Russian invasion: Before-and-after satellite images show destruction across Ukraine

Burned-out and heavily-damaged apartment buildings, destroyed shopping malls and grocery stores, storage tanks on fire at an airport near Kyiv, and massive artillery craters in fields are among the images captured by satellite and provided by American space technology company Maxar.

Below are a series of before-and-after images taken from southeastern, northern and north-central Ukraine. The before images are taken from a period ranging from 2017 up until March, 2022.

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The satellite images below show an overview of the cemetery in Manhush, Ukraine, about 20 kilometers west of Mariupol. The before image is from March 19, 2022, and the after image was taken on April 3, 2022. The graves are aligned in four sections of linear rows (measuring approximately 85 meters per section) and contain more than 200 graves.

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This satellite image shows the Mariupol Drama Theater in Mariupol, Ukraine. The before image is from July 4, 2020; the after image is from March 14, 2022. Letters on the pavement in front of and behind the building spell out 'Children' in Russian. The building was blown apart by a Russian airstrike a few days later, on March 16. See image immediately below the before-after comparison to see the aftermath of the airstrike.  Story:  Survivors emerge from rubble of Mariupol theatre bombing by Russia

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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies on March 19, 2022 shows the aftermath of the airstrike on the Mariupol Drama theater, Ukraine, and the area around it.

The satellite images below show the Olympic sports training centre in Chernihiv, Ukraine as it appeared on Aug. 22, 2018, and then during the Russian invasion on March 16, 2022. A large crater can be seen on the field and heavy damage to the facility.

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The satellite image below shows a close-up view of apartment buildings and fires with damage in the area of the Zhovtnevyi district in western Mariupol, Ukraine after the Russian invasion on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The before image was taken on June 15, 2019.

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These satellite images show the Epicentr K shopping centre in Chernihiv, Ukraine on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, before it was damaged and on Thursday, March 10, 2022 after it was damaged during the Russian invasion.

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This multispectral satellite image shows artillery craters in the fields and damaged buildings in the Zhovtnevyi district in western Mariupol, Ukraine, during the Russian invasion on Saturday, March 12, 2022. The image taken before the attack is from June 15, 2019.

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This multispectral satellite image shows buildings and fuel storage tanks on fire at Antonov Airport, during the Russian invasion, in Hostomel, Ukraine on Friday, March 11, 2022. The image taken before the attack is from May 4, 2017.

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This satellite image shows grocery stores and shopping malls obliterated in the Russian invasion in Mariupol, Ukraine on Wednesday, March 9, 2022.  The image taken from before the attack is from June 15, 2019.

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These satellite images show the Portcity shopping mall and other stores in Mariupol, Ukraine on June 15, 2019 and after the Russian invasion on Wednesday March 9, 2022.

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