TOPSHOT - Pedestrians walk past The Colisseum in Rome on February 24, 2022, illuminated in the colours of the Ukrainian flag after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Russia's ground forces invaded Ukraine from several directions on February 24, encircling the country within hours of Russian President announcing his decision to launch an assault. Heavy Russian tanks and other equipment crossed the frontier in a string of northern regions as well as from the Kremlin-annexed peninsula of Crimea in the south. They were also advancing into the Western-backed government's territory along the eastern front, where a separatist insurgency has claimed more than 14,000 lives since 2014. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP)