Local farm worker Vladimir takes a break from ploughing a field near the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 5, 2022. "We continue to work as good as we can despite the war. We can’t get to some of our fields, there are mines or they are fighting. It’s crazy how one person (Russian President Vladimir Putin) can turn our whole world upside down," Vladimir said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Nina Bonderenko climbs out of the storage cellar where the family hid for the night during an aerial bombardment in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. A week after Russian forces launched their invasion on February 24, the village was bombed, locals said. "We were sitting in our cellar for four hours and read the Lord's Prayer. We wrapped the kids into blankets and just couldn't fall asleep until three or four in the morning," said Bonderenko. Bonderenko's cousin fled the village with his family the day after the aerial bombardment. REUTERS/Thomas Peter. SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Nina Bonderenko and other locals help their neighbour clean up her yard after an aerial bomb exploded across the street, severely damaging her house, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. A week after Russian forces launched their invasion on February 24, the village was bombed locals said. "We were sitting in our cellar for four hours and read the Lord's Prayer. We wrapped the kids into blankets and just couldn't fall asleep until three or four in the morning," said Bonderenko. Bonderenko's cousin fled the village with his family the day after the aerial bombardment. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An aerial view shows a tractor spreading fertiliser on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 5, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Local farmer Bogdan poses with his gun as he mans a checkpoint outside the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A farm worker looks at a rocket that had landed in a field, at a tractor yard in the village of Yakovlivka, after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Ivan Bonderenko and his grandsons Marat and Renat push a bale of hay in the village of Yakovlivka, outside Kharkiv, after it was attacked in an aerial bombardment as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A palm tree made out of plastic bottles stands outside a local man's property in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Villagers Vera Babenko and Alla Hudz walk with their neighbours on a street that is lined by the debris of destroyed houses in the village of Yakovlivka, after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 6, 2022. People have started to patch up the damaged houses that can still be repaired. "I thought I could live my last days in peace and then this," said Babenko. She said a bomb landed just beside her house but said she had no plans to leave. "I want to rebuild my kitchen." REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Vera Babenko, 66, stands in the place where her kitchen used to be, after an aerial bomb exploded outside her farm, severely damaging her house, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. People have started to patch up the damaged houses that can still be repaired. "I thought I could live my last days in peace and then this," said Babenko. She said a bomb landed just beside her house but said she had no plans to leave. "I want to rebuild my kitchen." REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Vera Babenko, 66, sits inside her house after an aerial bomb exploded outside her farm, severely damaging her home, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. People have started to patch up the damaged houses that can still be repaired. "I thought I could live my last days in peace and then this," said Babenko. She said a bomb landed just beside her house but said she had no plans to leave. "I want to rebuild my kitchen." REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Marat and Renat Bonderenko stand in the living room of their neighbours' house, which was hit by a projectile during an aerial bombardment, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. "War is when bad people shoot, when they blow everything up and kill good people and good soldiers make sure that we can sleep at night," Marat said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Nina Bonderenko pushes a wheelbarrow as she takes care of her cousin's farm in Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. A week after Russian forces launched their invasion on February 24, the village was bombed locals said. "We were sitting in our cellar for four hours and read the Lord's Prayer. We wrapped the kids into blankets and just couldn't fall asleep until three or four in the morning," said Bonderenko. Bonderenko's cousin fled the village with his family the day after the aerial bombardment. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Anya Bonderenko takes care of her cousin's farm in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. Bonderenko's cousin fled the village with his family the day after an aerial bombardment during Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Nina Bonderenko helps her son, who attends online classes as schools have been closed since the start of the war, with homework in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 7, 2022. A week after Russian forces launched their invasion on February 24, the village was bombed, locals said. "We were sitting in our cellar for four hours and read the Lord's Prayer. We wrapped the kids into blankets and just couldn't fall asleep until three or four in the morning," said Bonderenko. Bonderenko's cousin fled the village with his family the day after the aerial bombardment. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Local farmer Ivan Bonderenko reacts in exasperation as he watches the Russian state TV evening news with this daughter Anya and grandson Renat in their home in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. The family watches some Russian state TV news every day "so we understand what the enemy thinks and can compare their lies to our own reality," Ivan Bonderenko said. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A picture shows local farmer Ivan Bonderenko (bottom right) surrounded by Russian comrades when he served in the Soviet Army stationed in Hungary, in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

The carcass of a gold fish, which neighbours said died the night the house was hit during an aerial bombardment, floats in an aquarium in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Alexander, 24, and his friend Stanislav, 13, fish in the village lake in Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

An aerial view shows destroyed houses in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 6, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Farm worker Vitaliy drives a tractor pulling a plow on a field near the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 5, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A local farm worker unloads Ukrainian-made fertiliser from a truck to use on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 5, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Local farmer Evgeniy poses with his gun as he mans a checkpoint outside the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A general view shows a destroyed house in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A general view shows a destroyed house in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

An aerial view shows destroyed houses in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 6, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Renat Bonderenko carries hay as he helps to take care of his relatives' farm in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. Bonderenko's relatives fled the village the day after an aerial bombardment during Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

An elderly woman waits for a food delivery from volunteers, who bring daily necessities to people who don't have transport to drive into town to shop, after the village shop was destroyed in an aerial bombardment, in Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Vera Babenko, 66, draws water from her well after an aerial bomb exploded outside her farm, severely damaging her home, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. People have started to patch up the damaged houses that can still be repaired. "I thought I could live my last days in peace and then this," said Babenko. She said a bomb landed just beside her house but said she had no plans to leave. "I want to rebuild my kitchen." REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Local men patch up the roof of a house that was damaged in an aerial bombardment in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Local resident Nikolay takes a break from cleaning up his yard after an aerial bomb exploded in his back garden, severely damaging his house, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A worker carries a ladder past destroyed houses in the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Workers install internet cables after an aerial bombardment damaged communication wires in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Petra Bukreyev eats dinner with his sister's grandson and another relative in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, which was attacked in an aerial bombardment as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. Bukreyev fled his apartment in a neighbourhood of Kharkiv that has been under constant Russian shelling attacks since the start of the war, believing he would be saved in a village outside the city. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Jars of preserved food are seen in the six-square-metre storage cellar below the kitchen where the Bonderenko family hid for the night during an aerial bombardment in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 3, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Vera Babenko, 66, sits in her yard after an aerial bomb exploded outside her farm, severely damaging her home, in the village of Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 2, 2022. People have started to patch up the damaged houses that can still be repaired. "I thought I could live my last days in peace and then this," said Babenko. She said a bomb landed just beside her house but said she had no plans to leave. "I want to rebuild my kitchen." REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Village resident Alla Hudz, whose 31-year-old son Andrii died in an aerial bombardment that destroyed their home, stands by her house in Yakovlivka outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 6, 2022. "Putin, that dwarf, put him behind bars, or worse. He has taken everything from me, just look around. Is this the 'Russkyi Mir' (Russian World) he is talking about?" Hudz asked. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A man smokes in his car in the village of Yakovlivka, which was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 7, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES