Men from Cholheni guarding a checkpoint at the entrance to their village.

Natalie Gaponko (43), who lives close to Crimea where the fighting is fierce, is now on the final leg of her escape from Ukraine together with her four children. While a family member holds the place...

A couple arrive at the Krakovetz border crossing point with their three children where they hope to cross into Poland and safety from the Russian invasion.

Anastasia Azbukina, who has left her husband in Kharkiv where the fighting is raging, wraps a blanket tightly around herself as she stands outside at the Krakovetz border crossing. Together with her t...

Victoria with her son rest in a tent set up at the Krakovetz border crossing post for families with small children.

A woman, wrapped in a blanket, with her child in tow near the Krakovetz border crossing point with Poland.

Refugees by the millions are fleeing Ukraine, most of them to Poland as these people on the Krakovetz border cross. Mostly woman and children arrive here by car or busses and stand in lines in the fre...

Civilians, near Hnativka, after crossing the River Irpin into Ukranian contolled areas west of Kyiv.

A family, who already fled fighting in their home town of Volnovakha, shelter in the Metalurhiv metro station with all their belongings after three missiles hit Dnipro that morning. They said they don...

An abandoned sleeping bag covered by snow in a field at the Siret border crossing.

Yula with her eight-month-old daughter Ira at one of the city's humanitarian centres. Her family of three arrived in Dnipro from Kharkiv the night before. SHe says they would like to rest for a while,...

Cars parked by the border crossing point at Siret to wait for friends and relatives arriving from Ukraine.

Tatyana (61) in one of the city's humanitarian centres. Tatyana and her relatives escaped shelling in her home town of Volnovakha thanks to the State Service of Ukraine for Emergencies. Hiding in a ce...

Women register and report what they are in need of at one of the city's humanitarian centres. This centre is providing help to specifically to women and children. They have supplies of clothes, shoes,...

Volunteers sorting bedsheets donated by residents in one of the city's humanitarian centres. This centre is providing help to specifically to women and children. They have supplies of clothes, shoes,...

Children from the Kharkiv Children's Home eating lunch at the Eko-Hotel Lis Na Samari (Russian Les Na Samari) in the village of Pischanka (Peschanka). 38 children were evacuated from the home just a f...

A boy carries an armful of toys donated by locals. He is one of 38 children who were evacuated from the Kharkiv Children's Home, after spending several days in a bomb shelter, to the Eko-Hotel 'Lis Na...

Tinned food covered in snow on a Red Cross distribution stall set up for refugees arriving from Ukraine.

A man helping Ukrainian refugee children to board a train direct to Cluj Napoca.

Karolina (6) from the Kharkiv Children's Home from where she was evacuated with 37 other children, after spending several days in a bomb shelter, to the Eko-Hotel 'Lis Na Samari' (Russian Les Na Samar...

A boy, one of 37 children evacuated a few days earlier from a children's home in Kharkiv, plays with dinosaur toy at the Eko-Hotel Lis Na Samari (Russian Les Na Samari) in Pischanka village.

Sergey and Tatyana Sytnik from Kharkiv from where their family left in a hurry on 28 February 2022. Sergey and Tatyana said they were waiting in a cellar bomb shelter for their son to come back and ev...

The Sytnik family from Kharkiv from where they escaped shelling by Russian forces on 28 February 2022. Larysa Sytnik (41) (third from left) said: "The situation became very difficult. There was a four...

A group of Ukrainian refugees board a train at Suceava's station which will take them directly to Bucharest.

A volunteer cutting Vanya's hair. Vanya (14), along with another 37 children living at the Kharkiv Children's Home, spent a week sheltering from shelling in a cellar before being evacuated to the Eko-...

Children from the Kharkiv Children's Home playing outside the Eko-Hotel Lis Na Samari (Russian Les Na Samari) in the village of Pischanka (Peschanka). 38 children were evacuated from Kharkiv just a fe...

A group of Ukrainian refugees waiting in the snow on a platform at Suceava's station for a train to take them directly to Bucharest.

Rodina Volos (from left: sleeping Miroslava, Dariy, Inga and Ivan, baby Dan sleeps in another room) in their room in the Dnipro Business Apartments. They fled the shelling in their home town of Kharki...

Inga Volos with one of her children, Dariy. They fled the war from their native Kharkiv on 3 March 2022 and sheltered in the Dnipro Business Apartments for six days before they continued to west Ukrai...

An Ukrainian refugee family in the Suceava train station waiting room.

Marina with her baby Nadia. She is from Severodonetsk and, with the help of friends, escaped the war and found shelter in the Dnipro Business Apartments. She did not have time to pack her belongings,...

Children, who escaped with their families from fighting between Russian and Russian-backed separatist forces and the Ukrainian Army, play in a hallway in a hotel where they have found shelter.

An elderly Ukrainian refugee sits at the Suceava train station waiting room.

Ukrainian refugees rest in the Suceava train station waiting room.

An Ukrainian refugee mother with her child in the Suceava train station waiting room.

Volunteer drivers hold up signs to various destinatiions in Europe at the Tesco Humanitarian Aid Center for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Ukranian refugees at the Polish-Ukrainian border. Millions of Ukrainians, primarily womenm, children and the elderly, have fled the war with Russia.

Refugees from Ukraine at the Lodyna transit center in southeastern Poland.

A staging area for refugees from Ukraine at the Polish border.

Ukrainian refugees who crossed at the Siret border post arrive at the train station in Suceava.

A refugee from Ukraine obtaining a Polish SIM card at staging area for refugees from Ukraine.

A staging area for refugees from Ukraine.

A Welcome to the EU sign at a staging area for refugees from Ukraine.

Ukrainian refugees rest in the Suceava train station waiting room.

Leana (58) and her grand daughter from Kharkiv leaving the Hallo Kijowska reception centre for refugees on their way to join family friends in Georgia.

Ukrainian refugees arrive in Poland after crossing the border.

Ukrainian refugees at a humanitarian aid center set up in a disused Tesco's store after crossing the border from Ukraine into Poland.

Ukrainian refugees at a humanitarian aid center set up in a disused Tesco's store after crossing the border from Ukraine into Poland.

Ukrainian refugees talking in the Suceava train station waiting room.

A long queue of traffic as Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to...

Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to reach safety.

Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to reach safety.

Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to reach safety.

A refugee camp set up inside the city's stadium. The camp can host about 400 people and is run by the Romanian Fire Brigade and is a military zone.

Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to reach safety.

A refugee camp set up inside the city's stadium. The camp can host about 400 people and is run by the Romanian Fire Brigade and is a military zone.

Siret refugee camp which has been set up in the city's stadium and can host about 400 people. It is run by the Romanian Fire Brigade and is a military zone.

Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to reach safety.

Ukrainian refugees, primarily women, children and the elderly, fleeing Russia's invasion of the country, queue for hours at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing with Poland to reach safety.

A mother and a child who just arrived at Siret refugee camp talk to Fronter Guards. The camp was set up in the city's stadium and can host about 400 people. It is run by the Romanian Fire Brigade and...

A teddy bear on top of luggage left outside of a tent where refugees family are hosted before leaving for other european cities.

Anastasia (28), from Kyiv (Kiev), near the border crossing where she just entered Romania with her pets, a dog named Buky and a cat named Yoshi. She said 'they are part of my family so I could not aba...

A Ukrainian refugee family stand outside tents at the border used for shelter.

A woman and three children are passengers in the front of a van, which has the word 'children', sprayed in large letters its front. White flags and handwritten signs that read: 'children', are displa...

A mother and daughter, Ukrainian refugees, in a tent where volunteers are giving out hot drinks and food to people immediately after crossing the border.

People driving in a old Lada car flee to the capital. White flags and handwritten signs that read: 'children', are displayed on many of the vehicles which are packed with IDPS and are continuously ar...

Volunteers from the Red Cross carrying blankets and pillows for Ukrainian refugees.

Women and children packed into the rear of a car travelling from east of the capital. White flags and handwritten signs that read: 'children', are displayed on many of the vehicles which are packed w...

A woman holds her hand to her face as she displays the tension of a journey from the west of Kyiv. White flags and handwritten signs that read: 'children', are displayed on many of the vehicles which...

A woman holds a baby on her lap as a car full of people arrive in Kiev after fleeing from further east. White flags and handwritten signs that read: 'children', are displayed on many of the vehicles...

A Turkish volunteer serving tea to other volunteers working with Ukrainian refugees near the border.

Ukrainian refugees board a train at Suceava's station which will take them directly to Bucharest.

An elderly Ukrainian refugee sits at the Suceava train station waiting room for a train to Bucharest.

A child stands clinging to their father's legs in the train station waiting room where Ukrainian refugees wait for the train to Bucharest.

A long line of civilian cars, all heading eastward toward Kyiv. People trying to make their way into the capital are facing roadblocks and long queues of vehicles as well as the danger of shelling. Th...

A woman wrapped in a blanket stands at the roadside beside a line of civilian cars, all heading eastward toward Kyiv. People trying to make their way into the capital are facing roadblocks and long qu...

An Ukrainian refugee mother with her child in the Suceava train station waiting room.

Members of the Territorial Defence force on duty at the roadside as a humanitarian convey of coaches drive westward, to try and evacuate civilians from towns west of Kyiv.

Members of the Territorial Defence force on duty at the roadside as a humanitarian convey of coaches drive westward, to try and evacuate civilians from towns west of Kyiv.

An Ukrainian refugee couple rest in the Suceava train station waiting room.

Ukrainian refugees waiting in the snow on a platform at Suceava's station for a train to take them directly to Bucharest.

Ukrainian refugees waiting in the snow on a platform at Suceava's station for a train to take them directly to Bucharest.

Ukrainian refugees waiting in the snow on a platform at Suceava's station for a train to take them directly to Bucharest.

Ukrainian refugees waiting in the snow on a platform at Suceava's station for a train to take them directly to Bucharest.

Ukrainian refugees waiting in the snow on a platform at Suceava's station for a train to take them directly to Bucharest.

As Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to engage in combat, millions of women, children and the elderly have poured out of Ukraine to seek refuge in Europe, the vast majority crossing the border int...

As Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to engage in combat, millions of women, children and the elderly have poured out of Ukraine to seek refuge in Europe, the vast majority crossing the border int...

As Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to engage in combat, millions of women, children and the elderly have poured out of Ukraine to seek refuge in Europe, the vast majority crossing the border int...

As Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to engage in combat, millions of women, children and the elderly have poured out of Ukraine to seek refuge in Europe, the vast majority crossing the border int...

As Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to engage in combat, millions of women, children and the elderly have poured out of Ukraine to seek refuge in Europe, the vast majority crossing the border int...