March 29, 2022 GMT https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-408535dd036c0dd7ec0858a7ac297fef People displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine are waiting in line for food and sleeping outside the capital Kiev. Others who have taken refuge in Poland are committed against the cold after crossing the border. Five weeks after the war, thousands are dead and nearly 4 million Ukrainians have fled the country. Many residents could not bear to leave their pets behind – including an injured brown dog in Poland – despite the dangerous evacuation. A resident covers the broken windows of her house in the port city of Mykolaiv after the Russian attacks, which hit an open hole in a nine-storey government building there, killing at least 12 people. Full Coverage: Photo A man rides a bicycle in front of a body covered with a carpet on the outskirts of Mariupol. Elsewhere in the besieged southern port, a woman is cooking outside apartment buildings damaged by bombing. Ukrainian soldiers near the western city of Lviv go through training exercises, firing their weapons at improvised targets. Others are occupying positions in earthen trenches north of Kiev, where Russia’s advance has stalled for weeks.
