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Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the St Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos, in Karyes on May 28, 2016. Putin, who has often talked about his strong Orthodox faith, will join celebrations for the 1,000th anniversary of the Russian presence at the ancient, all-male monastic community of Mount Athos. Alexei Druzhinin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian involvement on Mount Athos didn't draw attention until Russia invaded Ukraine
Sunday
Ukraine's currency is being bolstered with financial support from other nations
Saturday
Father George Kovalenko gives a eulogy at Christopher James Campbell's funeral in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 5, 2023. Julian Hayda/NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, during their meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Wednesday. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption
Russia alleges Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin in a Putin assassination attempt
Friday
Following a Russian attack, first responders remove rubble at a residential building in Uman, central Ukraine on Friday. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Thursday
The destroyed section of the Antonivka bridge over the Dnipro river is seen on Nov 18, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
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Ukrainian servicemen fire with a D-30 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday. Sergey Shestak/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at a school in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Sunday
9 years on, the meaning of the Maidan protests persists in Ukraine
Thursday
One of the balloons the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says they shot down. General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hide caption
Friday
Dropping water levels in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine have exposed fishing nets and roots of aquatic plants along the shoreline of the Dnipro river. Dmytro Smoliyenko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images hide caption
Russia is draining a massive Ukrainian reservoir, endangering a nuclear plant
Friday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen shake hands after a joint press conference after talks in Kyiv on Thursday. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
A "Danger Mines!" sign is pictured in Izium, Ukraine. Future Publishing via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Demonstrators burn flares and smoke bombs outside the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv on June 5, 2020, during a demonstration calling for the interior minister's resignation over corruption suspicion. Sergei Supinksy/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pays his respects to victims of a deadly helicopter crash during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 21. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Monday
This photo shows the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) firing during exercises in the Philippines. Russia accused Ukraine of using the same weapons to carry out the attack. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In Ukraine, the new year was met with more sheltering from aerial bombardment
Saturday
People gather at the bottom of a hotel, which has been partially destroyed by a Russian strike in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
People rest in the subway station being used as a bomb shelter during a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption