Defiant Ukrainians face Russian invasion

Lilia Martyniuk, 65, inspects apples in her back garden in Kyiv after pickling vegetables on August 3, 2023 in Kyiv Region, Ukraine. Traditional Ukrainian pickling season starts in mid summer as fruit and vegetables grow ripe in mineral rich soil and the home-grown produce is harvested and preserved in large jars.

Volunteers of "Waves of Hope" religious organization clear debris from the house of local resident Lyubov Doroshenko (C), which was destroyed during the war, to build a new one in Bohorodychne village, Donetsk region on August 2, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Volunteers of "Waves of Hope" religious organization clear debris from the house of local resident Lyubov Doroshenko (R), which was destroyed during the war, to build a new one in Bohorodychne village, Donetsk region on August 2, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.

Volunteers of "Waves of Hope" religious organization clear debris from the house of local resident Lyubov Doroshenko (L), which was destroyed during the war, to build a new one in Bohorodychne village, Donetsk region on August 2, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.

A man holds his son sitting on the barrel of a destroyed tank during an open-air exhibition of destroyed Russian military vehicles at Mykhaylo Square in Kyiv, on August 3, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

People walk past communal workers repairing a cobblestone road in downtown Kyiv, on August 2, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Two boys pass time near apartment buildings badly damaged in Russian attacks in Borodyanka, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Borodyanka was occupied by Russian troops at the beginning of their full-scale invasion last year.

Rescuers carry a fragment of missile outside a nine-story residential building partially destroyed as a result of Russian missiles strike in Kryvyi Rig on July 31, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At least four people were killed including a 10-year-old child after a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rig, officials said.

Men clear debris of destroyed warehouse and workshops as a result of missile strike in Kharkiv on July 31, 2023.

A boy stands on top of a destroyed Russian tank exhibited outside St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 30, 2023.

A woman takes a nap on the lap of her husband on a bench at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 30, 2023.

A girl looks at the phots of Ukrainian soldiers killed in the county's war against Russia, at the Wall of Remembrance in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 27, 2023.

A local resident carries his belongings to a waiting van the day after a military strike in the center of Odesa on July 24, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine on July 23, 2023, said 19 people, including four children, were wounded in a Russian overnight missile attack on Odesa that also killed one person.

A local resident cleans her balcony the day after a military strike in the center of Odesa on July 24, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine on July 23, 2023, said 19 people, including four children, were wounded in a Russian overnight missile attack on Odesa that also killed one person.

A woman reacts as she walks past a building damaged the day after a strike in the center of Odesa on July 24, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine on July 23, 2023, said 19 people, including four children, were wounded in a Russian overnight missile attack on Odesa that also killed one person.

Local residents pull the car out from under the rubble in Odesa on July 24, 2023, the day after a military strike, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine on July 23, 202, said 19 people, including four children, were wounded in a Russian overnight missile attack on Odesa that also killed one person.

Workers clear the rubble in the center of Odesa on July 24, 2023, the day after a military strike, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine on July 23, 2023, said 19 people, including four children, were wounded in a Russian overnight missile attack on Odesa that also killed one person.

Church personnel inspect damages inside the Odesa Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, 2023, following Russian missile attacks.

Local resident Nadiya, 67, shows the cellar near her house where she stayed from February to September in 2022, in the village of Staryi Karavan, Donetsk region on July 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A member of a volunteer medics team enters a mobile hospital in front of a destroyed building in the village of Staryi Karavan, Donetsk region on July 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The medics tour frontline villages destroyed by fighting to provide essential services and distribute medicines.

Residents wait for a medical examination outside a mobile hospital run by volunteer medics in the village of Staryi Karavan, Donetsk region on July 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Many Ukrainian frontline villages have had no regular access to doctors or other basic services for more than a year.

A member of a volunteer medics team walks past a destroyed building in the village of Staryi Karavan, Donetsk region on July 21, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The medics tour frontline villages destroyed by fighting to provide essential services and distribute medicines.

Widow Lubov Doroshenko, 67, stands in her destroyed home on July 15, 2023 in Bohorodychne, Ukraine. Living in a basic make-shift shelter, Lubov refuses to leave her home where she lived and worked all her life supported by humanitarian organizations delivering food and supplies. Bohorodychne is a small village in the Donetsk region that Russian forces completely destroyed in June 2022.

A man walks past the remains of a Russian missile in the ground in Vovchans'k, Kharkiv region, on July 18, 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A man rides a motorbike as he crosses the destroyed bridge over the Vovcha River in Vovchans'k, Kharkiv region on July 18, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.

People chant slogans during a rally to demand the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war, who were taken captive in the Mariupol region of Ukraine by Russian forces, Friday, July 14, 2023, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

A high-rise residential building damaged by remains of a shot down Russian drone in Kyiv is seen on July 13, 2023 amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine said it had downed 20 Russian attack drones and two cruise missiles in a third night of strikes on Kyiv and elsewhere in the country.

A man works out using equipment built with scrap metal at the Kachalka outdoor gym in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. The outdoor gym, located on Dolobetskyi island of the capital city, opened in 1966.

Alina, rear, hugs her husband Andriy in a hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023. Andriy is a Ukrainian army 47th brigade air reconnaissance officer, code name Apostle, who was heavily wounded in a battle with Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia region.

An elderly woman stands next to buildings destroyed in the Russian strike on Sunday in the town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023.

Local residents stand in front of buildings destroyed in the Russian strike on Sunday in the town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023.

An elderly woman walks next to buildings destroyed in the Russian strike on Sunday in the town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023.

Ukrainian emergency services work next to buildings destroyed during the Russian strike on Sunday in the town of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, July 10, 2023.

Attendees react during the funeral service of Myroslava Sadova and Anastasia Seniv, killed by a Russian missile strike, at the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 8, 2023, two days after the strike. A missile strike on July 6, 2023, killed 10 people after the biggest Russian missile attack on civilian infrastructure in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv since the invasion, a city that has so far been spared the daily bombardment of other parts of Ukraine.

Volunteers of the "Repair Together" charity organization collect useable bricks of a destroyed residential house, in Shestovitsa village, Chernigiv region on July 8, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

People dance around the fire during the Kupala night celebrations near Yagidne village, Chernigiv region, on July 8, 2023 after volunteering to clear debris from destroyed buildings in the region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Vehicles destroyed by Russian attacks are piled up in a lot as a driving instructor, foreground, talks to his student driver in Irpin, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023.

A resident walks past an apartment building heavily damaged in Russian attacks in Irpin, Ukraine, Friday, July 7, 2023

A local resident carries containers filled with drinking water from a fire engine supplied by Ukrainian rescuers in Hulyaypole, Zaporizhzhia Region on July 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A local resident walks inside the destroyed city hospital of Hulyaypole, Zaporizhzhia Region on July 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Anna, 76, is injured and stands in a street after an apartment building was partially destroyed by a missile strike in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on July 6, 2023, amid Russian military invasion on Ukraine. A missile that hit an apartment block in Ukraine's Lviv killed four people on July 6, in what its mayor said was the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure in the city since the start of the Russian invasion.

This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service in Lviv on July 6, 2023, shows a rescuer working in an apartment building partially destroyed by a missile strike, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A missile that hit an apartment block in Ukraine's Lviv killed four people on July 6, in what its mayor said was the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure in the city since the start of the Russian invasion.

This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Emergency Service in Lviv on July 6, 2023, shows rescuers removing debris in an apartment building partially destroyed by a missile strike, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A missile that hit an apartment block in Ukraine's Lviv killed four people on July 6, in what its mayor said was the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure in the city since the start of the Russian invasion.

A family runs from an explosion after a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Local resident Mikhail looks out from his house destroyed by Ukrainian strikes in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, near the border with Ukraine in the Belgorod region, on July 4, 2023.

Women look at a house destroyed by recent Ukrainian strikes in the town of Valuyki, near the border with Ukraine in the Belgorod region, on July 5, 2023.

A man walks out from the kitchen of his damaged apartment after a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

A man carries an injured baby after a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

People help an elderly woman after a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighborhood in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

A young woman reacts as she stands with her son in front of a recently inaugurated memorial including 501 plates bearing the names of identified local civilians killed by Russian troops during their occupation of Bucha, north of Kyiv, on July 3, 2023.

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters put out a fire at a house destroyed in a Russian shelling, in a residential neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, July 1, 2023.

Ukrainian children paint shell casings for the local 'Museum of Memory' during an art event in Bucha, north of Kyiv on June 30, 2023.

Friends and colleagues of killed staff members gather to mourn in front of a makeshift memorial next to the remains of a restaurant destroyed in a recent missile strike, in the center of Kramatorsk, on June 29, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. The toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to 12 dead and at least 60 wounded on June 28, 2023, including children, as the Kremlin insisted Russian forces only hit military-linked targets.

Local residents walk among debris following a Russian missile strike in the center of Kramatorsk on June 29, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to 12 dead and at least 60 wounded on June 28, 2023 morning, including children, as the Kremlin insisted Russian forces only hit military-linked targets.

A local resident walks among debris of a restaurant destroyed following a Russian missile strike in the center of Kramatorsk on June 29, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to 12 dead and at least 60 wounded on June 28, 2023 morning, including children, as the Kremlin insisted Russian forces only hit military-linked targets.

A woman lays a flower as friends and colleagues of killed staff members gather to mourn in front of a makeshift memorial next to the remains of a restaurant destroyed in a recent missile strike, in the center of Kramatorsk, on June 29, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion on Ukraine. The toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to 12 dead and at least 60 wounded on June 28, 2023, including children, as the Kremlin insisted Russian forces only hit military-linked targets.

In this photo provided by the National Police of Ukraine, emergency services work by the RIA Pizza restaurant, was destroyed by a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

In this photo provided by the National Police of Ukraine, emergency services work near to the RIA Pizza restaurant, destroyed by a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

In this photo provided by the National Police of Ukraine, the RIA Pizza restaurant destroyed by a Russian attack is seen in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 28, 2023.

June 27, 2023: A man reacts as rescuers and volunteers work to rescue people from under the rubble after a missile strike hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. At least three people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a Russian rocket strike that hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, authorities said on June 27.

June 27, 2023: Rescuers and volunteers carry a rescued woman from the rubble after a Russian missile strike hit a restaurant and several houses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine.

June 27, 2023: A wounded man walks as rescuers and volunteers work to rescue people from under the rubble after a Russian missile strike at a pizzeria in Kramatorsk. At least three people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a Russian rocket strike that hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine.

June 27, 2023: Rescuers and volunteers work to rescue people from under the rubble after a Russian missile strike hit a restaurant and several houses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine.

June 27, 2023: People walk past a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine after a missile strike hit it. At least three people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a Russian rocket strike that hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, authorities said on June 27, 2023.

June 27, 2023: Medical workers provide medical care for a wounded man as rescuers and volunteers work to rescue people from under the rubble after a missile strike hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. At least three people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a Russian rocket strike that hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, authorities said on June 27.

June 27, 2023: A wounded woman waves while speaking on the phone as rescuers and volunteers work to rescue people from under the rubble after a Russian missile struck a pizzeria in Kramatorsk. At least three people were killed and more than 40 wounded in a Russian rocket strike that hit a restaurant in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, authorities said on June 27.

A local resident rides her bicycle past a destroyed Russian military vehicle in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More than nine months after Russian occupying troops left Svyatogirsk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, life is still precarious for the 900 people living in the former resort town.

Pedestrians carry free lunches received in the World Food Kitchen cafeteria in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region, on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More than nine months after Russian occupying troops left Svyatogirsk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, life is still precarious for the 900 people living in the former resort town.

An Elderly woman visits a shipping container, divided up into cubicles for showers, a toilet, and washing machines, with a log stove heats water set for residents' needs in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region, on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. More than nine months after Russian occupying troops left Svyatogirsk in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, life is still precarious for the 900 people living in the former resort town.

A man cleans a car damaged after a Russian attack at an apartment building area in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 24, 2023.

A local resident reacts outside a 24-story building partially destroyed following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv on June 24, 2023. Ukraine was on high alert after a fresh barrage of Russian missiles on June 24, 2023, with casualties and damage reported in Kyiv and the central city of Dnipro.

A local resident carries a girl outside a 24-story building partially destroyed due to missile strike in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv early on June 24, 2023. Ukraine was on high alert after a fresh barrage of Russian missiles on June 24, 2023, with casualties and damage reported in Kyiv and the central city of Dnipro.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko speaks to media in a yard of an apartment building damaged by a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 24, 2023.

A local resident walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A local resident walks past destroyed buildings in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Workers clean the debris of the destroyed bridge next to the Svyatogirsk Orthodox Christian Monastery in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A local resident rides her bicycle past a destroyed Russian military vehicle in the town of Svyatogirsk, Donetsk region on June 22, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Volunteers distribute humanitarian aid, and food sets from the UN World Food Program to local residents of Liptsy village, Kharkiv region, some 10km from the Russian border, on June 22, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.

Volunteers distribute humanitarian aid, and food sets from UN World Food Program to local residents of Liptsy village, Kharkiv region, some 10km from the Russian border, on June 22, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.

A woman carries a box with food sets from the UN World Food Program, distributed by volunteers as humanitarian aid to local residents of Liptsy village, Kharkiv region, some 10km from the Russian border, on June 22, 2023, amid Russia's military invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian policemen looking for fragments of a rocket in a crater after a Russian attack on a residential neighbourhood in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Ukrainian policemen help an injured woman into an ambulance after a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighbourhood in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 21, 2023.

Women cross themselves as they walk by Mykhaylo Golden Domed cathedral frescoes and new exhibits of open air exhibition of destroyed Russian armored vehicles in Kyiv on June 19, 2023.

Residents walk past destroyed houses in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv following a Russian missile attack on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Residents salvage belongings from the remains of their houses following a Russian missile attack in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Residents walk past destroyed houses in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv following a Russian missile attack on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Yevhen, 25, inspects his mother's destroyed house following a Russian missile attack in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Residents salvage belongings from the remains of their houses following a Russian missile attack in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Residents clear the debris of a destroyed barn following a Russian missile attack in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Residents carry a carpet as they clean debris in a heavily damaged house following a Russian missile attack in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.

Residents walk past destroyed houses in the village of Stari Petrivtsi outside of Kyiv following a Russian missile attack on June 16, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles greeted a delegation of African leaders arriving in Kyiv on June 16, 2023, as part of a mission aiming to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine.