• Helena, right, and her brother Bodia, from Lviv, wait at the Medyka border crossing in eastern Poland. AFP
    Helena, right, and her brother Bodia, from Lviv, wait at the Medyka border crossing in eastern Poland. AFP
  • A brother and sister share a bowl of soup after they and their mother fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine and crossed the border at Medyka, Poland. Reuters
    A brother and sister share a bowl of soup after they and their mother fled the Russian invasion of Ukraine and crossed the border at Medyka, Poland. Reuters
  • Nadia, a Ukrainian woman, walks around with her baby in a car park in Przemysl, Poland as she waits for help with transport and accommodation. Reuters
    Nadia, a Ukrainian woman, walks around with her baby in a car park in Przemysl, Poland as she waits for help with transport and accommodation. Reuters
  • A woman searches through donated clothes for useful items after she and her children fled the Russian invasion in Ukraine and crossed the border in Medyka, Poland. Reuters
    A woman searches through donated clothes for useful items after she and her children fled the Russian invasion in Ukraine and crossed the border in Medyka, Poland. Reuters
  • Oksana, 30, holds a seven-day-old child after arriving by bus at a rendezvous point organised to help Ukrainian refugees with accommodation and transport to different cities in Poland. Reuters
    Oksana, 30, holds a seven-day-old child after arriving by bus at a rendezvous point organised to help Ukrainian refugees with accommodation and transport to different cities in Poland. Reuters
  • Refugees wait for help in Przemysl, Poland. Reuters
    Refugees wait for help in Przemysl, Poland. Reuters
  • People wait in a Polish car park to help refugees arriving from Ukraine. Reuters
    People wait in a Polish car park to help refugees arriving from Ukraine. Reuters
  • A father kisses his daughter after she, her mother and grandmother fled from the Russian invasion in Ukraine and crossed the border in Medyka, Poland. Reuters
    A father kisses his daughter after she, her mother and grandmother fled from the Russian invasion in Ukraine and crossed the border in Medyka, Poland. Reuters
  • Refugees wait for help in Przemysl, Poland. Reuters
    Refugees wait for help in Przemysl, Poland. Reuters
  • Ukrainian refugees in the town of Maroz near Olsztyn, Poland. EPA
    Ukrainian refugees in the town of Maroz near Olsztyn, Poland. EPA
  • A Ukrainian refugee in the town of Maroz, Poland. EPA
    A Ukrainian refugee in the town of Maroz, Poland. EPA
  • Ukrainian refugees in the town of Maroz, northern Poland. EPA
    Ukrainian refugees in the town of Maroz, northern Poland. EPA
  • Hospital employees and volunteers make hundreds of beds to prepare for an influx of Ukrainian refugees in Rzeszow, Poland. AP
    Hospital employees and volunteers make hundreds of beds to prepare for an influx of Ukrainian refugees in Rzeszow, Poland. AP
  • Ukrainian refugees who arrived by evening train from Kiev to Warsaw are helped at the Warszawa Wschodnia railway station in the Polish capital. EPA
    Ukrainian refugees who arrived by evening train from Kiev to Warsaw are helped at the Warszawa Wschodnia railway station in the Polish capital. EPA
  • Ukrainian refugees arrive by train from Kiev at the Warszawa Wschodnia station in Warsaw. EPA
    Ukrainian refugees arrive by train from Kiev at the Warszawa Wschodnia station in Warsaw. EPA
  • Ukrainian refugees arrive by train from Kiev to Warsaw, Poland. EPA
    Ukrainian refugees arrive by train from Kiev to Warsaw, Poland. EPA
  • Ukrainian refugees arrive from the Medyka border crossing in eastern Poland. AFP
    Ukrainian refugees arrive from the Medyka border crossing in eastern Poland. AFP
  • A man hugs a child at the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Medyka, Poland. Getty
    A man hugs a child at the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Medyka, Poland. Getty

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UAE donates $5 million in aid to Ukrainian people

Emirates warns of deteriorating humanitarian situation

The National

March 02, 2022

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The UAE will provide relief aid to affected civilians in Ukraine worth $5million, in response to an urgent appeal by the United Nations.

"The UAE stresses the importance of focusing on the deteriorating humanitarian situation for civilians and ensuring their protection," state news agency Wam reported.

The humanitarian situation on the borders with Ukraine, including in Poland and Romania, is increasingly dire with thousands in make-shift camps.

Temperatures have dropped below zero and heavy snow has fallen in the past week.

Many of those feeling the Russian invasion and fighting have walked long distances to reach border crossings, and faced delays in being allowed across by border guards.

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Updated: March 02, 2022, 11:21 AM