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In pictures: How Russia's invasion of Ukraine has unfolded

Russia launched its attack on eastern Ukraine on February 24. World leaders have condemned the attack as "barbaric" and have rolled out major sanctions against Russia. Warning: some images included in this gallery may disturb some readers.

By 9News Staff|1:43am Jul 05, 2022

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Kim Phuc, the girl in the famous 1972 Vietnam War napalm attack photo, poses for a picture in front of a plane taking refugees fleeing the Ukraine war from Poland to Canada.

Phuc's iconic Associated Press photo, in which she runs with her napalm-scalded body exposed, was etched on the fuselage of the plane.

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Soldiers from the the NATO multinational battle group stand on a tank as the sun sets during a training exercise in Poland.

They are part of the alliance's reinforced forces stationed in Eastern Europe.

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A farmer collects harvest on a field 10km from the front line in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine where a fierce battle is raging.

A crater left by a Russian missile is in the foreground.

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Russia claimed control over the city of Lysychansk the last Ukrainian stronghold in the eastern province of Luhansk.

Russia's Defence Ministry released photos of its soldiers raising the country's flag in the city.

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Ukrainian and Russian forces fought fiercely for Lysychansk after the neighboring city fell.

The general staff of Ukraine's military confirmed on social media that its forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk "to preserve the lives of Ukrainian defenders".

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ukraine to pledge support for the country.

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Anthony Albanese announced during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a new military aid package will include 14 armoured personnel carriers, 20 Bushmaster armoured vehicles and a number of drones, worth a total of about $100 million.

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In this handout photo released by Russian Defence Ministry Press Service, a Russian SU-25 ground attack jet fires rockets on a mission at an undisclosed location in Ukraine.
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Ukrainian soldiers man their positions in the Donetsk region amid the fierce fighting in the country's east.
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping centre burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk.

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Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters work to take away debris from the shopping centre hit by a Russian missile.

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More than 1000 people were inside the shopping centre when it was hit.

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Volunteers and State Emergency Service firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping centre burned after a rocket attack in Kremenchuk.

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People watch as smoke bellows after a Russian missile strike hit a crowded shopping mall, in Kremenchuk.

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Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters work to take away debris at a shopping centre.

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A police officer writes a report as a man wounded by the Russian deadly rocket attack at a shopping centre tells her about the attack in a city hospital in Kremenchuk.

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The remains of a missile that dropped cluster bombs in a residential housing complex is lodged in the ground near the complex in Sloviansk, Ukraine.

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Damage of a residential building following explosions, in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Several explosions rocked the west of the Ukrainian capital in the early hours of Sunday morning, with at least two residential buildings struck, according to Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko.

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Firefighters work at the scene of a residential building following explosions, in Kyiv.

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A teddy bear is seen on a building destroyed by attacks in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
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