Here is how Ukraine looked, before Russia invaded and devastated it

Rynok Square in Lviv

The fortress of Kamianets-Podilskyi

A cobbled street and old church in Odessa

Hot air balloon flies in Ternopil

Statue of Berehynia sits atop a column high above Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square, in Kyiv

A bridge across Dnieper river in Kyiv

Ukraine capital Kyiv on a sunny day

St. Michaels golden-domed monastery In Kyiv

Tunnel of Love at Klevan — a green tunnel of trees in a forest

Pine tree forest landscape in Kyiv winter

Lake Syvash, a pink salt lake. All photos: Getty