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Ukraine, Russia battle in the east as Zelenskyy visits front

Ukrainian servicemen gather next a Russian BMP-2, an infantry combat vehicle, in the Kharkiv area, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The Ukrainian military has been recovering abandoned Russian combat vehicles on the frontline to repair them and use them to their advantage. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Ukrainian Army Chaplain Vasyl removes his habit after a Sunday mass at a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Children play on a destroyed Russian tank placed as a symbol of war during Kyiv Day celebrations in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukrainian servicemen and civilians attend a Sunday Ukrainian Orthodox mass in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) An elderly patient is carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) A girl dances as she attends a concert of an orchestra during Kyiv Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) People walk in a street during Kyiv Day celebrations in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukrainian servicemen inspect a Russian BMP-2, an infantry combat vehicle, in the Kharkiv area, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The Ukrainian military has been recovering abandoned Russian combat vehicles on the frontline to repair them and use them to their advantage. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Two soldiers ride scooters during Kyiv Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A couple embrace during Kyiv Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A woman places a flag to honor soldiers killed fighting Russian troops during Kyiv Day celebrations in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. Ukraine's capital celebrates the anniversary of its foundation every last Sunday of May. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A patient is carried on a stretcher to board a medical evacuation train run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) at the train station in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 29, 2022. The train is specially equipped and staffed with medical personnel, and ferries patients from overwhelmed hospitals near the front line, to medical facilities in western Ukraine, far from the fighting. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Sunday, May 29, 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, awards a servicewoman as he visits the war-hit Kharkiv region. Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in the east as "indescribably difficult." The "Russian army is trying to squeeze at least some result" by concentrating its attacks there, he said in a Saturday night video address. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)