![Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on Feb. 24, 2022.](https://cdn.defenseone.com/media/img/cd/2022/02/24/GettyImages_1238719428/860x394.jpg?1645723073)
Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on Feb. 24, 2022. ARIS MESSINIS / AFP via Getty Images
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, in Pictures
Photojournalists captured these images from the first day of Russia’s full-scale assault on its southwestern neighbor.
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