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4 years of war in Ukraine, in photos
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4 years of war in Ukraine, in photos

  • Associated Press
  • Feb 23, 2026
  • Feb 23, 2026 Updated Jun 5, 2026
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, launched Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. This photo gallery looks back at four years of war.

Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A woman navigates a debris-filled street where destroyed Russian military vehicles stand in Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

Rodrigo Abd
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A man plants sunflowers in his garden between a damaged Russian tank and its turret in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Efrem Lukatsky
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Multiple wounds can be seen on the face of Kostiantyn Bychek during a hospital visit in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2025. He was injured in a Russian strike. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Ukrainian military doctors treat an injured comrade who was evacuated from the battlefield in a hospital in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The serviceman did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman shouts to paramedics in front of the bodies of people killed after a Russian rocket attack on the food market in the city centrer of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Emergency tents are set up in a residential neighborhood where people can warm up following Russia's regular air attacks against the country's energy infrastructure that leave residents without power, water and heating in the dead of winter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vladyslav Musiienko, File)

Vladyslav Musiienko
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A wounded Ukrainian soldier lies in a medical evacuation bus run by volunteers from the Hospitallers paramedic organization in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Rescue workers carry an injured woman on a stretcher out of a house destroyed by a Russian airstrike in a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Snow covers the photograph of a fallen Ukrainian serviceman in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Vadim Ghirda
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A person wounded in a Russian attack lies inside an ambulance before being taken to a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Bernat Armangue
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" rocket launcher of the 95 Air Assault brigade fires toward Russian positions on the front line near Kreminna, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A woman cries during the funeral ceremony of Ihor Kusochek, a Ukrainian soldier of the Azov brigade in Bobrovytsia, Chernihiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest along the front line, a few kilometers from Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov, File)

Mstyslav Chernov
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A pregnant woman who was severely wounded during Russian shelling is evacuated from a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. The woman did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee by crossing the Irpin River on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Emilio Morenatti
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A man recovers items from a shop that caught fire in a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Felipe Dana
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - Bodies are placed into a mass grave on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Evgeniy Maloletka
Russia Ukraine War Anniversary

FILE - A Ukrainian police officer takes cover in front of a burning building that was hit in a Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

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