@AFP’s Aris Messinis photographs child patients at a Kyiv paediatrics hospital – including cancer sufferers - being treated in the basement, which is being used as a bomb shelter during the attack on the Ukraine capital
New refugee crisis begins.
@AFP’s Daniel Leal photographs Ukrainian refugees lining up to enter Poland at the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing.
More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion on February 24, says United Nations
New refugee crisis begins.
@AFP photographer in Poland Wojtek Radwanski captures scenes of desperation at the border crossing in Medyka.
About 250,000 are waiting in massive queues at more than half a dozen crossing points to enter Poland, according to Polish media reports
VIDEO: Thousands flood Kyiv train station in bid to flee Ukraine capital.
Ukrainians fear it's the "last safe day in Kyiv" as they flood into a train station in capital in a bid to catch a ride to a safer place as invading Russian troops close in
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#BREAKING World Bank preparing $3 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine
#UPDATE World Bank President David Malpass, in a joint statement with IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva, said the aid organization is preparing a $3 billion aid package for war-torn Ukraine, which will include at least $350 million in immediate funds
#BREAKING World Bank announces more than $1 billion in aid for Afghanistan
The latest on the #Ukraine crisis from @DaveClark_AFP with @olacicho in Moscow
▶️ Russian forces strike cities in eastern Ukraine
▶️ Western powers vow further sanctions
▶️ More than 660,000 people have fled conflict u.afp.com/wAtu
@DaveClark_AFP@olacicho#UPDATE The UN's refugee agency says an estimated one million people have been displaced inside #Ukraine by the Russian invasion, in addition to hundreds of thousands who have fled abroad