The United Nations now estimates more than 1.7 million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion 12 days ago; most have headed into neighboring countries such as Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary. An additional million Ukrainians are believed to be internally displaced—forced out of their homes by the crisis but remaining in their country. Ukrainian men ages 18 to 60 are not allowed to leave—they are being called on to stay in Ukraine and fight as Russia continues its attacks on major cities.
Ukrainian Refugees Say Goodbye to Home and Family Members
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![A child, held by his mother, waves from a train window to his father outside, directly below the window.]()
Read moreStanislav, 40, says goodbye to his son David, 2, and his wife Anna, 35, on a train to Lviv at Kyiv's railway station in Ukraine on March 3, 2022. Stanislav is staying to fight while his family is leaving to seek refuge in a neighboring country. #
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![A large crowd of people stands together under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee a war zone.]()
Read moreUkrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee across the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv on March 5.. #
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Read morePeople cross a destroyed bridge as they evacuate the city of Irpin, northwest of Kyiv, during heavy shelling and bombing on March 5. #
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Read moreUkrainian soldiers in Irpin help people trying to leave the city amid collapsed structures and debris on March 6. #
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![Soldiers help civilians walking on a broad plank across swiftly flowing water beneath a destroyed bridge.]()
Read moreResidents of Irpin flee heavy fighting via a destroyed bridge as Russian forces enter the city on March 7. #
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Read moreA person fleeing Ukraine carries a dog in a backpack on the way to board a train in Zahony, Hungary, on March 3. #
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Read morePeople crowd a train-station platform, trying to flee the city after Russia announced a temporary cease-fire in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 7. #
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Read moreA Ukrainian soldier tries to disperse a crowd as it pushes to enter a train to Lviv at Kyiv's railway station, on March 4. #
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Read morePeople say their farewells and board a train in Kyiv on March 7. #
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![Several family members stand in a train window, speaking to a young man still on the platform outside.]()
Read moreA family in an evacuation train says goodbye to a young man staying on the platform at the central train station in Odessa on March 6. #
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Read moreUkrainian refugees walk across a bridge in the buffer zone along the Polish border at the Zosin-Ustyluh crossing in western Ukraine on March 6. #
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![A young child wearing a shiny, reflective rescue blanket holds a doll while standing with a crowd of adults.]()
Read moreAnna, 7, wearing a rescue blanket, holds her doll while waiting alongside her mother to board a bus after crossing from Ukraine to Poland at the border checkpoint in Medyka on March 7. #
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Read moreA Ukrainian family walks past a line of cars, heading toward the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing between Ukraine and Poland, as they flee the conflict in their country on February 28. #
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![A refugee stands outside wearing a warm coat and holding a red blanket wrapped around their pet cat.]()
Read moreA refugee fleeing the conflict in Ukraine holds her pet cat at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, on March 5. #
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Read morePeople who fled the attacks in Ukraine wait in line for passport control at the Polish-Ukrainian border on March 4, in Medyka, Poland. #
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Read moreThree-and-a-half-year-old Zlata has her face painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, on March 3. #
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Read moreFaces of refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine are illuminated by the light from a phone as they join a line at the border with Poland in Shehyni, Ukraine, on March 6. #
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Read morePeople rush to a train as an officer takes children and women first at the central train station in Odessa on March 7. #
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Read moreA family carries a large suitcase across the train tracks at Lviv's central train station on March 4. #
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Read moreAleksander, 41, presses his palms against the window as he says goodbye to his daughter Anna, 5, on a train to Lviv at Kyiv's railway station on March 4. #
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Read moreA woman fleeing Ukraine holds a dog as she sits on a train to Budapest, departing from Zahony, Hungary, on March 4. #
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![A couple holds hands, facing each other, both looking down.]()
Read moreA couple shares a moment at a train station in Kyiv during a temporary cease-fire on March 7. #
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Read moreA girl looks out a window as she waits inside a train taking refugees to Poland, at Lviv's train station, on March 5. #
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Read moreA woman bids a man goodbye after boarding a Lviv-bound train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 3. #
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Read moreA refugee fleeing the conflict in Ukraine cries as she holds her 1-year-old son, Andrey, at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, on March 7. #
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