It is no longer news that Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, attacking cities and bases with airstrikes and shelling, as civilians desperately tried to flee the country or take refuge in underground metro stations.
Sources claim that at least 40 Ukrainian Military Members and not less than 10 Civilians are believed to have died as Russia continues these heated attacks, and these numbers are expected to rise.
Here are PHOTOS of the attacks, damage, civilian reactions etc., so far.
IMAGE 1: Russian Military Helicopters flying over the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine
IMAGE 2: Civilians evacuated from the Donetsk region under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
IMAGE 3: A wounded man being accompanied by Ukrainian security forces after an airstrike reportedly hit an apartment complex in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine on Thursday 24th February, 2022.
IMAGE 4: A religious woman believed to be Ukrainian, holds a cross as she prays on Independence Square in Kyiv in the morning of February 24th, 2022.
IMAGE 5: An injured man being treated by members of the Emergency Unit Staff after bombings on Eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24th as Russian armed forces attack Ukraine from different directions.
IMAGE 6: Two babies, Lia [left] and Jasmine [right], making use of a phone as they take shelter with their parents in a station in Central Kyiv on February 24th, 2022.
IMAGE 7: A line of cars seen at one of the local gas stations in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine.
IMAGE 8: A man is seen reacting rather mournfully at the corpse of a relative outside a destroyed building just seconds after bombings on the Eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv yesterday, February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 9: A group of police officers inspecting an area of the Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday 24th February 2022.
IMAGE 10: Some damaged items which include - a damaged radar, a vehicle and equipment seen at an Ukrainian Military Facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine on Thursday February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 11: Flame and Smoke seen rising from the debris of a privet house in the aftermath of Russian shelling just outside of Kyiv, in Ukraine, on Thursday February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 12: Ukrainian Military Tanks burn at an air Defense Base just minutes after a Russian air strike in Mariupol, Ukraine on Thursday February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 13: People standing next to fragments of military equipment on the streets of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
IMAGE 14: A Gridlock is seen as people attempt to flee Kyiv in Ukraine on Thursday February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 15: People lining up to withdraw their money from an ATM in Mariupol, Ukraine on Thursday February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 16: A woman walking past the debris minutes after Russian shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine on Thursday 24th February 2022.
IMAGE 17: Ukrainian Forces getting ready to repel an attack in the Luhansk region on Thursday, February 24th 2022.
IMAGE 18: People seen with suitcases after Russia's Military Strike began on February 24th 2022 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine.
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