War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv Oblast

Kyiv, Ukraine: 9 March, 2022 - Divine service in the Vladimir Cathedral Patriarchal Cathedral, in Kyiv

A firefighter works to extinguish flames after a chemical warehouse was reportedly hit by Russian shelling near Kalynivka, Ukraine, on March 8.

An elderly woman hides under a blanket after she being evacuated from Irpin on March 8.

A woman is carried by Ukrainian soldiers while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine on March 6.

People crowd as they try to get on a train to Lviv at the Kyiv station.

An elderly lady is assisted to cross the Irpin river on an improvised path under a bridge, that was destroyed by Ukrainian troops designed to slow any Russian military advance, while fleeing the area on March 5.

54-year-old Igor Mazhaev in the ruins of his house. As a result of the shelling, Igor lost his wife and 12-year-old daughter. The village of Markhalivka (Fastiv district of the Kyiv region).

A man walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Borodianka

Emergency crews work at the scene where several houses have been damaged by an explosion, following an air strike in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv.