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A member of the civil defense takes a shooting position as a vehicle approaches the checkpoint in Gorenka, outside Kyiv, on Wednesday.
Pjotr Vyerko, 81, stands Wednesday behind the broken window of a bedroom in his house, which was damaged by the shockwaves of a Russian airstrike in Gorenka, outside Ukraine. Vyerko said he's prepared to use his rifle to shoot invaders because he has a daughter and a grandson.
People gather in the Kyiv subway Wednesday, using it as a bomb shelter. Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded cities in what Ukraine's leader called a blatant campaign of terror.
A woman runs as she flees with her family across a destroyed bridge in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2. 2022.
A woman cries outside houses damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Local militiaman Valery, 37, carries a child as he helps a fleeing family across a bridge destroyed by artillery, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2. 2022.
Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of the territorial defense stands in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Andrey Goncharuk, 68, a member of territorial defense, walks in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Firefighters extinguish a blaze in a building of the Ukrainian Security Service after a rocket attack Wednesday in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.
Members of the Ukrainian territorial defense guard a checkpoint in Gorenka, outside Kyiv, on Wednesday.
Ukrainian soldiers take positions in a trench on the outskirts of Kyiv on Wednesday.
A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike, according to locals, in Gorenka, outside Kyiv, on Wednesday.
A woman cries in the small basement of a house crowded with people seeking shelter from Russian airstrikes, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Two women and a boy walk to a train station to try to leave Kyiv on Wednesday.
A child speaks on the phone as he says goodbye to a relative looking out the window of a train carriage waiting to leave Kramatorsk for western Ukraine at the railway station in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
A family arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday after fleeing from Ukraine.
Lee Reaney, a Canadian journalist working for the Kyiv Post, holds a photo of Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old former athlete on Ukraine's junior biathlon team who, according to the International Biathlon Union, died serving the Ukrainian military, as he speaks during a press conference at the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Pro-Ukrainian protesters in Istanbul, Turkey, hold up placards and wave Ukrainian flags during a protest Wednesday against Russia's invasion.
Local militiaman Valery, 37, carries a child as he helps a fleeing family across a bridge destroyed by artillery, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2. 2022.
A journalist walks inside a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
United Nations members stand and applaud after a vote Wednesday on a resolution demanding an immediate halt to Moscow’s offensive against Ukraine and withdrawal of all Russian troops.
Ukrainian volunteers sort donated foods for later distribution to the local population while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears on television in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Smoke and flames are seen inside a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
A woman gestures in the small basement of a house crowded with people seeking shelter from Russian airstrikes and shelling in Gorenka, outside the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.
Police detain a demonstrator during a protest against Russia's attack on Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday. People took to the streets of Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities despite mass arrests.
Police in St. Petersburg, Russia, detain a demonstrator during a protest Wednesday against Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Refugees fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine walk on a platform after disembarking from a train in Zahony, Hungary, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.