Russia-Ukraine: A new humanitarian crisis in the making
On Thursday, Day 1 of the first major war in Europe in decades, the Russian military began its attack before sunrise with the terrifying thud of artillery strikes on airports and military installation
People line up at a long distance bus station in the center of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, February 24, 2022. A mass migration appears underway as residents flee the capital.
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People line up for fuel in Severodonetsk, eastern Ukraine, hours after Russian forces began to invade Ukraine, Thursday, February 24, 2022
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A forklift operator moves steel sheets at the Port of Mykolaiv in Ukraine, February 14, 2022. A Russian invasion of Ukraine could push up oil and food prices globally at a time of already-high inflation. In the US, it will drive up uncertainty
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Men line up to register for military service in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Ukraine&rsquos government vowed an &ldquoall-out defense&rdquo as Russia attacked more than a dozen cities and towns across the country
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Ukrainian soldiers take a moment to pet a stray dog on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, in Zaitseve, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The area was shelled on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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People withdraw cash from ATMs in Severodonetsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday, February 24, 2022. Russia launched attacks on major cities and airports across Ukraine on Thursday, shelling more than a dozen cities and towns, including outside the capital, Kyiv
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People pray at St. Michael"s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, Thursday, February 24, 2022, hours after Russian troops began their invasion of the country
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President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the White House on Thursday, February 24, 2022.
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Maidan Nezalezhnosti, or Independence Square, at dusk on Thursday, February 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The square was the site of protests in 2014 that toppled Ukraine&rsquos pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych
