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epa10112738 Damage from shelling in a residential area in the city of Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine, 09 August 2022 amid Russia's military invasion of the country. Irpin as well as other towns and villages in the northern part of the Kyiv region became battlefields and were heavily shelled when Russian troops tried to reach the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in February and March 2022. Russian troops on 24 February entered Ukrainian territory, starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO