodox Easter service in LymanA Ukrainian serviceman rides atop an armored fighting vehicle in eastern UkraineA man walks next to the debris of a destroyed Russian tank near the village of Zalissya, northeast of KyivA woman holds a child next to Russian soldiers in a street of MariupolRussian soldiers and volunteers distribute bread in MariupolUkrainian soldiers talk to each other at a front line in the Donbas regionUkraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walk at the Independence Square in KyivThe mother of 20-year-old Russian serviceman Nikita Avrov grieves over his coffin in LugaEU President Ursula von der Leyen meets Zelenskyy in KyivSoldiers carry Avrov’s coffin during his funeral at a church in Luga, south of St.
