Russia says first phase of war is over as its advances in Ukraine appear to have

Smoke is seen along the horizon near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, March 25.

A firefighter holds a Ukrainian child who had just arrived by ferry at the Isaccea-Orlivka border crossing in Romania on March 25.

A man recovers items from a burning shop following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 25.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses world leaders via video at the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday, March 24. Zelensky stopped short of issuing his usual request for a no-fly zone, but he did say Ukraine needs fighter jets, tanks and better air defenses.

A child holds a Ukrainian flag in front of the Taras Shevchenko monument as members of the Ukrainian National Guard band perform in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 24.

Pro-Russian troops drive armored vehicles past local residents into the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 24.

A firefighter sprays water inside a house that was destroyed by shelling in Kyiv on Wednesday, March 23.

Pictures lie amid the rubble of a house in Kyiv on March 23.

Svetlana Ilyuhina looks at the wreckage of her home in Kyiv following a Russian rocket attack on March 23. “First there was smoke, and then everything went black,” she said.

People hide in an underground shelter in Lviv on Tuesday, March 22.

A woman cleans up a room March 21 in a building that was damaged by bombing in Kyiv.

The Retroville shopping mall is seen in Kyiv after Russian shelling on March 21.

People share dinner and sing “Happy Birthday” during a celebration in Kyiv on Sunday, March 20. This studio space has turned into a bomb shelter for approximately 25 artists who are volunteering to help the war effort.

Former Ukrainian Parliament member Tetiana Chornovol, now a service member and operator of an anti-tank guided missile system, examines a Russian tank she destroyed in a recent battle in the Kyiv region.

People gather in a basement during an air raid in Lviv on Saturday, March 19.

A Ukrainian serviceman stands among debris after shelling in a residential area in Kyiv on March 18.

Staff members attend to a child at a children’s hospital in Zaporizhzhia on March 18.

A woman reacts while speaking outside a destroyed apartment block in Mariupol on March 17.

An elderly woman is helped by police officers after she was rescued from an apartment that was hit by shelling in Kyiv on March 15.

Firefighters work to extinguish flames at an apartment building in Kyiv on March 15.

A woman walks past a damaged window to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims in Donetsk, Ukraine, on March 15.

Firefighters search a building for survivors after an attack in Kharkiv on March 14. At least one dead body was pulled from the rubble after hours of digging.

Ukrainian soldiers take cover from incoming artillery fire in Irpin, Ukraine, on March 13.

A Ukrainian soldier surveys a destroyed government building in Kharkiv on March 13.

A mother and son rest in Lviv, Ukraine, while waiting to board a train to Poland on March 12.

Ukrainian servicemen work inside the damaged maternity hospital in Mariupol on March 9. “The destruction is enormous,” the city council said. “The building of the medical facility where the children were treated recently is completely destroyed.”

A displaced Ukrainian mother embraces her child while waiting at the Przemysl railway station in Poland on March 8.

A Ukrainian serviceman walks past the remains of a Russian aircraft lying in a damaged building in Kharkiv on March 8.

A firefighter works to extinguish flames after a chemical warehouse was reportedly hit by Russian shelling near Kalynivka, Ukraine, on March 8.

Alexandra, 12, holds her 6-year-old sister, Esyea, who cries as she waves at her mother, Irina, on March 7. The children were leaving Odesa, Ukraine.

Members of the Red Cross help people fleeing the Kyiv suburb of Irpin on March 7.

Civilians seek protection in a basement bomb shelter in Kyiv on March 6.

Local residents help clear the rubble of a home that was destroyed by a suspected Russian airstrike in Markhalivka, Ukraine, on March 5.

George Keburia says goodbye to his wife and children as they board a train in Odesa on March 5. They were heading to Lviv.

Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee across the Irpin River on the outskirts of Kyiv on March 5.

People remove personal belongings from a burning house after shelling in Irpin on March 4.

People crowd on a platform as they try to board a westbound train in Kyiv on March 4.

A bullet-ridden bus is seen after an ambush in Kyiv on March 4.

People take shelter on the floor of a hospital during shelling in Mariupol on March 4.

A member of the Ukrainian military gives instructions to civilians in Irpin on March 4. They were about to board an evacuation train headed to Kyiv.

A Ukrainian child rests on a bed at a temporary refugee center in Záhony, Hungary, on March 4.

A Ukrainian soldier carries a baby across a destroyed bridge on the outskirts of Kyiv on March 3.

Residents react in front of a burning building…