IN PICS | Russian Attacks In Mariupol Leave Behind Trail Of Destruction

The Russian invasion has left behind destruction in Ukraine | AFP

Since February 24, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the country has been facing destruction on an everyday basis. Now that the Russian forces have reached Mariupol, the people are fleeing for their lives, leaving behind horrible scenes of destruction. The images show the burned-down buildings which were once a habitat to human life once, and now accommodate the horrors of war. (Photo: AFP)

Two days ago, the Russian forces dropped a bomb on a theatre in Mariupol leading to many civilian casualties. The satellite image shows the aftermath of the airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theater, in Mariupol southern Ukraine. (Photo: AFP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country would be "destroyed" before it surrenders its cities to invading Russian forces, as he doubled down on a call for direct talks with Vladimir Putin as the key to ending the war. (Photo: AFP)

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has led to destruction and loss of life for millions of people as it has triggered a refugee crisis. (Photo: AFP)

As the situation gets worse, thousands of people are fleeing Ukraine. In this satellite image, a long queue of evacuees can be seen who are trying to leave the country safely. (Photo: AFP)

Nurses tend to Milena, a 13-year-old girl who was hit by a bullet as she was evacuating from Mariupol with her family, in a room protected by sandbags at the Zaporizhzhia Regional Clinical Children's Hospital. (Photo: AFP)

Evacuees from Mariupol wait at the Zaporizhzhya State Circus for transportation to other locations in the city of Zaporizhzhia on March 16, 2022. Some 20,000 residents have been allowed to leave Mariupol through a humanitarian corridor agreed with Russian forces. But exhausted, shivering evacuees speak of harrowing escape journeys. Those out of the country now, await an uncertain future filled with horrors.(Photo: AFP)