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Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland

An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Local residents walk near a damaged military vehicle in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Taras Kompanichenko, a well-known Ukrainian artist and a volunteer of the Territorial Defense Forces, plays kobza, a folk string instrument, on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Local residents gather near a generator to charge their mobile devices in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Olena Koptyl, 63, takes out a Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, or Paska, from the oven at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A local resident looks at her destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A local resident holds ammunition found in his destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Russian military vehicles move in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) People take shelter inside the basement of a building during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian military medics move an injured Ukrainian serviceman to a hospital in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A local resident looks at her destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A local resident holds ammunition found in his destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Russian military vehicles move in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) People take shelter inside the basement of a building during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian military medics move an injured Ukrainian serviceman to a hospital in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Local residents walk near a damaged military vehicle in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Taras Kompanichenko, a well-known Ukrainian artist and a volunteer of the Territorial Defense Forces, plays kobza, a folk string instrument, on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Local residents gather near a generator to charge their mobile devices in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Olena Koptyl, 63, takes out a Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, or Paska, from the oven at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A local resident looks at her destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A local resident holds ammunition found in his destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Russian military vehicles move in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) People take shelter inside the basement of a building during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian military medics move an injured Ukrainian serviceman to a hospital in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Local residents walk near a damaged military vehicle in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Taras Kompanichenko, a well-known Ukrainian artist and a volunteer of the Territorial Defense Forces, plays kobza, a folk string instrument, on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Local residents gather near a generator to charge their mobile devices in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Olena Koptyl, 63, takes out a Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, or Paska, from the oven at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A local resident looks at her destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A local resident holds ammunition found in his destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Russian military vehicles move in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) People take shelter inside the basement of a building during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian military medics move an injured Ukrainian serviceman to a hospital in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Local residents walk near a damaged military vehicle in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Taras Kompanichenko, a well-known Ukrainian artist and a volunteer of the Territorial Defense Forces, plays kobza, a folk string instrument, on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Local residents gather near a generator to charge their mobile devices in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Olena Koptyl, 63, takes out a Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, or Paska, from the oven at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A local resident looks at her destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A local resident holds ammunition found in his destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Russian military vehicles move in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) People take shelter inside the basement of a building during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian military medics move an injured Ukrainian serviceman to a hospital in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Local residents walk near a damaged military vehicle in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Taras Kompanichenko, a well-known Ukrainian artist and a volunteer of the Territorial Defense Forces, plays kobza, a folk string instrument, on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walks ahead of a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Local residents gather near a generator to charge their mobile devices in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Olena Koptyl, 63, takes out a Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, or Paska, from the oven at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A local resident looks at her destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A local resident holds ammunition found in his destroyed house in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Russian military vehicles move in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) People take shelter inside the basement of a building during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian military medics move an injured Ukrainian serviceman to a hospital in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Valentyna Sherba, 68, stands next to a Russian tank in the backyard of her father's home, both destroyed, in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A firefighter walks past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Olena Koptyl, 63, prepares dough to bake Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, called Paska, at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier holds an Easter cake and an icon during a blessing ceremony on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian priest blesses believers as they collect traditional cakes and painted eggs prepared for an Easter celebration in the in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, left, mourns at the grave of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Valentyna Sherba, 68, stands next to a Russian tank in the backyard of her father's home, both destroyed, in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A firefighter walks past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Olena Koptyl, 63, prepares dough to bake Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, called Paska, at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian soldier holds an Easter cake and an icon during a blessing ceremony on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian priest blesses believers as they collect traditional cakes and painted eggs prepared for an Easter celebration in the in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys) Valentyna Sherba, 68, enters her destroyed father's home in the aftermath of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Irina Tromsa, left, mourns at the grave of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Grandmother Raisa Viktorovna Rodina, center right, stands next to mother Irina Tromsa, with others relatives during the funeral of Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter stands next to an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Olena Koptyl, 63, prepares dough to bake Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, called Paska, at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Valentyna Sherba, 68, stands next to a Russian tank in the backyard of her father's home, both destroyed, in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during a press conference in a city subway under a central square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Grandmother Raisa Viktorovna Rodina, center right, stands next to mother Irina Tromsa, with others relatives during the funeral of Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter stands next to an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Olena Koptyl, 63, prepares dough to bake Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, called Paska, at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Valentyna Sherba, 68, stands next to a Russian tank in the backyard of her father's home, both destroyed, in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Grandmother Raisa Viktorovna Rodina, center right, stands next to mother Irina Tromsa, with others relatives during the funeral of Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter stands next to an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Olena Koptyl, 63, prepares dough to bake Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, called Paska, at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Valentyna Sherba, 68, stands next to a Russian tank in the backyard of her father's home, both destroyed, in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Grandmother Raisa Viktorovna Rodina, center right, stands next to mother Irina Tromsa, with others relatives during the funeral of Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) An Orthodox priest blesses believers during the Easter celebration in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter stands next to an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Olena Koptyl, 63, prepares dough to bake Ukrainian traditional Easter bread, called Paska, at her home on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Ammunition is gathered near a Russian destroyed tank in the aftermaths of the battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops at the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A Ukrainian serviceman walks inside a building after searching the apartment of a man suspected of being a Russian collaborator in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Valentyna Sherba, 68, stands next to a Russian tank in the backyard of her father's home, both destroyed, in the aftermath of a battle between Russian and Ukrainian troops on the outskirts of Chernihiv, northern Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a warehouse amid Russian bombardments in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) Fridays For Future climate activist holds portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a protest demanding an energy embargo to Russia and the stop of the war in Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 22, 2022. The march started near the Embassy of Germany, as Berlin has been developing import of Russia's energy sources and has been reluctant to support Ukraine's struggle with weapons. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) An unexploded rocket is photographed in a wheat field on the outskirts of Kyiv, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A little girl watches as her mother kisses the Gospel book as she enters the church, Friday, April 22, 2022, during a Good Friday service at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Allentown, Pa.. While Easter is the most joyous of holy days on the church calendar, marking the day Christians believe Jesus triumphed over death, many members of Ukrainian Orthodox churches across the United States are finding it difficult to summon joy at a time of war. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Ukrainian servicemen attend a blessing ceremony Easter cakes on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An apartment building damaged after Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter walks past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Fridays For Future climate activist holds portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a protest demanding an energy embargo to Russia and the stop of the war in Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 22, 2022. The march started near the Embassy of Germany, as Berlin has been developing import of Russia's energy sources and has been reluctant to support Ukraine's struggle with weapons. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) An unexploded rocket is photographed in a wheat field on the outskirts of Kyiv, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A little girl watches as her mother kisses the Gospel book as she enters the church, Friday, April 22, 2022, during a Good Friday service at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Allentown, Pa.. While Easter is the most joyous of holy days on the church calendar, marking the day Christians believe Jesus triumphed over death, many members of Ukrainian Orthodox churches across the United States are finding it difficult to summon joy at a time of war. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Ukrainian servicemen attend a blessing ceremony Easter cakes on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An apartment building damaged after Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter walks past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Fridays For Future climate activist holds portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a protest demanding an energy embargo to Russia and the stop of the war in Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 22, 2022. The march started near the Embassy of Germany, as Berlin has been developing import of Russia's energy sources and has been reluctant to support Ukraine's struggle with weapons. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) An unexploded rocket is photographed in a wheat field on the outskirts of Kyiv, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A little girl watches as her mother kisses the Gospel book as she enters the church, Friday, April 22, 2022, during a Good Friday service at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Allentown, Pa.. While Easter is the most joyous of holy days on the church calendar, marking the day Christians believe Jesus triumphed over death, many members of Ukrainian Orthodox churches across the United States are finding it difficult to summon joy at a time of war. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Ukrainian servicemen attend a blessing ceremony Easter cakes on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An apartment building damaged after Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter walks past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Fridays For Future climate activist holds portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a protest demanding an energy embargo to Russia and the stop of the war in Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 22, 2022. The march started near the Embassy of Germany, as Berlin has been developing import of Russia's energy sources and has been reluctant to support Ukraine's struggle with weapons. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) An unexploded rocket is photographed in a wheat field on the outskirts of Kyiv, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A little girl watches as her mother kisses the Gospel book as she enters the church, Friday, April 22, 2022, during a Good Friday service at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Allentown, Pa.. While Easter is the most joyous of holy days on the church calendar, marking the day Christians believe Jesus triumphed over death, many members of Ukrainian Orthodox churches across the United States are finding it difficult to summon joy at a time of war. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Firefighters walk past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Ukrainian servicemen attend a blessing ceremony Easter cakes on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022.(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) An apartment building damaged after Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) A firefighter walks past an apartment building damaged by Russian shelling in Odesa, Ukraine, Saturday, April 23, 2022. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia fired at least six cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing five people. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky) Members of the congregation preform the procession of the Holy Shroud on Good Friday at Transfiguration Of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic Church, in Shamokin, Pa., Friday, April 15, 2022. The Holy Shroud is taken outside around the church to symbolize the funeral procession of Christ to the grave. The Holy Shroud is a cloth depicting the Savior lying in the tomb. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) A girl looks at her mother while holding a candle during Good Friday service at St. Mary's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Allentown, Pa.. While Easter is the most joyous of holy days on the church calendar, marking the day Christians believe Jesus triumphed over death, many members of Ukrainian Orthodox churches across the United States are finding it difficult to summon joy at a time of war. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) A Ukrainian army chaplain blesses Easter cakes on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukrainian soldiers hold Easter cakes and an icons during a blessing ceremony on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) An unexploded rocket is photographed in a wheat field on the outskirts of Kyiv, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Irina Tromsa, 55, is contorted by comrades of her son Bogdan, 24, a Ukrainian paratrooper from the 95th Brigade killed during fighting against Russian troops in the north-east of the country, during his funeral at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) A Ukrainian soldier sits on tyres next to a building destroyed by Russian bombing in Chernihiv on Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) Ukrainian soldiers hold Easter cakes during a blessing ceremony on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian soldier holds an Easter cake and an icon during a blessing ceremony on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022 (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A Ukrainian army chaplain blesses Easter cakes on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A military couple share a tender moment after an Easter cakes blessing ceremony on Easter eve at a military position outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A man suspected to be a Russian collaborator is detained during an operation by Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A firefighter sits on a swing next to a building destroyed by a Russian bomb in Chernihiv on Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) People check donated clothes at an aid distribution center located in a former cinema building in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Lviv National Opera theater orchestra performs during a concert in tribute of Ukrainians killed during Russia's invasion in Ukraine, in Lviv, western Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. During the concert designated places, in red, were empty and decorated with flowers to remember victims of the war. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) People attend a Good Friday ceremony inside the damaged Pokrova church, on the outskirt of Chernihiv, Ukraine, during Orthodox Easter , Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) The gutted remains of a car in front of damaged trees following a battle between Russia and Ukrainian forces on the outskirts of Chernihiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A man is treated by an emergency worker on the hallway of an apartment building before being taken to a hospital, following a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) A woman takes part on a Good Friday ceremony inside the damaged Pokrova church, during Orthodox Easter, on the outskirt of Chernihiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. The church was damaged last month by an explosion of a mortar nearby. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) People walk near an apartment on fire after it was hit during a Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a closer view of new graves being dug at a cemetery near Vynohradne, approximately 12 kilometers east of Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 15, 2022. From mid-March through mid-April, there are new excavations at Vynohradne that consist of parallel trenches, with each trench approximately 40-meters long. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a closer view of new graves being dug at a cemetery near Vynohradne, approximately 12 kilometers east of Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 29, 2022. From mid-March through mid-April, there are new excavations at Vynohradne that consist of parallel trenches, with each trench approximately 40-meters long. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an expansion of graves at a cemetery near Vynohradne, approximately 12 kilometers east of Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 15, 2022. From mid-March through mid-April, there are new excavations at Vynohradne that consist of parallel trenches, with each trench approximately 40-meters long. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows a cemetery before the expansion of graves near Vynohradne, approximately 12 kilometers east of Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 22, 2022. Since April 1 until mid-April, additional trenches have been excavated at the Vynohradne cemetery. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
Russia shifts forces for battle over Ukrainian heartland