War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv Oblast

Instead of the city - ruins and garbage dumps: what Borodyanka looks like after the retreat of Russian troops.

Destruction is seen in Borodianka on April 5. Borodianka was home to 13,000 people before the war, but most fled after Russia's invasion. What was left of the town, after intense shelling and devastating airstrikes, was then occupied by Russian forces.

A woman walks amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

A boy looks at a destroyed Russian tank in Bucha.

Local residents ride bicycles past flattened civilian cars in the town of Bucha.

Bodies are being collected in the hope they can eventually be identified.

A Ukrainian police officer runs while holding a child as the artillery echoes nearby, while fleeing Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Local women carry food found at a supermarket, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin, in Kyiv region, Ukraine March 29, 2022.

Sasha and Anton, both 15, play chess near a ruined building in Kyiv on March 24.

The Retroville shopping mall is seen in Kyiv after Russian shelling on March 21.