{"id":28354,"date":"2022-02-24T11:08:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T16:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/?p=28354"},"modified":"2022-02-24T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T03:56:00","slug":"russia-attacks-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/2022\/02\/24\/russia-attacks-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia invades Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine early Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, while civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine\u2019s government said Russian tanks and troops were rolling across the border in what it called a \u201cfull-scale war\u201d that could rewrite the geopolitical order and whose fallout already reverberated around the globe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A wounded woman stands outside a hospital after the bombing of the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces attempt to invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south, the border guard service said. – Russia’s ground forces crossed into Ukraine from several directions, Ukraine’s border guard service said, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a major offensive. Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the frontier in several northern regions, as well as from the Kremlin-annexed peninsula of Crimea in the south, the agency said. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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President Joe Biden listens to questions from reporters while speaking about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People gather for a prayer service at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. \u201cSpeak while you still have your freedom,\u201d said Fr. Jason Charron to those assembled, \u201cWho knows if you will still have it in six months.\u201d (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fr. Jason Charron leads a prayer service at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in response to the Russian invasion, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. Fr. Charron urged those gathered to send money to organizations aiding those in Ukraine, \u201csome of whom will be coming to our country soon enough,\u201d he said. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An angel statue in front of St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. The community is coming together at night to pray together in the church as news of a Russian invasion of Ukraine comes from overseas. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fr. John Charest, center, and Matushka Laryssa with their son, Sebastian, 7, sit for a portrait at St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. The family holds a photo of them from a summer past with three children from Ukraine that they continually hosted. They have been communicating with the three young children, now living outside of Kyiv, as the news unfolds of the Russian invasion on their country. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sebastian Charest, 7, paints a canvas with the Ukrainian flag and tridents in support of his ancestral country as his mother Laryssa, back, and cat Whiskers, right, stay close by in their home beside St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. Sebastian, whose father is spiritual head of the neighboring Ukrainian church, said \u201cI want to support Ukraine, so I\u2019m doing this to support Ukraine.\u201d He has hung his handmade Ukrainian flags in the windows of his home. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fr. John Charest is silhouetted against a stained glass window depicting the Most Holy Mother of God holding a protective veil, an image held dear by Ukrainian faithful, as he stands for a portrait at St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. Fr. Charest said after the pandemic, he thought nothing would surprise him, but was yet again surprised by the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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American and Ukrainian flags fly beyond an angel statue in front of St. Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, in Carnegie. The community is coming together at night to pray together in the church as news of a Russian invasion of Ukraine comes from overseas. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A prayer candle burns, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in the South Side. The Ukrainian Catholics believe a candle symbolizes continuous prayer. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Irene Czornij Matthews, left, of Baldwin, and her longtime friend Margaret Klimko, right, of Brentwood, both 74, stand for a portrait, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, at Saint John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in the South Side. The two met in kindergarten at the church school and remain friends to this day, selling pierogis out of the church kitchen weekly. (Stephanie Strasburg\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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