IMAGE: Zelenskyy with Illia Matviienko, whose parents were killed when Russian troops attacked Mariupol, at a hospital in Kyiv.
Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout/Reuters

IMAGE: Kira Obedinska's mother died earlier while her father was killed during the attack on Mariupol.
Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout/Reuters

IMAGE: A Soviet monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia was demolished in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko -- once the heavyweight boxing champion of the world -- announced in a social media post that the 8-metre high statue of men holding a star-shaped emblem that says 'Friendship of Peoples' and 'USSR' would be removed from the city, and the metal arch overhead would be renamed.
Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

IMAGE: A head from the monument is seen on the floor.
Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

IMAGE: A young man poses with his foot on a head from the monument.
Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images

IMAGE: Figures from the monument are taken down during the demolition.
Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images

IMAGE: Kyiv residents gather at the demolition site.
Photograph: Alexey Furman/Getty Images

IMAGE: Children at the demolition site.
Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters