24 August 2022
![People walk around destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv](/assets/images/kyiv/5674425254278735.jpg)
People walk around destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022. Kyiv authorities have banned mass gatherings in the capital through Thursday for fear of Russian missile attacks. Independence Day, like the six-month mark in the war, falls on Wednesday.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
![A view of destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv](/assets/images/kyiv/6278937494893568.jpg)
A view of destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
![Destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv](/assets/images/kyiv/7792569652877299.jpg)
Destroyed Russian military vehicles installed in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.
— Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
![An elderly woman sells glowing balloons next to destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv](/assets/images/kyiv/4472949784987478.jpg)
An elderly woman sells glowing balloons next to destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv, ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day, Aug. 24, 2022.
— Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/ AFP