In photos: Kyiv under siege, Ukrainians flee to safety
Russian air strikes and missile attacks continue to hit the capital as Ukrainian President vows to stay. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion enters its third day; Ukrainian officials estimate 198 Ukrainians are dead in fighting so far.
The gymnasium at School No. 11 in central Przemysl is piled with bags of donated food and clothing for refugees from Ukraine on Feb. 26.Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail
DOnations of clothing and food are distributed at a makeshift refugee camp set up next to the highway near the Ukrainian border in Przemysl, Poland on Feb. 26.Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail
A volunteer asks people in the crowd if they can provide rides to refugees who have just arrived by bus in Przemysl, Poland, after crossing from Ukraine.Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail
Helena (R) and her brother Bodia arrive at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing, in eastern Poland, after fleeing their home in Lviv on Feb 26.WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images
The Ukraine House foundation in in Przemysl, Poland is converted to a refugee shelter for Ukrainians fleeing Russian attacks, on Feb. 26.Omar Marques/Getty Images
Ukrainian citizens arrive at a border control checkpoint between Poland and Ukraine at the railway station in Przemysl, eastern Poland, on Feb. 26.WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images
Ukrainian tanks move through Lugansk to defend the region ahead of an attack on Feb. 26.ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images
Refugees from Ukraine who have just crossed the border into Poland wait in a welcome centre set up in the Przemysl train station on Saturday, Feb. 26.Anna Liminowicz/The Globe and Mail
Satellite images show the Kamaryn Slavutych Border Crossing Bridge between Ukraine and Belarus on Feb. 26, 2022, (top) after it was reportedly blown up by Ukrainian forces, and on Feb. 22, (bottom) before the explosion intended to keep out Russian troops.-/AFP/Getty Images
A Ukrainian woman and a child pick from donated supplies at a primary school sports hall in Przemysl, Poland, that has been converted into a temporary shelter on Feb. 26.Omar Marques/Getty Images
Armed volunteers join to defend Kyiv during the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 26.LYNSEY ADDARIO/The New York Times News Service
A woman holds her baby as she arrives by bus to a supermarket parking lot at the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Przemysl, Poland on Feb. 26.Omar Marques/Getty Images
Civilians shelter in a parking garage in Kyiv after heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces on Saturday, Feb. 26.LYNSEY ADDARIO/The New York Times News Service
Ukrainian servicemen take positions at the military airbase in Vasylkiv, a city in the Kyiv region on Feb. 26.MAKSIM LEVIN/Reuters
A militant of the self-proclaimed ;Donetsk People's Republic' inspects the remains of a missile that landed on a street in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine, on Feb. 26.ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/Reuters
Volunteers work to make molotov cocktails in the basement of a bomb shelter in Kyiv on Feb. 26.Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Smoke rises from a Russian tank destroyed by the Ukrainian forces on the side of a road in the Lugansk region on Feb. 26.ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images
A civilian member of a Territorial Defence unit rests in a bomb shelter on Feb. 26 after a night of Russian shelling.Chris McGrath/Getty Images
Ukrainian servicemen walk by a damaged vehicle, at the site of a fighting with Russian troops in Kyiv, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, on Feb. 26.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters
Ukrainian servicemen share a meal at a military airbase in Vasylkiv, a city near Kyiv, on Feb. 26.MAKSIM LEVIN/Reuters
Damage to the upper floors of a residential building in Kyiv after it was reportedly struck by a Russian rocket on Feb. 26.DANIEL LEAL/AFP/Getty Images
Civilian volunteers check their guns at a Territorial Defence unit registration office on Feb. 26.Chris McGrath/Getty Images
A Ukrainian serviceman walks by a damaged vehicle, at the site of a fighting with Russian troops in Kyiv on Feb. 26.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters
A man looks at a damaged residential apartment building in Kyiv that was hit by a missile on Feb. 26.Chris McGrath/Getty Images
People fleeing Ukraine walk with their belongings after crossing the border in Barabas, Hungary on Feb. 26. Long queues have already formed at the Hungarian-Ukrainian border.Janos Kummer/Getty Images
Volunteers offer transportation and accomodation to Ukrainian refugees who have arrived in Przemsyl, eastern Poland, via the Medyka pedestrian border crossing on February 26WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images
People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds, near an apartment building damaged by recent shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 26.GLEB GARANICH/Reuters
People coming from Ukraine descend from a ferry boat to enter Romania after crossing the Danube river at the Isaccea-Orlivka border crossing between Romania and Ukraine on Feb. 26.DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images
Ukrainian refugees arrive at the Medyka pedestrian border crossing, in Przemsyl, eastern Poland, on Feb. 26.WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images
A teacher walks through a room at a kindergarten, which locals said was damaged by recent shelling, in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine on Feb. 26.ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/Reuters
Ukrainian servicemen inspect a damaged vehicle, at the site of a fighting with Russian troops in Kyiv on Feb. 26.VALENTYN OGIRENKO/Reuters
An apartment building is damaged by recent shelling and a missile strike in Kyiv on Feb. 26.GLEB GARANICH/Reuters
A Ukrainian service member patrols an empty road in Kyiv in the morning of Feb. 26.DANIEL LEAL/AFP/Getty Images
People arrive at the border crossing between Poland and Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland, on Feb. 26.JAKUB STEZYCKI/Reuters
Surveillance footage shows a missile hitting a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine on Feb. 26.Supplied/Reuters
Firefighters extinguish fire in an apartment building damaged by recent shelling in Kyiv on Feb. 26.GLEB GARANICH/Reuters
Smoke rises after recent shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine early on Feb. 26.GLEB GARANICH/Reuters
Ukrainian service members look for unexploded shells after a fighting with Russian raiding group in Kyiv on Feb. 26.SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images
A crowd of people wait for a train to Poland at a railway station in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Feb. 26.YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty Images
A destroyed Russian tank sits roadside on the outskirts of Kharkiv on Feb. 26.SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images
People crowd the platform of a Kyiv railway station as they board an evacuation train to Western Ukraine.Pierre Crom/Getty Images
The streets of Kyiv are empty after explosions and gunfire were reported around the capital on second night of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.Pierre Crom/Getty Images
People who have recently crossed the border are offered hot food and drink in Medyka, Poland, on Feb. 26.BRYAN WOOLSTON/Reuters
Ukrainian refugees rest at a temporary accommodation point in a primary school in Przemysl, eastern Poland, on Feb. 26.WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP/Getty Images
People trying to flee the country wait for a train to Poland at a railway station in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, on Feb. 26.YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty Images
Families fleeing from Ukraine arrive in Ubla, Slovakia, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, on Feb. 26.RADOVAN STOKLASA/Reuters
People crowd a bus station in the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv as they wait to board buses to Poland, on Feb. 26.YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty Images
Slovak volunteers offer free food and drinks to Ukrainian refugees after they crossed the border in Vysne Nemecke, eastern Slovakia, on Feb. 26.PETER LAZAR/AFP/Getty Images
A member of the Slovak Armed Forces carries a child who arrived in Slovakia with her family after fleeing Ukraine on Feb. 26.RADOVAN STOKLASA/Reuters
Ukrainian refugees wait to continue their journey after crossing the border into in Vysne Nemecke, eastern Slovakia, on Feb. 26.PETER LAZAR/AFP/Getty Images
Ukrainian women and children cross the border into Poland at the Korczowa-Krakovets border crossing on Feb. 26.JANEK SKARZYNSKI/AFP/Getty Images
People fleeing from Ukraine are received by authorities upon arriving in Ubla, Slovakia, on Feb. 26.RADOVAN STOKLASA/Reuters
People stand in line to buy drinking water in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine on Feb. 26.ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/Reuters
People queue for a food supermarket in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Feb. 26.GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images