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Ukrainian defenders dig in as Russia lines up more firepower

"Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Cemetery workers remove a body from a mass grave, for identification in a morgue, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) People ride in a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A man lights a candle during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Stop hating Russians" is written on the sign of this participant of a pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the motto "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Cemetery workers remove a body from a mass grave, for identification in a morgue, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) People ride in a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A man lights a candle during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Stop hating Russians" is written on the sign of this participant of a pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the motto "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Cemetery workers remove a body from a mass grave, for identification in a morgue, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) People ride in a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A man lights a candle during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Stop hating Russians" is written on the sign of this participant of a pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the motto "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) Cemetery workers remove a body from a mass grave, for identification in a morgue, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) People ride in a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A man lights a candle during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Stop hating Russians" is written on the sign of this participant of a pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the motto "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Women pray during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A man wears a T-shirt depicting Russian President Putin at the pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) People board a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A man reacts during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman lies in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A door of a church is damaged from shrapnel following a Russian attack in the previous weeks, in the town of Makarov, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Women pray during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A man wears a T-shirt depicting Russian President Putin at the pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) People board a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A man reacts during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman lies in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A door of a church is damaged from shrapnel following a Russian attack in the previous weeks, in the town of Makarov, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Women pray during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A man wears a T-shirt depicting Russian President Putin at the pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) People board a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A man reacts during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman lies in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A door of a church is damaged from shrapnel following a Russian attack in the previous weeks, in the town of Makarov, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Women pray during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A man wears a T-shirt depicting Russian President Putin at the pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) People board a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A man reacts during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman lies in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A door of a church is damaged from shrapnel following a Russian attack in the previous weeks, in the town of Makarov, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) Women pray during a Sunday service in an Orthodox church in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A cemetery worker takes a break from working in a mass grave to identify civilians killed during the war against Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) "Putler Ukraine" is written on the poster under a head, which is supposed to represent a mixture of Hitler and Putin, displayed at a demonstration directed against the pro-Russian rally taking place at the same time in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - For peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) A man wears a T-shirt depicting Russian President Putin at the pro-Russian demonstration in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The police accompanied the rally with several hundred units. The demonstration was announced under the slogan "Against agitation and discrimination of Russian-speaking fellow citizens/Against war - for peace". (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP) People board a bus during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Several apartment buildings were destroyed during fighting between the Russian troops and the Ukrainian forces and the town is without electricity, water and heating. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A man reacts during evacuation of civilians in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) A woman lies in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A wooden crucifix is half covered with a white sheet inside a damaged church following a Russian attack in the previous weeks in the town of Makarov , Kyiv region Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) A door of a church is damaged from shrapnel following a Russian attack in the previous weeks, in the town of Makarov, Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Since the beginning of the war at least 59 spiritual sites, most are Orthodox churches have been ruined or damaged, the Ukrainian authorities said. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) People with a baby settle in a basement of an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A woman walks past an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A man stands next to an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A view of an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A view of an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko) A cemetery worker moves a corpse onto a crane that lifts it from a mass grave to be identified in a morgue, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Cemetery workers carry a corpse of a man from a mass grave to be identified in a morgue, in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)