A memorial site in Kyiv, Ukraine

Blue and yellow Ukrainian national flags together with flags of Belarus opposition with names of fallen soldiers are seen on Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in central Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. Families and friends of the killed serviceman leave the flags as a memorial for their loved ones. As the full scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian forces approaches its first anniversary, the capital of Ukraine tries to maintain normality despite continuous war alerts.