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Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church priest washes and kissed the feet of government soldiers during a traditional religious ceremony marking Holy Thursday in Ukraine's Lviv. Mana Rabiee reports.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki visit a Kyiv hospitals where wounded Ukrainian soldiers are being treated. Volodymyr Zelensky is also seen giving medals and decorations to the combatants and the hospital staff. IMAGES
Residents of Kherson celebrate Russia's retreat from the city by drinking champagne and getting Ukrainian flags signed by soldiers. "We waited a lot for the Armed Forces of Ukraine", says a woman, raising a glass to the liberation of the city. IMAGES
On a visit to Kyiv, new French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna lays flowers with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral, to commemorate Ukrainian soldiers who have died in combat since Russia's offensive in the Donbas in 2014. IMAGES
Ukrainian soldiers man trenches near Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, as top US and Russian officials kick off a day of crucial talks on soaring tensions over Ukraine and security demands from Moscow, with few signs either side was ready for a compromise. IMAGES
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky visits the frontline in eastern Ukraine near Avdiivka, a day before the military announced that two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes with Russian-backed separatists, testing a ceasefire brokered last year that had brought relative calm to the simmering trench conflict. IMAGES