Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (12879618n) (EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) A civilian defence force look at four dead civilians on the sidelines of the highway under a blanket at 20km from Kyiv. Almost 300 civilians have been killed along the road in between Zhytomyr and Kyiv near Bucha as most victims tried to cross the Buchanka river to reach the Ukrainian controlled territory and had been killed. Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, triggering the largest military attack in Europe since World War II. Death on the Highway between Kyiv and Zhytomyr, Ukraine - 02 Apr 2022