Before and after photos of 5 Ukrainian cities show the scale of destruction Russian forces have wreaked since they invaded the country

Marielle DescalsotaMar 17, 2022, 13:12 IST

A school in Chernihiv before and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Google Maps/Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 without provocation and has since launched a full-scale attack on the country.
The war in Ukraine has left 691 civilians dead and 1,143 wounded, though officials warn the death toll may be higher.

Kharkiv: This is what Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million people, looked like in 2014. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, is located in the northeastern part of the country.

Sumskaya street in Kharkiv, Ukraine on October 14, 2014.Pavlo Pakhomenko/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Kharkiv: This is what Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million people, looked like in 2014. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, is located in the northeastern part of the country.

The photo below shows a street in Kharkiv in ruins on March 7.

Ukrainian police officers patrol a street following a shelling in Ukraine's second-biggest city of Kharkiv on March 7, 2022.Sergey Bobok/AFP/Getty Images

Irpin: Situated just outside Kyiv, the city of Irpin is home to fewer than 70,000 residents.

Neighborhood streets in Irpin.iStock/Getty Images Plus

A railway bridge in Irpin has become a site of destruction and death under Russia's attack.

Evacuees cross a destroyed bridge as they flee the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, on March 7, 2022.Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Chernihiv: The photo below shows a neighborhood school on Sjerykova Street in Chernihiv, a northern city of 280,000 people.

6 Sjerykova St in Chernihiv, Ukraine.Google Maps

Russian air strikes against Chernihiv in March left much of the city destroyed. The photo below shows the same school on Sjerykova Street, severely damaged.

A school building damaged in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on March 4, 2022.Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Kyiv: In Sviatoshynskyi District in Kyiv, high-rise residential buildings line the streets. More than 340,000 people live in the district.

Residential buildings in Svyatoshyns'kyi District.Google Maps

A missile attack on an apartment building in Sviatoshynskyi district on March 15 left at least four people dead, according to The Washington Post.

Firemen extinguishing the fire created by Russian shelling in Svyatoshyns'kyi District Kyiv, 12km from the center of the capital, on March 15, 2022.Andrea Filigheddu/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

Mariupol: The photo below, taken in 2015, shows dozens of homes and high-rise apartments in a Mariupol neighborhood.

Vostochniy district of Mariupol, Ukraine, on January 26, 2015.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Mariupol has been under siege by Russian forces since February 24. The photo below shows a pregnant woman being carried by emergency workers after the city's maternity ward was bombed.

Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, March 9, 2022.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Mariupol has been under siege by Russian forces since February 24. The photo below shows a pregnant woman being carried by emergency workers after the city's maternity ward was bombed.

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Before and after photos of 5 Ukrainian cities show the scale of destruction Russian forces have wreaked since they invaded the country

Kharkiv: This is what Kharkiv, a city of 1.4 million people, looked like in 2014. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, is located in the northeastern part of the country.

The photo below shows a street in Kharkiv in ruins on March 7.

Irpin: Situated just outside Kyiv, the city of Irpin is home to fewer than 70,000 residents.

A railway bridge in Irpin has become a site of destruction and death under Russia's attack.

Chernihiv: The photo below shows a neighborhood school on Sjerykova Street in Chernihiv, a northern city of 280,000 people.

Russian air strikes against Chernihiv in March left much of the city destroyed. The photo below shows the same school on Sjerykova Street, severely damaged.

Kyiv: In Sviatoshynskyi District in Kyiv, high-rise residential buildings line the streets. More than 340,000 people live in the district.

A missile attack on an apartment building in Sviatoshynskyi district on March 15 left at least four people dead, according to The Washington Post.

Mariupol: The photo below, taken in 2015, shows dozens of homes and high-rise apartments in a Mariupol neighborhood.

Mariupol has been under siege by Russian forces since February 24. The photo below shows a pregnant woman being carried by emergency workers after the city's maternity ward was bombed.