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Six months on, Ukraine fights war, faces painful aftermath

Orthodox priest Father Andriy stands inside of the Church of Andrew the Apostle in Bucha near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Orthodox priest Father Andriy blesses the coffins of unidentified civilians killed by Russian troops during Russian occupation in Bucha near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

FILE - Orthodox priest Father Andriy prays for unidentified civilians killed by Russian troops during Russian occupation in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 11, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

FILE - Orthodox priest Father Andriy, left, attends a funeral of local resident Anatoliy Kosyanchuk, 56, who was captured by Russian soldiers on March 29, and found dead with heavy head injuries in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 15, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - A woman stands next to three people killed in the courtyard of a house in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 5, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - Cemetery workers work at a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia, April 10, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, file)

FILE - The body of a man who was killed with his hands tied behind his back lies on the ground in Bucha, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - Plastic bags with corpses exhumed from a mass grave are lined up in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - The hand of a corpse emerges from a mass grave in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Lifeless bodies of men, some with their hands tied behind their backs, lie on the ground in Bucha, Ukraine, April 3, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Ukrainian police officer Ruslan Huseinov stands on a destroyed bridge in the city of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The destroyed bridge to Irpin served as a crossing point for local residents who fled from the cities captured by the Russian troops in March and February. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian police officer Ruslan Huseinov patrols in his car in the city of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

FILE - Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 5, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers help a man in a wheelchair as people try to flee crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

FILE - Ukrainian police officer Ruslan Huseinov, left, with his colleague help a woman fleeing as the artillery echoes nearby in Irpin, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 7, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Ukrainian MSLR "Verba" shoots toward Russian positions at the frontline in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Danyk Rak, 12, grazes a cow in pasture in the village of Voznesenske, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Danyk Rak, 12, herds a cow from pasture in the village of Voznesenske, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Danyk Rak, 12, clears rubbish on the second floor of Zhanna and Serhiy Dynaeva's house which was destroyed by Russian bombardment in a residential area in Novoselivka village near Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian Liudmila Koval shows shrapnel that disfigured her right foot during Russian forces' shelling in the village of Voznesenske, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Danyk Rak, 12, his mother Liudmila Koval, centre, and grandmother Nina stand in the village of Voznesenske, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Danyk Rak, 12, and his mother Liudmila Koval in the village of Voznesenske, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Danyk Rak, 12, stands amongst the debris of his house destroyed by Russian forces' shelling in the village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. His family's home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

FILE - Houses destroyed by Russian forces' shelling in the village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 13, 2022. Six months after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine and with no end to the conflict in sight, The Associated Press revisited Danyk Rak, a 12-year-old looking after his wounded mother, as well as a police officer and an Orthodox priest whose lives have been upended by war. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Danyk Rak, 12, stands with his grandmother Nina on the debris of their house destroyed by Russian forces' shelling in the village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Danyk Rak, 12, holds a cat standing on the debris of his house destroyed by Russian forces' shelling in the village of Novoselivka, near Chernihiv, Ukraine, April 13, 2022. Danyk's family home was destroyed and his mother seriously wounded as Russian forces bombarded Kyiv’s suburbs and surrounding towns in a failed effort to seize the capital. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Six months on, Ukraine fights war, faces painful aftermath