The latest images from agency photographers in and around Ukraine capture the mood on the ground as military brinksmanship between Russia, and Ukraine and the West continues.
Prayers And Weapons: Ukraine Prepares As World Holds Breath
- By RFE/RL
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Clerics in Kyiv's Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ hold a service on January 26 after Pope Francis called for a "prayer for peace" amid the ongoing tensions over a massive Russian military buildup around the borders of Ukraine.
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A pallet of military supplies arrives at Kyiv's Boryspil Airport on January 25. Hundreds of tons of ammunition and weapons have been flown to Ukraine from the United States.
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The Russian Navy frigate Admiral Essen takes part in drills on the Black Sea off the Russian mainland on January 26.
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A Ukrainian soldier transports firewood at a frontline position near the village of Avdiyivka on January 25.
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A fighter for the Kremlin-backed separatist group that calls itself the Donetsk People's Republic moves in a trench facing Ukrainian positions in the village of Zholobok in the Luhansk region.
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A Ukrainian soldier passes in the war-damaged village of Pesli, close to the front line with the separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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People walk through a pedestrian tunnel under a sign declaring "Donetsk Hero City" in the separatist-held city of Donetsk.
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A man handles a pistol during a military training session for workers of "essential city industries and services" near the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on January 25.
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A fighter of the so-called Luhansk People's Militia watches the front line facing Ukrainian positions near Slavyanoserbsk on January 25.
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A senior Ukrainian military official holds one of the anti-tank weapons supplied by Britain during a training session for Ukrainian servicemen in Lviv.
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Belarusian military vehicles gather ahead of joint military drills with Russian forces in Belarus on January 25. Russia has sent an unspecified number of troops from the country's Far East to allied Belarus, which shares a border with Ukraine, for major war games planned in February.
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A Ukrainian fighter looks out from a frontline position near Avdiyivka on January 25.
