AP PHOTOS on Day 37 Remnants of fighting left behind

AP PHOTOS on Day 37: Remnants of fighting left behind

From The Associated Press

April 1, 2022 GMT

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-71fd5b05658aefacdcdc67910cbd14aa

On the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukrainian soldiers approach a trench used by Russian soldiers to retake the area. A soldier hugs his wife after searching for remains of Russian troops after she left.

Destroyed armored vehicles of both armies lie on roads and fields. Scattered military equipment covers the ground next to an abandoned Russian tank outside of Kyiv. And a Ukrainian soldier checks the charred remains of another tank in front of houses in Irpin near Kyiv.

Civilians continue to take stock of the damage more than a month after the invasion. A woman stands next to a crater left by a bomb that hit her yard. A man overlooks a bridge destroyed by retreating Russian soldiers. Another collects armloads of debris from destroyed buildings.

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Next to his grave in the garden of her home, Mariya Ol’hovs’ka mourns the loss of her 72-year-old father, Valerii Ol’hovs’kyi, who was killed by a Russian missile days earlier. The family could not bury him in the village cemetery because of fighting between the Ukrainian and Russian armies.