War in Ukraine

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On the ground

Q&A: Big protests, brief talks and pressure on Zelensky

Ukraine saw nationwide demonstrations over controversial anti-corruption reforms.
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  1. Andriy Parubiy, wearing a navy suit with a maroon tie, speaks on a podium. He is animated, and he is holding his hands up.

  2. A woman inspects damage caused by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia.

  3. Kim Jong Un, wearing a dark suit, presents a crying woman with a photo draped in a blue and red flag. The woman is wearing a dark red dress and they are in a grand hall.

  4. Zelensky, wearing a black polo shirt adorned with the Ukrainian trident looks on as he is photographed in a front of a microphone delivering a press conference outside

  5. A man and a woman embrace each other - they are standing outside near the five-storey building in Ukraine destroyed in a missile strike. Other people can be seen standing around them but slightly out of focus. There is a woman in the foreground holding her face pensively, and some men in military clothing in the backgorund

  6. Emergency rescue workers search for survivors after an overnight bombardment by Russian forces on August 28, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

  7. Katy Watson speaking to camera while standing in front of building severely damaged by Russian strike

  8. People stand at the site of a building housing the local branch of the British Council after it was hit by Russian missile and drone strikes. The multi storey building has had its windows blown out and suffered shrapnel and other severe structural damage.

  9. Ukrainian Red Cross members provide first aid to a wounded woman at the site of a Russian missile strike on a residential building on August 28, 2025 in Kyiv,

  10. White House senior counselor for trade and manufacturing Peter Navarro, who is wearing a black blazer, white shirt and red tie, speaks to the press in Washington DC on 6 August

  11. A 10 year old boy with brown hair stands in front of his contribution to the exhibition - a drawing of the Antonov An-225 plane - a symbol of national pride for Ukraine, the cargo plane's livery is white with yellow and blue strips across the centre.

  12. Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova attends a press conference

  13. A Ukrainian firefighter at the site of an energy facility hit by a Russian drone, posted by President Zelensky on Telegram 27 August

  14. A fuzzy image of two men holding Russian flags on a road - one of the flags is a tricolour the other is a red military flag

  15. A pile of disposable vapes. They are blue, green and gold.

  16. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, his grey hair short and face sombre, holds red and white flowers as he walks in a dark suit on a street in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, his hair and beard dark and short, wears a black traditional Ukrainian outfit with white embroidery around the collar and in a line down the front. His wife, Olena Zelenska, wears a white suit. The couple wear sombre expressions and both carry yellow and blue flowers. A soldier walks in the background.

  17. Paul Hands at the entrance of an air raid shelter in Kyiv.

  18. Nataliia Revkova and Nadiia Hoian smile at the camera. They are sat next to each other in a radio studio. Nataliia has dark hair that is tied up and she has a fringe. Headphones rest around her neck. Nadiia has long blonde hair that is tied up and she wears her headphones.

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  20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, dressed in his signature black, gesticulates as he addresses a joint press conference in Kyiv. Behind him his the Ukrainian flag.

  21. A woman and a man arm in arm, holding up a blue and yellow Ukrainian flag behind them as they stand on Bristol's College Green. They are both wearing Ukrainian-style embroidered clothes.