A Russian family watches a Russian President Vladimir Putin address to the Nation on what is happening in the Donbas and on the border with Ukraine in Moscow, Russia, 21 February 2022. The heads of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) asked the President of Russia to recognize the self-proclaimed republics. This issue was discussed at a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin appealed to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation to ratify the treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with the DPR-LPR. Putin signed decrees on the recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE)





Residents attend an open training organised for civilians by war veterans and volunteers who teach the basic weapons handling and first aid on one of Kiev's city beaches on February 20, 2022, amid soaring tensions with Russia. (Photo by Genya Savilov/AFP Photo)





A woman crosses a checkpoint from the territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists to the territory controlled by Ukrainian forces in Novotroitske, eastern Ukraine, Monday, February 21, 2022. World leaders are making another diplomatic push in hopes of preventing a Russian invasion of Ukraine, even as heavy shelling continues in Ukraine’s east. (Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo)





A schoolgirl runs in Ukraine's village of Dobryanka close to the Belarus border, Monday, February 21, 2022. (Photo by Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP Photo)





Local residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic cross Russia-Ukraine border on the customs post “Matveev Kurgan” on Rostov region, Russia, 20 February 2022. The head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin, announced a general mobilization. The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission has recorded a sharp increase in the intensity of shelling in the Donbas in recent days. Authorities of the DPR and LPR announced the evacuation of women and children to the Rostov region of the Russia due to the rising tensions in the region. (Photo by Arkady Budnitsky/EPA/EFE)





People wave Russian national flags celebrating the recognizing the independence in the center of Donetsk, the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, eastern Ukraine, late Monday, February 21, 2022. In a fast-moving political theater, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved quickly to recognize the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine in a show of defiance against the West amid fears of Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Alexei Alexandrov/AP Photo)





Pro-Russian activists react in a street, after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognising two Russian-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities,in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine on February 21, 2022. (Photo by Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)





A boy plays with a weapon as an instructor shows a Kalashnikov assault rifle while training members of a Ukrainian far-right group train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, February 20, 2022. Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. (Photo by Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)





A Ukrainian service member holds a machine gun in a trench at a position on the front line near the village of Travneve in Donetsk region, Ukraine on February 21, 2022. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)





A group of people hold signs at the front of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry during a protest calling for the European Union to impose additional sanctions against Russia on February 21, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)





People take part in a manifestation in defence of “Ukraine, Europe and democratic values” organised by the Association of Ukrainians in Portugal, in front of the Consulate of the Russian Federation, in Porto, Portugal, 20 February 2022. On 20 February falls the eight anniversary of so-called Euromaidan Revolution, protests against the government of then Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, in which at least 100 people died amid the ensuing violence. (Photo by Jose Coelho/EPA/EFE)





A man is arrested as police and protesters clash in Wellington, New Zealand, Tuesday, February 22, 2022, as police tightened a cordon around a protest convoy that has been camped outside Parliament for two weeks. The protesters, who oppose coronavirus vaccine mandates and were inspired by similar protests in Canada, appear fairly well organized after trucking in portable toilets, crates of donated food, and bales of straw to lay down when the grass turned to mud. (Photo by George Heard/New Zealand Herald via AP Photo)





A camper is towed away by authorities clearing a trucker protest that was aimed at COVID-19 measures, in Ottawa, on Sunday, February 20, 202. (Photo by Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP Photo)





Climate activists of the self named group ”Uprising of the last generation” block an intersection at the highway A7 in Hamburg, Germany, Monday, February 21, 2022. The banner reads: “Save Food, Save Life”. (Photo by Christian Charisius/dpa via AP Photo)





Abortion-rights activists celebrate after the Constitutional Court approved the decriminalization of abortion, lifting all limitations on the procedure until the 24th week of pregnancy, in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, February 21, 2022. (Photo by Fernando Vergara/AP Photo)





Indigenous women celebrate the government's recognition of the “Pawkar Raymi”, or Flowering Festival in Peguche, Ecuador, Sunday, February 20, 2022. (Photo by Dolores Ochoa/AP Photo)





Rapa Nui natives play music to a Moai statue from Easter Island while it is displayed at the Natural History Museum before returning to the island, in Santiago, Chile, February 21, 2022. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Rapa Nui native Veronica Tukihito and Chilean Minister of Culture Consuelo Valdes shake hands in front of a Moai statue displayed at the Natural History Museum before returning it to Easter Island, in Santiago, Chile, February 21, 2022. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Rapa Nui natives perform a dance in front of a Moai statue (unseen) from Easter Island while it is displayed at the Natural History Museum before returning to the island, in Santiago, Chile, February 21, 2022. (Photo by Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)





Models on the catwalk during the Roksanda show at The Tate Britain, London, during London Fashion Week 2022 on Monday, February 21, 2022. (Photo by Jonathan Brady/PA Images via Getty Images)





Models present creations during the Central St Martins MA catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London, Britain, February 20, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)





Models prepare backstage ahead of the Central St Martins MA catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London, Britain, February 20, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)





Models present creations during the Central St Martins MA catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London, Britain, February 20, 2022. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/Reuters)





(L to R) British model Jourdan Dunn, English singer, songwriter, fashion designer and television personality Victoria Beckham and model Mia Regan attend the Supriya Lele AW22 show during London Fashion Week February 2022 at the BFC NEWGEN Show Space on February 21, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images)