Despite winning control of Lysychansk after savage battles on Monday, July 4, 2022, which gives Russia effective control of eastern Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has not announced a ceasefire and ordered Russian soldiers to continue fighting.
The Latest Images from The Carnage in Ukraine:
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IMAGE: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a shopping mall after it was struck by a missile in Sloviansk, July 3, 2022.
The attack was one of many in the city early Sunday afternoon, which targeted residential neighbourhoods, destroyed homes and left at least 6 people dead and 15 injured. Photograph: Scott Olson/Getty Images
IMAGE: People salvage merchandise from their shops after the missile strike in Sloviansk. Photograph: Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
IMAGE: The wreckage left after a missile strike in Sloviansk. Photograph: Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
IMAGE: A police officer collects evidence after a missile struck a home in Sloviansk. Photograph: Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images
IMAGE: First responders at the scene where a school was destroyed by early morning shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second biggest city, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters
IMAGE: Volunteers and Ukrainian soldiers exhume the body of a Russian soldier, that was buried some months ago, in Kharkiv, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters
IMAGE: People wait to receive humanitarian aid in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters
IMAGE: A pro-Russian soldier stands next to a destroyed police vehicle in the city of Lysychansk, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: Residents stand next to a building destroyed during the conflict in Lysychansk, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: Another building destroyed in Lysychansk, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: Pro-Russian troops in Lysychansk, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
IMAGE: The destroyed bridge linking Sievierodonetsk with Lysychansk, as seen from Lysychansk, July 4, 2022. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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