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Way into the unknown:
In wintry temperatures, people are trying to flee the Ukrainian city of Lviv.
According to UN figures, more than half a million people have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion began.
"More than 500,000 refugees have now fled Ukraine to neighboring countries," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi wrote on Twitter.
Photo: Emin Ozmen / Magnum Photos / DER SPIEGEL
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Full train stations:
The number of people who want to leave the country is growing.
Hundreds want to catch a train from Lviv to Poland.
According to an earlier count by the UN refugee agency UNHCR, more than 280,000 people have already crossed the Polish border.
Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images
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Lonely moments:
An elderly man is waiting in an empty hall at Lviv train station.
General mobilization is in force in Ukraine.
Men of military age are not allowed to leave the country.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP
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Standing together:
The trains leaving Ukraine for foreign countries are full.
People are waiting on the tracks for the next opportunity to leave the country.
Because of the war, Ukrainians are exempt from visa requirements in the EU and Switzerland, among other places.
Photo: Bernat Armangue/AP
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Keeping in touch:
In Poland, refugees from the neighboring country are given a friendly welcome.
This woman has arrived at a temporary camp in Przemysl, she is holding her mobile phone - presumably to follow the news and to keep in touch with relatives.
Many women left their husbands in Ukraine.
They are not allowed to leave the country if they are of military age.
Photo: YARA NARDI / REUTERS
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Messages from the President:
Wlodomir Zelenskyi repeatedly addresses his population in video messages.
In the Ukraine war he surpasses himself.
Polls show him to be more popular than ever, and the president is also earning respect abroad.
Photo: BERNADETT SZABO / REUTERS
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Difficult road:
Many Ukrainians have already made a long and dangerous journey to the border with Poland.
At the Polish border crossing at Medyka, some people are waiting at a bus stop to continue their journey.
PHOTO: BRYAN WOOLSTON / REUTERS
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Fighting for freedom:
The people of Ukraine are trying to defend their country by any means necessary.
As here in Kyiv, many are making Molotov cocktails to attack the Russian invaders.
Photo: Efrem Lukatsky/AP
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Temporary shelter:
Soldiers set up a naval tent at the Velke Slemence border.
Many Ukrainians were only able to pack the bare essentials before fleeing.
In many European countries, donations in kind, such as warm clothing or sleeping bags, are collected.
Photo: AA / ddp/abaca press
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With her pet in her arms:
A Ukrainian girl strokes her cat, which she protects in her coat, in the Lviv train station.
The Russian military attack on Ukraine continues for the fifth day.
According to Ukrainian data, the Russian army is slowing down.
Photo: Bernat Armangue / dpa
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Brief rest:
People trying to flee Ukraine wait for trains in the station.
They sleep between lockers, trying to get some rest.
The EU is preparing for hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Photo: Bernat Armangue / dpa
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From comedian to hero:
Volodymyr Zelenskyj, an entertainer and comedian, was surprisingly elected president in 2019 with over 70 percent.
He was laughed at for a long time.
He is now dubbed a hero and defender of freedom.
Photo: AFP
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In safety:
After arriving in Poland, a woman hugs her child.
The future is uncertain.
Russian President Vladimir Putin further escalated the situation on Sunday, putting his deterrent weapons, including Russia's nuclear weapons, on alert.
Photo: Yara Nardi / REUTERS
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Queues in front of the supermarket:
In Ukraine, many fear a collapse in supply.
Long queues formed in front of supermarkets in Kyiv.
Many stocked up on food and groceries.
Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP
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To protect the weakest:
In an air-raid shelter in the children's ward of a hospital in Kiev, mothers take care of their babies.
Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko has called on Europe to donate to Ukraine.
“Our wives, children, elderly people are going through hell.
We urgently need your help now.«
Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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First talks:
Negotiations between the two sides on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border began on Monday without much hope of a rapprochement in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Neither the Russian nor the Ukrainian President attended.
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SERGEI KHOLODILIN / AFP