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Images show Ukrainian heavy T72B3 tanks and BMP-2 infantry vehicles on the road heading to the frontline in eastern Ukraine. IMAGES
Vehicles lie destroyed in Kyiv as security and emergency forces work on the scene after several missile strikes were heard in the Ukrainian capital. IMAGES
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna visits Kyiv to support Ukraine in the face of Russia's invasion. Colonna meets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kouleba and the Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin during this visit, her third to Ukraine since the beginning of the war. IMAGES
Ukrainian military vehicles can be seen on the roads of the eastern Donbas region, after the recapture of Iyzum and swathes of territory in the eastern Kharkiv region delivered a serious blow to Russia's ambitions to capture and hold the Donbas region. IMAGES
In her annual State of the Union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbour, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tells MEPs that she would travel to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Today I am going to Kyiv" to discuss "in detail" the Ukraine's entry into the single market with Ukraine's leader, she adds. Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska is present at the gathering in Strasbourg. SOUNDBITE
In contrast to annual pompous military parades, this year Ukraine is parading destroyed Russian military equipment, in an exhibition for the country's upcoming 31st Independence Day on 24 August. IMAGES