Children of war torn Ukraine
Dima, a three-year-old boy who was wounded during the shelling of Mariupol, lies in a bed in the children's ward of the hospital in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Two 11-year-old kids, Milana and Sasha, who were wounded during the shelling of Mariupol, sit in a bed in the children's ward of the hospital in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 29. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Milana an 11-year-old girl who was wounded during the shelling of Mariupol, sits in a bed in the children's ward of the hospital in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, March 29. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Children play in front of a building damaged in fighting during Ukraine-Russia conflict, in the besieged southern port of Mariupol, Ukraine March 23. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Nastya, 5, who was evacuated from a child center in the eastern city of Lysychansk with her two brothers, aged 3-1/2 and 7, draws in a state shelter for children in Lviv, Ukraine March 25. None of Nastya's relatives have been in contact with the...more
Paramedics help a sick child to board a train transformed for medical transport, as 20 children with chronic illnesses and cancer diagnosis came from Kharkiv fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March...more
A woman with a child evacuates from a residential building damaged by shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 16. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
Children fleeing their homes sit at one of the sanatoriums where they take shelter amid Russia's invasion, in Lviv region, Ukraine March 30. REUTERS/Pavlo Palamarchuk
A boy, who came with the humanitarian transport of children from Ukrainian public orphanages reacts as he has breakfast at the Hotel Ossa near Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland March 5. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Ukrainian refugees rest in the ticket hall of Przemysl Glowny train station, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Children look out from an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv as they say goodbye to their father at Kyiv central train station in central Kyiv, Ukraine March 3. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
Mark Goncharuk, a young boy from Kyiv, reacts as he talks about leaving his father behind as he travels with the rest of his family towards the border, in Volytsia, Ukraine February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Natalie Thomas
A woman cries next to her children after fleeing from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, February 28. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
Children are seen in a bus after fleeing Russia's military operation against Ukraine, in Athens, Greece, February 28. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
A two-month-old orphan boy, whom volunteers evacuated from the besieged city of Sumy, is seen at the Kyiv City Heart Center in Kyiv as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, Ukraine, March 20. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Ukrainian refugee Khristina Korol from Lviv, comforts her daughter Anna Korol, age 1, in the carriage of a train travelling from Przemysl Glowny, bound to Wroclaw Glowny, as they continue their journey to Opole, in Poland, March 28. REUTERS/Hannah...more
A girl sleeps on the lap of her brother as they wait for their transfer, after fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the main train station in Lviv, Ukraine, March 14. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
A child looks out of a window of a bus after crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland with people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March 7. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Egor, 5, comforts his mother Helen Yakubets who cries in a ballroom, which has been converted to a temporary shelter, at the Mandachi hotel after fleeing from Chernihiv in Ukraine to Romania, March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
A Polish soldier carries a baby at the Ukraine-Poland border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 26. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Evacuees from the villages occupied by Russian soldiers arrive in the town of Brovary, near Kyiv, Ukraine, March 20. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
A baby looks through a bus window as civilians who fled Russia's invasion of Ukraine, are onboard a ferry to Galati, Romania, March 17. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
A girl carries her pet as people wait after crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March 11. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
People stand and sit in an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv, at Kyiv central train station in Kyiv, Ukraine March 11. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A mother closes the netting on her baby's pram to keep the snow out, after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 10. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
A police officer says goodbye to his son as his family flees from advancing Russian troops as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 8. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Alexandra, 12, holds her sister Esyea, 6, who cries as she waves at her mother Irina, while members of the Jewish community of Odessa board a bus to flee Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Odessa, Ukraine, March 7. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis
A boy pushes his nose up against the window of a bus after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 7. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
People wait to board a bus at a temporary accommodation center, after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Korczowa, Poland, March 6. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Local residents escape from the town of Irpin, after heavy shelling landed on the only escape route used by locals, as Russian troops advance towards the capital of Kyiv, in Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine March 6. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
People wait to board a train towards Poland as they flee Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the train station in Lviv, Ukraine March 5. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
A child fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine reacts as she stands outside the tent, at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, March 1. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
A girl covers herself with blanket after fleeing from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, March 1. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
A refugee child fleeing from Ukraine gestures when waiting for transport at Nyugati station, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Budapest, Hungary, February 28. REUTERS/Marton Monus
A woman fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine hugs a child at a temporary camp in Przemysl, Poland, February 28. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
A boy looks behind a curtain at a bus after fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, at the border crossing in Siret, Romania, February 27. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov
A woman and her son look out from an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train station, Ukraine, February 25. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
A child is seen through a train window at the station after fleeing Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, March 4. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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