Russian assault intensifies as troops bear down on Kyiv
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Members of the civil defense take positions as a vehicle approaches the checkpoint in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of territorial defense, walks in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of territorial defense wipes his face in the backyard of a house that was damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A journalist walks past a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Flames and smoke rise from a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A journalist walks inside a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A girl which fled from the war in Ukraine reunites with her father after crossing the border in Medyka, southeastern Poland, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A group of women and a boy walk to the train station as they try to leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman cries outside houses damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
French teacher Pjotr Vyerko, 81, holds a rifle in his house which was damaged by the shock waves of a Russian airstrike in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman, who did not want to be identified, poses for a photograph as she holds her newborn girl in the basement of a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward and used as a bomb shelter during air raid alerts, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman cries in the small basement of a house crowded with people seeking shelter from Russian airstrikes, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman gestures in the small basement of a house crowded with people seeking shelter from Russian airstrikes and shelling in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Displaced Ukrainians gather in the basement of a theatre used as temporary shelter for displaced people during an air raid siren in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Displaced Ukrainians take shelter in an auditorium in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People cover the windows Museum of Ethnography with metal plates in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Local militiaman Valery, 37, carries a child as he helps a fleeing family across a bridge destroyed by artillery, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A rocket fragment lies on the ground next to a building of Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) after a rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Firefighters extinguish a building of Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) after a rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian volunteers sort donated foods for later distribution to the local population while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears on television in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian volunteers sort donated clothes for later distribution to the local population in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
People trying to flee Ukraine change platforms inside Lviv railway station, in Lviv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A baby sits with his mother inside a train leaving the Lviv railway station, in Lviv, west Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2.