Russia holds military drills near Ukraine's border, a FEMEN activist protests the military registration of women, and a National Guardsman shoots dead five people in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region amid ongoing tensions in and around Ukraine.
Drills, Diplomacy, Defense: The Latest Photos From The Ukraine Crisis
- By RFE/RL
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A Russian soldier leaps from an armored vehicle during drills at the Kuzminsky range, in Russia's southern Rostov region, on January 26. The military firing range is around 50 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
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A FEMEN activist protests with her infant daughter outside the office of Ukraine's president on January 27. The topless woman was protesting a regulation that came into force in late 2021 requiring females between the ages of 18-60 from a variety of professions to register with Ukraine's military. In the event of an invasion, the women could be mobilized to aid in a war effort.
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A warship of the Russian Navy during artillery fire drills in the Baltic Sea on January 27.
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Ukrainian police detain a National Guard soldier after he allegedly gunned down five people at a military factory in the Dnipropetrovsk region on January 27.
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Russian soldiers stand next to a BTR-82 armored personnel carrier during drills at the Kuzminsky range on January 26.
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A Ukrainian medic photographed near the line of separation from Russia-backed separatists outside Pisky, a village in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on January 26.
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A member of a Russian military vehicle crew puts on his helmet during drills at the Kuzminsky range on January 26.
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John Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador to Russia (in black face mask) leaves the Russian Foreign Ministry in Moscow on January 26. Sullivan delivered a written U.S. response to Russian demands for security guarantees over NATO and Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian serviceman releases a shoulder-fired missile during drills in Ukraine's Volyn Region on January 26.
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A Russian artillery crew fires a howitzer during drills at the Kuzminsky range on January 26.
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Natalya, a resident of Avdiyivka, inside her home a few kilometers from the front lines on January 26. She was severely injured during fighting in January 2017.
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A man fishes on the ice-covered Kalmius River in Donetsk, a city in the east of Ukraine controlled by Russia-backed separatists, on January 26.
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U.S. and British airmen arrive at Estonia's Amari Air Base on January 24. The servicemen traveled from Germany to support a NATO "air policing" mission. The photo was released on January 26.
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A woman during a "day of prayer" for peace in the St. Alexander Roman Catholic church in Kyiv on January 26.
