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Ukrainian families who have fled to the Polish border town of Korczowa attempt to board a bus in a bid to move further away from the border. Police attempt to control the swell of refugees. According to the UN, the number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine has surged to nearly 875,000, about half of whom have gone to Poland. IMAGES
Hundreds of people wait for buses in Poland's Medyka after crossing the border from Ukraine. IMAGES
Thousands of people queue at the Lviv train station in Ukraine in order to board a bus or train to Poland and other countries neighbouring Ukraine. According to the Polish authorities, more than 100,000 people have already fled Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
Brigitte Macron receives Ukrainian First Lady, Olena Zelenska, who is on an official visit to Paris, at the Elysee Palace. IMAGES
As Poland unilaterally extends its ban on Ukrainian grain imports, trains full of Ukrainian grain in transit and covered with tarpaulins are parked at the border between the two countries at Dorohusk station. Yesterday, the leader of the Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, said that the implicit agreement between Warsaw and Kiev to defend Ukraine did not include "sacrificing Polish agriculture". Polish farmers are alarmed by the fall in grain prices since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with European leaders on the sidelines of the EU Summit in Brussels. IMAGES