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epa10244129 A crater in front of a school in Vuzlovyi, Kharkiv region, Ukraine 14 October 2002, that was bombed during the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The city has recently been recaptured after six months of occupation by Russian troops. The Ukrainian army pushed Russian troops from occupied territory in the northeast of the country in a counterattack. Kharkiv and surrounding areas have been the target of heavy shelling since February 2022, when Russian troops entered Ukraine starting a conflict that has provoked destruction and a humanitarian crisis. EPA/MARIA SENOVILLA