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Ukraine marks one year of war after Russian invasion

Ukraine’s president pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians today marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion.

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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a commemorative event on the occasion of the Russia Ukraine war one year anniversary in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24.
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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, holds the flag of a military unit as an officer kisses it, during commemorative event on the occasion of the Russia Ukraine war one year anniversary in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24.
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Maria Kurbet, 77, cries at the grave of her son, a military serviceman killed in Bakhmut, during a memorial service to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the Russia Ukraine war, in a cemetery in Bucha, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24.
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Olha Kosianchuk, 64, cries during a memorial service to mark the one-year anniversary of the start of the Russia Ukraine war, in Bucha, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24. Olha's husband was killed during the occupation of Bucha by Russian troops during the first weeks of the war.
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A photograph of a Ukrainian serviceman is placed on his grave in the Alley of Glory part of the cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24.
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Children's shoes are abandoned amid the rubble inside the badly damaged school No. 62, placed on the road where the first clashes between the Russian and Ukrainian forces took place a year ago, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24.
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A message written on a dirty and broken mirror reads "Ukraine will prevail" inside the badly damaged school No. 62, placed on the road where the first clashes between the Russian and Ukrainian forces took place a year ago, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24.
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People pray for the end of the war in central Lviv, on Friday, Feb. 24, during a year anniversary of the Russia's invasion to Ukraine.
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People pay their respects as soldier carry the coffin of soldier Roman Tsyhanskyi during a funeral ceremony outside the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Church in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Friday, Feb. 24. Tsyhanskyi died near Bakhmut a week ago.
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Sophia, second right, hugs her grandmother Anna as she stands with other family members near the grave of her father, soldier Yurii Hubiak, during a funeral at Lviv cemetery, western Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24. Hubiak died near Bakhmut a week ago.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces and representatives from each Interflex nation, arrive for a minute's silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Downing Street, in London, Friday, Feb. 24.

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