What life was like and what it is like: the war in Ukraine in eight pictures

The street scene in Ukraine suddenly changes when Russian soldiers invade the country on February 24. Metro stations become bomb shelters. Nightlife areas turn into ghost streets. Historic city centers, shopping centers, theatres, dingy residential flats and stadiums where football was recently played; from one day to the next they form the setting for a war.

See eight images that show what life was like before the war. Click on the photos to see how it is now.

–