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A volunteer prepares boxes of goods to be delivered to soldiers fighting on the eastern and southern fronts, dispatched from an NGO storage center in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 13, 2022. In the war in Ukraine, troops on both sides are getting supplies from crowd-funders. On the Ukrainian side, the self-starting networks of donors and volunteers are particularly large, spontaneous and well-oiled. At a critical juncture of the invasion, their deliveries of drones, high-tech optical gear, vehicles and other equipment are keeping Ukraine in the fight against its better-supplied aggressor. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

People’s war: Ukraine, Russia crowd-funding gear for troops

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Local resident Tetyana points at her house heavily damaged by the Russian shelling in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 24, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russians try to block city, cement gains in eastern Ukraine

By David Keyton and John Leicester - Associated Press

A woman walks past a building destroyed in Russian shelling in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Press group: Ukraine journalist, soldier ‘coldly executed’

By John Leicester

Soldiers hold flares as they attend the funeral of activist and soldier Roman Ratushnyi in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Ratushnyi died in a battle near Izyum, where Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting for control of the area. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Zelenskyy Father’s Day post spotlights family ties amid war

By John Leicester and David Keyton - Associated Press

CAPTION CORRECTS FAMILY NAME OF SOLDIER Soldiers carry the coffin of activist and soldier Roman Ratushnyi for a memorial service at Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 18, 2022. Ratushnyi died in a battle near Izyum, where Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting for control the area. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

In Ukraine, funeral for activist killed and mourned in war

By John Leicester - Associated Press

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi travel on board a train bound to Kyiv after departing from Poland Thursday, June 16, 2022. The European leaders are expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they prepare for a key European Union leaders' summit in Brussels next week and a June 29-30 NATO summit in Madrid. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

French, German, Italian leaders visit Kyiv to show support

By John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

A Donetsk People's Republic militia's multiple rocket launcher fires from its position not far from Panteleimonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, May 28, 2022. Day after day, Russia is pounding the Donbas region of Ukraine with relentless artillery and air raids, making slow but steady progress to seize the industrial heartland of its neighbor. With the conflict now in its fourth month, it’s a high-stakes campaign that could dictate the course of the entire war. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, file)

The battle of Donbas could prove decisive in Ukraine war

Associated Press

A street musician performs in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 10, 2022. With war raging on fronts to the east and south, the summer of 2022 is proving bitter for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The sun shines but sadness and grim determination reign. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

War, guilt and last kisses: A deceptive, uneasy calm in Kyiv

By John Leicester - Associated Press

A woman looks outside her window at a building destroyed by attacks in Gorenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Ukraine: Russia still attacking eastern city

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, talks to journalists next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a joint news conference in Ankara, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Live updates | Ukraine says Russia pounding Sievierodonetsk

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Melania rests as she works clearing the rubble of a temple that was destroyed during attacks in Gorenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia claims advances in Ukraine amid barrages, troop boost

By John Leicester and Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press

A man checks his car destroyed by attacks in Mostyshche, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Russia returns 210 dead Mariupol defenders

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, listens to a servicemen report close to front line in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Live updates | Kyiv theater reopens with soldout performance

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A woman runs from a house that's on fire after shelling in Donetsk, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Friday, June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia puts more strength behind ‘creeping’ Ukraine advance

By John Leicester and Inna Verenytsia and Andrea Rosa - Associated Press

People clean an area of a building damaged by an overnight missile strike in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Live updates | Much of key Ukraine city destroyed by attacks

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ukrainian tanks move in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Frozen war: Russia’s slow, bloody slog in eastern Ukraine ushers in new phase of fighting

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Ludmila Telehyna, 73, looks into a neighbor's appartment in the building where she lives, damaged in an overnight missile strike, in Sloviansk, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates |Russian missile hits western Lviv; 5 injured

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ukrainian tanks move in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Live updates | Biden explains providing Ukraine with rockets

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A boy holds a Ukrainian flag on a destroyed Russian tank placed as a symbol of war during Kyiv Day celebrations in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Live updates | Zelenskyy says Russia hopes for famine crisis

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A man walks in front of a damage building ruined by attacks in Hostomel, outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east

By Ricardo Mazalan and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press