Ukrainian teenagers dig trenches for soldiers serving on their country's eastern front and facing off with Russian-backed separatists, near the eastern Ukraine village of Chervone, Mariupol region, on February 11, 2022. (Photo by Aleksey Filippov/AFP Photo)





A member of a Ukrainian far-right group helps a boy to hold a Kalashnikov assault rifle during a training in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, February 13, 2022. Russia denies it intends to invade but has massed well over 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border and has sent troops to exercises in neighboring Belarus, encircling Ukraine on three sides. U.S. officials say Russia's buildup of firepower has reached the point where it could invade on short notice. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





Land is seen through a machine gun spotting optic, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to keep talking with the West on Moscow's security demands, a signal from the Kremlin that it intends to continue diplomatic efforts amid U.S. warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman washes a t-shirt at a frontline position, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022.. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian serviceman walks by a cross in memory of a soldier killed near that spot in 2018, on a front line position outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





A woman prepares a bunch of flowers for a customer in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





Members of National Guard of Ukraine look out of the window as they ride in a bus through the city of Kyiv, Monday, February 14, 2022. More NATO troops headed to Eastern Europe and some nations worked to move their citizens and diplomats out of Ukraine on Monday, as Germany's chancellor made a last-ditch attempt to head off a feared Russian invasion that some warn could be just days away. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





Pedestrians walk along a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A military instructor teaches a schoolboy shooting with Kalashnikov rifles, during a training session at a military unit of the National Guard of Ukraine in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP Photo)





A woman walks underneath a military plane set as a monument to a former military base at a town on the outskirts of the Three Sisters border crossing between, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus on February 14, 2022 in Senkivka, Ukraine. Russian forces are conducting large-scale military exercises in Belarus, across Ukraine's northern border, amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Russia and Ukraine's Western allies. Ukraine has warned that it is virtually encircled, with Russian troops massed on its northern, eastern and southern borders. The United States and other NATO countries have issued urgent alerts about a potential Russian invasion, hoping to deter Vladimir Putin by exposing his plans, while trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)





A small child struggles to remove ammunition from a clip during a basic combat training for civilians, organized by the Special Forces Unit Azov, of Ukraine's National Guard, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





A vendor waits for customers at her fish market stall in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





A couple kisses on a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo)





Women chat beside a heart-shaped decoration during Valentine's Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters)





A child on a swing with his grandmother on February 16, 2022 in Prymorsk, Ukraine. Russian forces are conducting large-scale military exercises in Belarus, across Ukraine's northern border, amid a tense diplomatic standoff between Russia and Ukraine's Western allies. Ukraine has warned that it is virtually encircled, with Russian troops massed on its northern, eastern and southern borders. The United States and other NATO countries have issued urgent alerts about a potential Russian invasion, hoping to deter Vladimir Putin by exposing his plans, while trying to negotiate a diplomatic solution. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)





Passengers wear protective face masks while travelling on a metro train in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Washington and its allies have threatened sweeping sanctions if Vladimir Putin takes action against Ukraine – the U.S. has said its intelligence indicates Russia may attack imminently, officials in Moscow have repeatedly denied an invasion is planned. (Photo by Ethan Swope/Bloomberg)





A fisherman tests his new fishing rod on a beach on February 16, 2022 in Prymorsk, Ukraine. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)





Two women wave Ukrainian national flags marking a Day of Unity in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, February 16, 2022.As Western officials warned a Russian invasion could happen as early as today, the Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called for a Day of Unity, with Ukrainians encouraged to raise Ukrainian flags across the country. (Photo by Andriy Andriyenko/AP Photo)





A child walks under a large Ukrainian flag carried by people marking a “day of unity” in Sievierodonetsk, the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he welcomed a security dialogue with the West, and his military reported pulling back some of its troops near Ukraine, while U.S. President Joe Biden said the U.S. had not verified Russia's claim and that an invasion was still a distinct possibility. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)





Ukrainians carry a giant National flag on the Olimpiyskiy stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, 16 February 2022. A giant, 200 meters long National Flag was spread out during the Unity Day celebration amid escalation on the Ukraine-Russian border. President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared February 16 as Unity Day for Ukrainians. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE)