Day 24: Scenes of resistance in war-torn Ukraine
Svitlana Stetsiuk, a nanny in a Kyiv basement converted into a nursery, plays tenderly with a baby, one of 19 whose foreigner biological parents are abroad as Ukraine's war rages. What's the reason? They were conceived through the use of surrogate mothers. Military veterans train dozens of civilians to use firearms and grenades in the western city of Lviv, the country's cultural capital that was previously known primarily for its elegant architecture. "It's difficult because I have really weak hands," Katarina Ishchenko, 22, explained. There are scenes of resistance and determination all over the country as Ukrainians fight back against Russia, which has suffered heavier-than-expected losses on the battlefield following its invasion. People at a tattoo parlour in Lviv have patriotic symbols tattooed on their bodies on Day 24 of the war. Local bomb shelters Resident volunteers as a traffic officer near a barricade on the outskirts of Kyiv, holding a handwritten sign that reads "STOP’’ Air raids in both cities force families and hospital workers into basement