Russia ramps up war efforts as delegates arrive for talks at Belarus border

A couple embraces at a railway station in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Sunday, February 27. The woman was about to board a train heading west.

People wait on a platform inside the railway station in Lviv, Ukraine, on February 27. Thousands of people at Lviv’s main train station attempted to board trains that would take them out of Ukraine.

A Russian armored vehicle burns after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 27. Street fighting broke out as Russian troops entered Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and residents were urged to stay in shelters and not travel.

Local residents prepare Molotov cocktails in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, on February 27.

Cars line up on the road outside Mostyska, Ukraine, as people attempt to flee to Poland on February 27.

Ukrainian troops in Kyiv escort a prisoner February 27 who they suspected of being a Russian agent.

Ukrainian service members take position at the Vasylkiv Air Base near Kyiv on February 27.

A woman sleeps on chairs February 27 in the underground parking lot of a Kyiv hotel that has been turned into a bomb shelter.

Ukrainian service members take cover in a shelter at the Vasylkiv Air Base near Kyiv on Saturday, February 26.

A damaged residential building is seen in Kyiv on February 26.

People in Kyiv run for cover during shelling on February 26.

An apartment building in Kyiv is seen after it was damaged by shelling on February 26. The outer walls of several apartment units appeared to be blown out entirely, with the interiors blackened and debris hanging loose.

A police vehicle patrols the streets of Kyiv on February 26.

Ukrainian troops inspect a site following a Russian airstrike in Kyiv on February 26.

Following a national directive to help complicate the invading Russian Army’s attempts to navigate, a road worker removes signs near Pisarivka, Ukraine, on February 26.

Members of the Territorial Defense Force — Ukraine’s military reserve — prepare to defend Kyiv on February 26.

Ukrainian service members collect unexploded shells after fighting with advancing Russian troops in Kyiv early on February 26.

Ukrainian service members look for and collect unexploded shells after fighting in Kyiv on February 26.

The body of a Russian soldier lies next to a Russian vehicle outside Kharkiv on February 25.

A woman weeps in her car after crossing the border from Ukraine into Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania, on February 25.

A Ukrainian soldier sits injured from crossfire inside Kyiv on February 25.

A child from Ukraine sleeps in a tent at a humanitarian center in Palanca, Moldova, on February 25.

A firefighter walks between the ruins of a downed aircraft in Kyiv on February 25.

Members of the Ukrainian National Guard take positions in central Kyiv on February 25.

People walk past a residential building in Kyiv that was hit in an alleged Russian airstrike on February 25.

The body of a school employee, who according to locals was killed in recent shelling, lies in the separatist-controlled town of Horlivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on February 25.

Kyiv residents take shelter in an underground parking garage on February 25.

A wounded woman stands outside a hospital after an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuhuiv, outside of Kharkiv, on Thursday, February 24.

The body of a rocket remains in an apartment after shelling on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv on February 24.

A boy plays with his tablet in a public basement used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv on February 24.

A man mourns after an airstrike reportedly hit an apartment complex in Chuhuiv on February 24.

Rescuers work at a crash site on February 24 after a Ukrainian military plane fell and caught fire outside of Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service. The cause of the crash wasn’t indicated.

Ukrainian service members sit atop armored vehicles driving in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on February 24.

People in Kyiv try to board a bus to travel west toward Poland on February 24.

People seek shelter inside a subway station in Kharkiv on February 24.

Firefighters attempt to extinguish a fire after a reported strike in Chuhuiv on February 24.

People wait after boarding a bus to leave Kyiv on February 24.

Police officers inspect the remains of a missile that landed in Kyiv on February 24.

A staff member of a Kyiv hotel talks on the phone on February 24.

People wait in line to buy train tickets at the central station in Kyiv on February 24.

A photo provided by the Ukrainian President’s office appears to show an explosion in Kyiv early on February 24.

A convoy of Russian military vehicles is seen February 23 in the Rostov region of Russia, which runs along Ukraine’s eastern border.

Ukrainian soldiers talk in a shelter at the front line near Svitlodarsk, Ukraine, on February 23.

Smoke rises from a damaged power plant in Shchastya that Ukrainian authorities say was hit by shelling on Tuesday, February 22.

A damaged house is worked on after shelling near the Ukrainian front-line city of Novoluhanske on February 22.

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