In Pictures: Ukrainians evacuate as Russian forces shell capital Kyiv

People travel by foot, car and train as they cross borders to safety.

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February 26, 2022 at 11:07 PM

A woman and her son looking out from an evacuation train to Lviv at Kyiv central train station, Ukraine, on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman feeding a child as people fleeing Ukraine arrive in Slovakia through the Ubla border crossing on Feb 25, 2022. Slovakia said it will let fleeing Ukrainians into the country following Russia's military operation in Ukraine. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People waiting for a train to Poland at a railway station in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

A woman at the border crossing in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

People on foot and in cars crossing from Ukraine to Poland at the Korczowa-Krakovets border crossing on Feb 26, 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. PHOTO: AFP

People at Kyiv central train station in Ukraine waiting to board an evacuation train to Lviv on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ukrainian families crossing the Hungarian-Ukrainian border near Beregsurany, Hungary, some 300km from the Hungarian capital, on Feb 25, 2022, a day after Russia launched a military attack on neighbouring Ukraine. PHOTO: AFP

A woman embracing a man as people fleeing Ukraine arrive at the border crossing in Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

The border crossing between Ukraine and Slovakia. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

Ukrainian soldiers collecting unexploded shells after a fight with a Russian raiding group in Kyiv on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

Ukrainian soldiers collecting unexploded shells in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on the morning of Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: AFP

A Ukrainian soldier with an unexploded shell. PHOTO: AFP

People taking cover as an air raid siren sounds in Kyiv on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Firefighters extinguishing a fire in an apartment building damaged by recent shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

An apartment building in Kyiv damaged by recent shelling on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS

Ukrainian policemen rescuing some parrots after a high-rise apartment block was damaged by shelling in Kiev on Feb 26, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A Ukrainian military medic examining the body of a Russian soldier wearing a Ukranian service uniform after members of a Russian raiding party were shot during a skirmish in Kyiv on Feb 25, 2022, according to Ukrainian service personnel at the scene. PHOTO: AFP

The debris of a military plane that was shot down overnight in Kyiv on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A residential building that was hit by missiles in southern Kyiv on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Residents cleaning up debris after their apartment building was hit by missiles in southern Kyiv on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Damage inside a building in southern Kyiv that was hit by missiles on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

The body of a Russian soldier lies near a destroyed Russian tank on a highway outside Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

A team of emergency service officers attempting to extract the tail section of a Russian Smerch rocket in a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb 25, 2022. “This is 200 kilos of metal,” an emergency officer said, pointing to the rocket’s tale. “It could crash through a building or kill a person.” PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ukrainian soldiers at the site of a battle the day before with Russian forces on a highway leading into Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

Ukrainian soldiers holding a position on a highway leading into Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb 25, 2022. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

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