After Ukraine's president said a major Russian offensive was beginning across the south and east of the country, this is what photojournalists witnessed on April 19-20.
'Another Phase' Of Russian Invasion Said To Be Under Way
A woman next to the body of a man killed during shelling in a residential area in Kharkiv on April 19.
Ukrainian civilians arrive in Odesa from Mikolayiv on April 20 after fleeing what a Reuters photographer describes as "daily shelling" of the city.
On April 19, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a long-anticipated Russian-led offensive in the eastern Donbas region had begun.
Ukrainian servicemen atop an armored fighting vehicle at an unknown location in eastern Ukraine. The image was released on April 19.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov appeared to confirm a renewed offensive was under way when he announced on April 19 that “another phase of this operation is starting now.” The Kremlin refers to the invasion of Ukraine as a "special operation."
A makeshift funeral for a local resident in Mariupol on April 19.
The Pentagon has downplayed talk of a major offensive being under way. A senior U.S. official on April 19 said, "The Pentagon has seen some limited offensive operations begin southwest of Donetsk and south of Izyum and believes these offensives are preludes to larger offensive operations the Russians are planning."
A photo montage made on April 20 showing pieces of shrapnel and a bullet (bottom left) that were removed from wounded Ukrainian soldiers by surgeons at a military hospital in Zaporizhzhya.
A house riddled with shrapnel in the village of Mala Tomachka, south of Zaporizhzhya, on April 19.
Local residents of Mariupol wait for their phones and electronic devices to be charged from a portable generator on April 19.
A pig leg for sale on a street in Orikhiv on April 19.
Russia-backed separatist fighters from the Luhansk region fire a salute during a funeral for a commander on April 19.
An injured man in a hospital waiting room in Kramatorsk on April 19.
The body of a woman who was killed following a shelling attack on Kharkiv on April 19.