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Images from the Ukraine-Russia crisis
The world is watching after Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces crossed the border into Ukraine. <p>Follow us on Twitter @photosSMH and @theage_photo</p>
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Sisters wait at a checkpoint in Beregsurany, Hungary after arriving from Ukraine. Hungary has extended legal protection to those fleeing the Russian invasion.Credit:Anna Szilagyi/AP
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A girl plays in a tent set up by the local Slovak Red Cross in Ubla on Saturday after arriving with her family from Ukraine.Credit:Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images
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A Ukrainian soldier takes a break outside Kharkiv on Saturday.Credit:Andrew Marienko/AP
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A burned car in the Solomianska area of Kyiv. Explosions and gunfire were reported around Kyiv throughout Saturday.Credit:Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images
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The long walk to the Ukraine-Modolva border.Credit:AP
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Volunteers receive weapons and training at a Territorial Defence depot in Kyiv.Credit:Bloomberg
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Ukrainian service members collect unexploded shells after fighting with a Russian raiding group in the capital Kyiv on Saturday morning (Ukraine time).Credit:AFP
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People take cover as an air-raid siren sounds near an apartment building damaged by recent shelling in Kyiv on Saturday (Ukraine time).Credit:Gleb Garanich / Reuters
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An apartment building damaged by shelling overnight in Kyiv.Credit:Gleb Garanich / Reuters
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Civilians stand in defense of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022.Credit:Emilio Morenatti / AP
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Ukrainian soldiers patrol an area not far from burning military trucks in a street in Kyiv. Russian troops pushed toward Ukraine's capital on Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter.Credit:Efrem Lukatsky / AP
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Helga Tarasova comforts her daugther, Kira Shapovalova, as they wait in an undergound shelter during a bombing alert in Kyiv.Credit:Daniel Leal / AFP
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Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine.Credit:Gleb Garanich / Reuters
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Ukrainian fighters collect unexploded shells early on Saturday after a Russian raid on Kyiv.Credit:Sergei Supinsky / AFP
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Emergency services evacuate the wounded after a shell hit a multistorey residential building in Kyiv.Credit:Facebook
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Refugees fleeing the conflict from neighboring Ukraine wait for their departure to Prague at the Przemysl train station in Przemysl, Poland, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)Credit:Petr David Josek / AP
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Ukrainian soldiers investigate debris of a burning military truck on a street in Kyiv on Saturday. Street fighting broke out as Russians pushed towards the capital. Credit:Efrem Lukatsky / AP
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Mikhailo, 5, holds a puppet as he waits in an undergound shelter in Kyiv.Credit:Daniel Leal / AFP
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The burning wreckage of a military truck on a Kyiv street. Residents were urged to seek shelter as Russians advanced.Credit:Efrem Lukatsky / AP
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People rally in Sydney in support of Ukraine.Credit:Steven Siewert