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This set of photographs documents the moments when Ukrainians embraced and comforted each other when they parted, fled and reunited. The embrace at this moment is not only love... Photo: People's Vision Editor: Xue Jing (01:20)
On February 27, the Russian-Ukrainian war entered its fourth day, and the conflict escalated. The quiet and beautiful Ukrainian cities of normal days had to face the roaring missiles, the constant sound of air raid sirens, and the devastated buildings after being shelled. People are helpless, crying, terrified...
Whether in shelters and subway stations, on a parting journey seeking refuge, or on a border with another country, people can only comfort each other, encourage each other, and dispel fear by embracing each other. In addition to love, the embrace at this moment may contain a more special meaning...
On February 24, 2022 local time, the mother carried her child on the bus leaving Kiev.
On February 24, 2022, local time in Kiev, Ukraine, Vlad (right) handed over his 2-year-old son to his mother, Tatiana, and the two said goodbye at a bus stop before she left Kiev.
On February 24, 2022, local time, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on one side, people hugged each other while waiting for the train to Kiev, and on the other side, a child asked his father for a hug.
On February 24, 2022, local time, in Kiev, Ukraine, the husband kissed his wife who was about to embark on a journey in front of the bus.
On February 25, 2022, local time, in Kiev, Ukraine, a man comforted his relatives in front of a residential building destroyed by shelling. At about 4 a.m. on the same day, Russia shelled the area, and a residential building was shelled and caused fire.
On the morning of February 24, 2022 local time, people hugged each other outside the Kiev metro station in Ukraine. In the early morning of the same day, several explosions were heard over Kiev, and a citizen was tragically killed in the artillery attack.
On February 24, 2022, local time, in Kiev, Ukraine, a couple hugged at the platform of a subway station.
On February 24, 2022 local time, trains from Kiev and Lviv arrived in Puzemisl, Poland, carrying the first batch of Ukrainian refugees, and the reunited families hugged each other.
On February 25, 2022 local time, people fleeing from Ukraine met their families at the border crossing in Medica, southeastern Poland.
On February 25, 2022, local time, in Seret, Romania, the sisters hugged each other after crossing the Ukrainian border.
On February 25, 2022, local time, in Seret, Romania, a Ukrainian woman crossed the Ro-Ukrainian border and held her 4-year-old daughter Sofia in her arms.
On February 25, 2022, local time, on the border of Medica in southeastern Poland, three women embraced each other, including a companion who had just fled from Kiev, Ukraine.
People fleeing from Kiev, Ukraine, rest in a makeshift shelter inside a train station on February 24, 2022 in Puzemisl, Poland.
On February 24, 2022, local time, Puzemisl, Poland, a large number of people from Ukraine arrived and rested in a temporary shelter at a local railway station.
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