Photos: Ukraine fights to save itself from Russian invaders

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Ukrainian volunteer soldiers work with their weapons at a base where rapid training is taking place in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times)

Ukrainians chop wood as they build a bunker in preparation to fight Russian troops in Hushchyntsi, Ukraine, Feb. 27, 2022. While Russian assaults on Ukrainian cities has drawn most of the attention in the war’s early days, civilians in country towns have joined the fight, putting aside the routines of daily village life. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)

Volunteers hand-tie camouflage netting for use by the Ukrainian military in Kalynivka, Feb. 26, 2022. While Russian assaults on Ukrainian cities has drawn most of the attention in the war’s early days, civilians in country towns have joined the fight, putting aside the routines of daily village life. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)

A Ukrainian worker removes a road sign to complicate Russian military navigation in Kalynivka, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022. While Russian assaults on Ukrainian cities has drawn most of the attention in the war’s early days, civilians in country towns have joined the fight, putting aside the routines of daily village life. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)

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Ukrainian volunteer soldiers work with their weapons at a base where rapid training is taking place in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times)

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