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One year of in-depth coverage of the conflict
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52-year-old Ukrainian teacher Olena Kurylo shows a photo selfie of her injuries on her phone, which she took after a missle hit her apartment on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Katowice, Poland, on February 6, 2023. Injured on the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Olena Kurylo looks back on February 24, 2022.
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Military veteran and amputee Dmitry Matviyenko, 25, and his wife patriotic writer Alexandra Makarova, 34, talk during an interview with AFP at their flat in Nizhny Novgorod on January 31, 2023. With eyes full of love, her hand on his arm, Alexandra listens tenderly to her husband, Dmitry, as he recounts the day his left leg was torn off in a mine explosion. It was on a battlefield in March 2022.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) upon his arrival at the Elysee presidential palace for a meeting with France's President and German Chancellor in Paris, on February 8, 2023. Zelensky made today his first visits to Britain and France since the Russian invasion almost one year ago, pressing his allies for more weaponry and in particular fighter jets.
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A local resident cries in front of a destroyed residential building after a shelling on the outskirts of Kharkiv on November 5, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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You could have died thousands of times': for young Ukrainians, life goes on despite the pain
Young Ukrainians like Marko, Oleksandra and Nikol have seen their lives turn upside down since the start of the invasion in February 2022. Local student Marko describes the situation as "very scary because you don't know when the missiles are going to land." As they learn to cope with feelings of isolation and fear, they have also developed resilience over time: "You could have died thousands of times, but you didn't get to, thankfully. You just appreciate what you have and you can't help but be happy about it," says Kyiv resident Nikol. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
A year of conflict in Ukraine on video
Former Ukrainian actor turned soldier returns to the big screen
Anatol Fon-Filandra was a professionnal Ukrainian actor before turning to the military after Russia's invasion in February 2022, when he became a serviceman in the National Guard of Ukraine. Today, he is once again in front of the cameras and on the big screens. For four days only, he received a special authorisation to play in a short movie entitled "Let there be sunshine, and let darkness perish" -- a love story taking place during wartimes. "My objective with this project is to draw attention to the military, to the problems that exist", comments Anatol Fon-Filandra. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES
Timeline of Russian invasion of Ukraine
Maps showing the changes in the front line since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Number of square kilometres of Ukrainian territory controlled by Russia or recovered by Ukraine, day by day, since the start of the conflict on February 24 2022.
Graphic showing a selection of the arsenal sent by the Western allies to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion
Maps showing the damage inflicted by Russian strikes on the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol, Kharkiv (north-east of the city), Lysychansk, and Irpin and Bucha, at several points during the conflict
No, the discovery of bodies in Ukraine's Bucha was not 'staged' with 'actors'
Video of mannequin shows TV drama, not Ukraine 'faking dead bodies' in Bucha
Posts mischaracterize photo of BBC journalist during attack in Ukraine
