Dramatic photos show Russia's attack on Ukraine as it unfolds

THE HARD GOODBYE: A tearful Ukrainian father bids farewell to his evacuating daughter after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled that all men aged 18-60 cannot leave the country in case they need to be called up to fight the Russian troops.

CROSS-BORDER WELCOME: A woman hugs another woman upon her arrival at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, from neighbouring Ukraine.

URBAN WARFARE: Servicemen of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions on a highway to repel invading Russian forces in central Kyiv.

A view shows destroyed Russian Army multiple rocket launchers with the letter "Z" painted on their sides in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Residents react after inspecting a fire damaged building following a blast at around 4am during Russian artillery strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine.

People fleeing the conflict from neighboring Ukraine, receive hot beverages at the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland.

Ukrainian firefighters look at fragments of a downed aircraft seen in in Kyiv.

A man holding a child reacts as they arrive from Ukraine to Slovakia, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Ubla, Slovakia.

A view shows a damaged unidentified military truck at a residential area in Kyiv.

People wait at a border crossing as they flee from Ukraine to Hungary.

Fragments of a downed aircraft are seen in in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukrainian servicemen take up positions in the centre of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

Police officers stand guard at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

People hide in a bomb shelter in Kyiv in the early hours of February 25, 2022.

People take pictures of the remains of a rocket in a residential area in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

A child sits on a swing in front of a damaged residential building, after Russia launched a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine.