Day five of the war Photographs from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — negotiations take place as shelling continues
Shelling killed dozens of people in Kharkiv on February 28, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry reported. In Kyiv, the fifth day of the Russian invasion was marked by the reopening of grocery stores and public transportation after a tightened curfew. The United Nations estimates that more than 500,000 Ukrainians have already left the country. In Gomel, Belarus, delegations from Russia and Ukraine held talks that ended with the parties agreeing to meet again. Meduza shares snapshots from this day.
Vehicles burned by shelling on the outskirts of Kyiv
Genya Savilov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
A queue outside a Kyiv grocery store with empty shelves
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An ambulance delivers water to a children’s hospital in Kyiv
Aris Messinis / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
A woman reacts shortly after the shelling of a building in Donetsk, a city controlled by Russian-backed militants
Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
Beds for newborns in the basement of a Kyiv children’s hospital that serves as a bomb shelter
Emilio Morenatti / AP / Scanpix / LETA
A mother and child in the basement of a Kyiv children’s hospital that serves as a bomb shelter
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Trenches being dug in Kyiv
Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
Vehicles stopped at a Kyiv Territorial Defense Force checkpoint
Emilio Morenatti / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Sandbags protect the windows of the Kyiv city council building
Zurab Kurtsikidze / EPA / Scanpix / LETA
The Russian (left) and Ukrainian (right) delegations during negotiations in Gomel, Belarus
Sergei Kholodilin / BelTA / AP / Scanpix / LETA
A school in Kharkiv after a battle near the city center. Kharkiv is 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the Ukrainian-Russian border.
Sergey Bobok / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
The other side of the same school in central Kharkiv
Sergey Bobok / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
People at the Lviv train station boarding a train to Poland
Thomas Peter / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA
People wait to board an evacuation train at Kyiv’s central train station
Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Scanpix / LETA
Sunset in Kyiv, seen through an apartment window that has been taped to avoid shattering in case of an explosion
Emilio Morenatti / AP / Scanpix / LETA
Translation by Carol Matlack