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Ukraine’s tragic week shows there’s no safe place in war

A woman stops to look at Ukrainian flags placed in memory of those killed during the war near Maidan Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, and the death toll from that attack rose steadily in the days that followed, with at least 45 civilians killed, including six children. Then on Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A woman stands by the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure on Wednesday, in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Yuliya Pugach, 59, sheds a tear at the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Rescue workers clear rubble from an apartment building which was destroyed by a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighbourhood in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A boy holds a toy gun at the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, and the death toll from that attack rose steadily in the days that followed, with at least 45 civilians killed, including six children. Then on Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Anya Korostenska drops to her knees before the grave of her fiance Oleksiy Zavadskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on Jan. 15 in Bakhmut, during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Bucha residents gather to mourn the death of Oleksiy Zavadskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on January 15 in Bakhmut, during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

In this photo released by State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Monday, Jan. 16, 2022, Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters carry a wounded woman out of the rubble from a building after a Russian rocket attack on Saturday in Dnipro, Ukraine, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Pavel Petrov, SESU via AP)

Relatives of Maksym and Nataliia Shvets, a couple who died under the rubble after a Russian missile hit their apartment block, cry near one of the coffins during a funeral service in Dnipro, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Hrytsyna)

A dead body on the ground at the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A woman walks by the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, and the death toll from that attack rose steadily in the days that followed, with at least 45 civilians killed, including six children. Then on Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A view of the scene where a helicopter crashed on civil infrastructure in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Widow Anastasia Ohrimenko, left, mourns with Anya Korostenska over the body of her fiance Oleksiy Zavadskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on Jan. 15 in Bakhmut during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Emergency workers clear the rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multistory building leaving many people under debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, and the death toll from that attack rose steadily in the days that followed, with at least 45 civilians killed, including six children. Then on Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

A hand from the dead body of a woman is seen under the rubble after a Russian rocket hit a multi-story building leaving many people under debris in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

People pay their respects at a makeshift memorial at the scene where a helicopter crashed into civil infrastructure on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, and the death toll from that attack rose steadily in the days that followed, with at least 45 civilians killed, including six children. Then on Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Bucha relatives gather to mourn the body of Oleksiy Zavadskyi, a Ukrainian serviceman who died in combat on January 15 in Bakhmut, during his funeral in Bucha, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. This past week has been an especially tragic one for Ukraine. A barrage of Russian missiles struck an apartment complex in the southeastern city of Dnipro on Jan. 14, and the death toll from that attack rose steadily in the days that followed, with at least 45 civilians killed, including six children. Then on Wednesday, a government helicopter carrying the interior minister and other officials crashed into a building housing a kindergarten in a suburb of Kyiv. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Ukraine’s tragic week shows there’s no safe place in war