In photos: Despite the continuing Russian attacks on Ukrainian territories Kyiv is coming back to life
Following Russia's retreat from areas around the Ukrainian capital, signs of normal life have returned to Kyiv, with residents taking advantage of shortened curfew hours, businesses reopening, and foreign countries returning their diplomats.
People walk by a destroyed Russian armoured vehicle which is part of a display of Russian military hardware that has been put on the street for public viewing in central Kyiv.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A woman poses on the street next to the remnants of a destroyed vehicle which is part of a display of Russian military hardware that has been put on the street for public viewing in central Kyiv.Chris Furlong/Getty Images
A man views photographs of fallen soldiers who died between 2014 -2016 in the Donbas war on May 17, 2022 in Kyiv.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A woman walks in the spring sunshine in a central Kyiv park.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A woman and a child feed pigeons next to a defensive trench in a central Kyiv park.Chris Furlong/Getty Images
Women chat on the street next to the remnants of a destroyed Russian fighter jet which is part of a display of Russian military hardware that has been put on the street for public viewing in central Kyiv.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
A man passes a destroyed Russian armoured vehicle in central Kyiv.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Ukrainian soldiers relax in a city park as they await deployment to the front line in Kyiv.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Protesters attend a rally in front of the Chinese embassy in Kyiv. The protesters have called upon Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping to help in the evacuation of the Azovstal steel plant.Chris Furlong/Getty Images
The coffin of former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk is escorted by an honour guard during the funeral at Ukrainian House in Kyiv. Kravchuk, who had served as the chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR, became Ukraine's first president after it achieved independence from the USSR in 1991.Christopher Furlong/Getty Images