WORLD NEWSRussia invades Ukraine: the devastation of warThousands of Ukrainians have been forced to flee their homes after Russia launched an all-out invasion on the country on Thursday.AS USAUpdate: Feb 25th, 2022 14:04 EST1 / 24Ukrainian women and children wait to cross the border into Slovakia.PHOTO:RADOVAN STOKLASAReuters2 / 24The remains of an unidentified military aeroplane lie in a residential area in Kyiv, after crashing into a house during a Russian air attack on Ukraine.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTASReuters3 / 24Families, without men over 18 as they have been forbidden from leaving Ukraine, cross the border into Hungary, in the Beregsurany area.PHOTO:BERNADETT SZABOReuters4 / 24Volunteers hand out tea, water and food to people crossing the border from Ukraine into the Romanian town of Siret.PHOTO:INQUAM PHOTOSReuters5 / 24A girl and her mother cross the Polish border into the city of Medyka.PHOTO:KACPER PEMPELReuters6 / 24A family loads belongings into a car on the side of a road close to Kropyvnytskyi as they flee from the danger area.PHOTO:CARLOS BARRIAReuters7 / 24A woman walks in front of a damaged residential building in Kyiv.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTASReuters8 / 24Emergency medical personnel load a person in military uniform onto an ambulance in a residential area of Kyiv.PHOTO:OLGA YAKIMOVICHReuters9 / 24Women, children and senior citizens in an air raid shelter in Kyiv.PHOTO:IACHESLAV RATYNSKYIReuters10 / 24A man walks a dog in front of a Kyiv residential building badly damaged by Russian military action against the city.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTASReuters11 / 24A group of Ukrainians embrace after crossing the Slovakian border into the city of Ubla.PHOTO: RADOVAN STOKLASAReuters12 / 24Carrying what little they can take with them, a mother and her two children walk towards the Ukrainian border with Hungary at Beregsurany.PHOTO:BERNADETT SZABOReuters13 / 24Residents of a residential building in Kyiv survey the damage caused by a Russian assault.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTAS Reuters14 / 24A young man with a stroller rests on the floor of a Kyiv underground station as he takes refuge from possible Russian air attacks.PHOTO:ANTONIO BRONICReuters15 / 24After a distressing, hours-long journey, Ukrainians cross the border with Poland into the city of Medyka.PHOTO:KACPER PEMPELReuters16 / 24A young woman with a baby and a young child waits to cross the Ukrainian border into Slovakia, to flee from Russian air attacks.PHOTO:RADOVAN STOKLASAReuters17 / 24People take shelter from possible Russian air attacks in a Kyiv underground station.PHOTO:IRAKLI GEDENIDZEReuters18 / 24A visibly emotional Ukrainian woman hugs a baby after crossing the border from Ukraine into Slovakia, into the city of Ubla.PHOTO:RADOVAN STOKLASAReuters19 / 24A woman surveys the damage in one of the rooms in her Kyiv home.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTASReuters20 / 24The inside of a damaged school in Holivka, in the separatist-held region of Donetsk.PHOTO:ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKOReuters21 / 24Women, children and senior citizens take refuge in an air raid shelter in Kyiv.PHOTO:VIACHESLAV RATYNSKYIReuters22 / 24A couple embrace in the city of Ubla, after managing to cross the Ukrainian border with Slovakia.PHOTO:RADOVAN STOKLASAReuters23 / 24A child sits on a swing opposite a Kyiv residential building badly damaged by a Russian assault.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTASReuters24 / 24Crowds wait to board a train evacuating people from Kyiv to Lviv, at the central train station in the Ukrainian capital.PHOTO:UMIT BEKTASReutersTagged in:Vladímir PutinInvasionsUkraineMilitary actionRussiaEastern EuropeEuropeConflicts