Deaths and destruction: Heartbreaking scenes from war-hit Ukraine | PICS

Heartbreaking images from Ukraine show destroyed military tanks, soldiers helping injured civilians and civilians taking shelter to escape shelling as the Russian invasion continues.

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Destroyed Russian tanks line a road on the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital.

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Close to Kyiv, in Irpin, Ukrainian soldiers carry the bodies of civilians killed by Russian forces over a destroyed bridge.

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krainian soldiers pass on top of armored vehicles next to a destroyed Russian tank in the outskirts of Kyiv.

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Ukrainian soldiers carry the bodies of civilians killed by the Russian forces over the destroyed bridge in Irpin close to Kyiv.

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The arm of a dead Russian soldier is seen next to a tank on the outskirts of Kyiv as Russian invasion continues.

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Territorial Defense of the Armed Forces, 21-year-olds Svitlana, right, and Myroslava, pose for a photograph, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Thursday, March 31, 2022. Both Svitlana, and Myroslava, who studied at the same university in Kyiv, decided to leave academia and serve their country by joining the TDF only one month ago.

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