In pictures: Russia launches assault on Ukraine

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Russian forces have launched a military assault on neighbouring Ukraine, crossing its borders and bombing military targets near big cities.

Image source, AFP

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Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv.

Image source, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine / PA Media

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A CCTV image issued by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, reportedly showing Russian military vehicles moving across the border from Crimea into Ukraine.

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Ukrainian firefighters try to extinguish a fire after an airstrike hit an apartment complex in Chuhuiv.

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The firefighters climbed through wreckage to rescue civilians.

Image source, Reuters

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Smoke is seen coming out of a military installation near the airport in the south-eastern city of Mariupol.

Image source, EPA / Interior Ministry Press Service

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A handout photo from the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's press service shows the aftermath of an explosion at a military unit building in Kyiv.

Image source, AFP

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Also in Kyiv, police and security personnel inspect the remains of a shell in a street.

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People watch the police and security personnel work from behind a cordoned off area.

Image source, Reuters

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People wait at Kyiv Airport.

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A Ukrainian military helicopter flies over a fuel station outside the city of Dnipro.

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