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General views of Kyiv's Maidan Square on the one-year anniversary of Europe's largest conflict since World War II. A year ago to the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin stunned the world by sending troops across the border, in a move seen as punishment for Kyiv's pivot to the West. IMAGES
Images of shelling over Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, taken from Lysychans’k. A French journalist was killed today during a Russian bombardment that struck a vehicle evacuating citizens near Severodonetsk, which has been pounded by advancing Russian troops in recent weeks. IMAGES
Dr. Herman Makarenko, conductor of the Kyiv Classic Orchestra says their concert on Kyiv's Maidan square is a concert "for peace" and asks that the world's governments heed President Volodymyr Zelensky's call to stop the war in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Gérard Larcher, Yaël Braun-Pivet, Anne Hidalgo and Patricia Miralles take part in the ceremony in tribute to Marshal Philippe Leclerc, as part of the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the Liberation of Paris. On 24 August 1944, the soldiers of the 2nd armoured division, commanded by General Leclerc, entered the capital through the Porte d'Italie. IMAGES
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives at the ceremony in Cherbourg, the strategic D-Day harbour, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy. IMAGES