The highways out of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities were jammed with traffic on Thursday, as thousands of Ukrainians fled their homes in the first hours after a Russian invasion of their country began. Here are the latest images from across the country
DANIEL LEAL/AFP/Getty ImagesPeople stand around a damaged structure caused by a rocket on February 24, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022.Black smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on February 24, 2022.An American woman cries after crossing the border and fleeing the violence in Ukraine, in Medyka, Poland.
People wait in a traffic jam as they leave the city of Kharkiv, in Eastern Ukraine.Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.Smoke and flame rise near a military building after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.Ukrainian soldiers ride in a military vehicle in Mariupol, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
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