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Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, visits the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut, now the epicentre of fighting as Russia's invasion stretches into its tenth month. Zelensky meets military officials and hands out awards to Ukrainian servicemen, who have been holding back a fierce and months-long Russian military campaign against the city. The brutal trench warfare and artillery battles around Bakhmut -- once known for its vineyards and cavernous salt mines -- have flattened large parts of the city and its surroundings. IMAGES ++ 334W3D8 TEXT
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
Images show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the United States Joe Biden as the latter pays a surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion. The two leaders, with air raid sirens sounding in the background, visit the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in the Ukrainian capital, where they honour the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes US leader Joe Biden to Kyiv, hailing the surprise visit as a sign of support and "important signal" nearly one year after Russia invaded. SOUNDBITE ++ URGENT 339M9VZ
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in Kyiv on Wednesday, hailing the "unconquerable will of the Ukrainians to resist" Russia's invasion, as the nation celebrates its Independence Day and marks the milestone of six months of war. 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
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