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Added on the 21/03/2022 13:00:26 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show refugees arriving in the south-eastern Polish city of Przemyśl near the Ukrainian border where members of the Polish authorities and volunteers are waiting to greet them. With 756,303 refugees in Poland according to the UNHCR, the country is hosting by far the largest number of refugees fleeing Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
Ukrainian refugees arrive in Polish town near border as they escape Russian invasion of their home country. Clothes and toiletries are laid out on stalls for the refugees to take if needed. IMAGES
Refugees wait at Przemysl train station on the Poland-Ukrainian border, some sitting on the floor, as they wait to board trains taking them further into Poland and further from the war in Ukraine. The United Nations estimates that over 2 million people have fled Russia's invasion of its pro-Western neighbour so far. IMAGES
A coach full of Ukrainians fleeing the war arrives at the Greece-Bulgaria border. Violence rages 12 days into the war between Russia and Ukraine, even as a third round of peace negotiations was starting on Monday and the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers eyed talks in Turkey later this week. 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
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.