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Parents and children struggle to board a train in Lviv. AP
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A Ukrainian serviceman walks past the vertical tail fin of a Russian Su-34 bomber lying in a damaged building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. AP Photo
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An apartment building damaged after shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine. AP Photo
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A woman puts her head in her hands as she sits on a cot in a shelter, set up for displaced persons fleeing Ukraine, inside a school gymnasium in Przemysl, Poland. AP Photo
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Belarussian and suspected Russian helicopters on the flight line at Machulishchy Air Base outside Minsk, Belarus. AP Photo
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Children look on as people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine shelter in a school, in Drohobych, Ukraine. Reuters
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Families eat in the shelter. Reuters
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A woman looks out from a building damaged by Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, 100 kilometres away from Odesa, western Ukraine. AFP
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A wounded Ukrainian man waits in the corridor of the central hospital of Mykolaiv. AFP
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An elderly woman is carried in a shopping cart after being rescued from Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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A woman reacts as a train carrying children from Kyiv's Central Children's Hospital leaves the Ukrainian capital on its way to Lviv. Reuters
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A girl sits in an improvised bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine. AP
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An elderly woman is coated in snow as she sits in a wheelchair after being rescued from Irpin. AP
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Belarusian volunteers take part in military exercises at the Belarusian Company base in Kyiv. AP
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Lessa, left, director of a nursery school turned into a refugee shelter, cries as she hugs Olega, who arrived from Kyiv with her baby, near Lviv. EPA
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Ukrainians pass a damaged bridge as they flee from Irpin. AP
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A man carries an elderly woman as people continue to leave Irpin. AP
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A soldier stands on a barricade made of sandbags in central Odesa, Ukraine. Reuters
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A charred Russian tank and captured tanks in the Sumy region. Reuters
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People rest at a temporary shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Przemysl, Poland. AFP
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Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands, Maksym Kononenko, third right, and his wife Tetiana Doroshenko, fourth left, attend a meeting of members of the Ukrainian community with Dutch King Willem-Alexander, third left, and Queen Maxima, second left, to discuss the situation in Ukraine, in The Hague. EPA
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A Ukrainian soldier looks at the destruction after shelling in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv. AFP
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A refugee holds her dog as they wait for trains to Poland in Lviv, Ukraine. Reuters
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A woman ties ribbons in Ukrainian national flag colours in a girl's hair as people wait at a refugee assistance centre in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
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A Ukrainian soldier carries an elderly woman crossing the Irpin river on the outskirts of Kyiv. AP
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Lena, who had never left Ukraine before fleeing into Moldova, feeds Dasha, 3, soon after crossing the border. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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Refugees without immediate plans to move further inland can stay the night in tents set up on Moldova's side of the border. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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Tatiana and her son wait for a van that will carry them from the Moldovan border to Chisinau. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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Each night, the Palanca refugee camp in Moldova feeds up to 300 people who arrive with no onward plans. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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People pass a damaged bridge while fleeing the town of Irpin, close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. AP
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A Ukrainian soldier stands guard next to a church in Irpin. EPA
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A firefighter holds the baby of a Ukrainian refugee at the border in Romania. AP
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv. Reuters
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A Ukrainian soldier at a checkpoint in Kyiv. AP
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Ukrainian activist Ihor Mazur, left, a veteran of the war in the country's east, looks at a night-vision device in Kyiv. AP
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Ambassadors attend a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in New York. Reuters
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Ukraine's UN ambassador Sergey Kyslytsya holds a paper with an image of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as he addresses the Security Council in New York. Reuters
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A road sign put up in support of Mr Zelenskyy outside Russia's embassy in Washington. AFP
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Ukrainian refugees at the train station in Lviv, western Ukraine. EPA
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Lethal and non-lethal Ukrainian aid is loaded on to a plane bound for Poland by Canadian soldiers in Trenton, Ontario. Reuters
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Volunteers carry medical aid and necessities at a train station in Lviv. EPA
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Everton players wear T-shirts in support of Ukraine as they warm up for an English Premier League football match against Tottenham Hotspur. AP
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A residential building damaged by Russian shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Reuters
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A man walks past a checkpoint in heavy snow in Lviv. Getty
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A man fleeing fighting in Irpin waits to cross a river after Russian forces entered the city. Getty
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Soldiers assist Irpin residents underneath a damaged bridge as they flee. Getty
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Ukrainian civilians who volunteered to join the Territorial Defence Forces take part in a training exercise in Odesa after Russia's invasion. Reuters
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Men carry a body to a lorry as people flee from the frontline town of Irpin. EPA
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A Ukrainian police officer runs with a child as the sound of shelling echoes nearby in Irpin. AP
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Parents and children struggle to board a train in Lviv. AP
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A Ukrainian serviceman walks past the vertical tail fin of a Russian Su-34 bomber lying in a damaged building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. AP Photo
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An apartment building damaged after shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine. AP Photo
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A woman puts her head in her hands as she sits on a cot in a shelter, set up for displaced persons fleeing Ukraine, inside a school gymnasium in Przemysl, Poland. AP Photo
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Belarussian and suspected Russian helicopters on the flight line at Machulishchy Air Base outside Minsk, Belarus. AP Photo
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Children look on as people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine shelter in a school, in Drohobych, Ukraine. Reuters
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Families eat in the shelter. Reuters
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A woman looks out from a building damaged by Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, 100 kilometres away from Odesa, western Ukraine. AFP
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A wounded Ukrainian man waits in the corridor of the central hospital of Mykolaiv. AFP
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An elderly woman is carried in a shopping cart after being rescued from Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine. AP
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A woman reacts as a train carrying children from Kyiv's Central Children's Hospital leaves the Ukrainian capital on its way to Lviv. Reuters
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A girl sits in an improvised bomb shelter in Mariupol, Ukraine. AP
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An elderly woman is coated in snow as she sits in a wheelchair after being rescued from Irpin. AP
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Belarusian volunteers take part in military exercises at the Belarusian Company base in Kyiv. AP
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Lessa, left, director of a nursery school turned into a refugee shelter, cries as she hugs Olega, who arrived from Kyiv with her baby, near Lviv. EPA
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Ukrainians pass a damaged bridge as they flee from Irpin. AP
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A man carries an elderly woman as people continue to leave Irpin. AP
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A soldier stands on a barricade made of sandbags in central Odesa, Ukraine. Reuters
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A charred Russian tank and captured tanks in the Sumy region. Reuters
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People rest at a temporary shelter for Ukrainian refugees in Przemysl, Poland. AFP
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Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands, Maksym Kononenko, third right, and his wife Tetiana Doroshenko, fourth left, attend a meeting of members of the Ukrainian community with Dutch King Willem-Alexander, third left, and Queen Maxima, second left, to discuss the situation in Ukraine, in The Hague. EPA
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A Ukrainian soldier looks at the destruction after shelling in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv. AFP
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A refugee holds her dog as they wait for trains to Poland in Lviv, Ukraine. Reuters
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A woman ties ribbons in Ukrainian national flag colours in a girl's hair as people wait at a refugee assistance centre in Prague, Czech Republic. EPA
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A Ukrainian soldier carries an elderly woman crossing the Irpin river on the outskirts of Kyiv. AP
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Lena, who had never left Ukraine before fleeing into Moldova, feeds Dasha, 3, soon after crossing the border. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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Refugees without immediate plans to move further inland can stay the night in tents set up on Moldova's side of the border. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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Tatiana and her son wait for a van that will carry them from the Moldovan border to Chisinau. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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Each night, the Palanca refugee camp in Moldova feeds up to 300 people who arrive with no onward plans. Erin Clare Brown for The National
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People pass a damaged bridge while fleeing the town of Irpin, close to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. AP
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A Ukrainian soldier stands guard next to a church in Irpin. EPA
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A firefighter holds the baby of a Ukrainian refugee at the border in Romania. AP
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv. Reuters
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A Ukrainian soldier at a checkpoint in Kyiv. AP
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Ukrainian activist Ihor Mazur, left, a veteran of the war in the country's east, looks at a night-vision device in Kyiv. AP
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Ambassadors attend a UN Security Council meeting on threats to international security after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in New York. Reuters
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Ukraine's UN ambassador Sergey Kyslytsya holds a paper with an image of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as he addresses the Security Council in New York. Reuters
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A road sign put up in support of Mr Zelenskyy outside Russia's embassy in Washington. AFP
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Ukrainian refugees at the train station in Lviv, western Ukraine. EPA
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Lethal and non-lethal Ukrainian aid is loaded on to a plane bound for Poland by Canadian soldiers in Trenton, Ontario. Reuters
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Volunteers carry medical aid and necessities at a train station in Lviv. EPA
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Everton players wear T-shirts in support of Ukraine as they warm up for an English Premier League football match against Tottenham Hotspur. AP
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A residential building damaged by Russian shelling in Chernihiv, Ukraine. Reuters
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A man walks past a checkpoint in heavy snow in Lviv. Getty
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A man fleeing fighting in Irpin waits to cross a river after Russian forces entered the city. Getty
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Soldiers assist Irpin residents underneath a damaged bridge as they flee. Getty
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Ukrainian civilians who volunteered to join the Territorial Defence Forces take part in a training exercise in Odesa after Russia's invasion. Reuters
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Men carry a body to a lorry as people flee from the frontline town of Irpin. EPA
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A Ukrainian police officer runs with a child as the sound of shelling echoes nearby in Irpin. AP
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Parents and children struggle to board a train in Lviv. AP
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