War in Ukraine

‘I don’t want war, I want peace. I want a world without war’

In Kyiv’s Independence Square, there are tears for a missing soldier and a shrine to the estimated 20,000 foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine, bedecked with their national flags – among them the Irish tricolour

Once an area where couples strolled and kids played, Independence Square in Kyiv has become a tribute to the dead soldiers and fighters slain by Vladimir Putin’s army. Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, has been tight-lipped about the death toll in the military, but in April he said up to 3,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed Picture: Getty