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Images show Kyiv residents fleeing for safety as a drone flies over the city centre. AFP journalists in the Ukrainian capital heard explosions lasting 15 to 20 minutes, which followed on from an earlier series of attacks overnight. IMAGES
Images show houses up in flames in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as artillery fire roars through the area. Bakhmut found itself on the path of Russian troops pushing to take over the Donetsk region, causing many of its residents to flee. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has called for civilians to leave the frontline region bearing the brunt of the Kremlin's offensive. IMAGES
Ukrainian refugees continue to pour across the Polish border to escape the Russian invasion. More than two million Ukrainians have already entered Poland since 24 February. IMAGES
Images of the city center of the capital of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. There are empty streets, with very few cars and passers-by. A loudspeaker on the streets periodically tells people what they should do in case of an evacuation. This morning some new posters appeared in the city centre, saying "Victory will be ours" and "Stand up for your homeland". IMAGES
Caracas, July 9 (EFE).- Dozens of Caracas residents have fled their homes to escape raging gun battles between security forces and organized crime gangs in the Venezuelan capital region that have killed many.Nonprofit Otro Enfoque has opened doors of its headquarters to accommodate about 30 children and young people from the areas worst affected by the violence in Caracas.The violence broke out on Wednesday evening in several areas after the police started an operation to dismantle the armed groups. (Camera: IVÁN CÁRDENAS). SHOT LIST: VIEW OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE COTA 905 NEIGHBORHOOD IN CARACAS, AND CARACAS RESIDENTS IN GANG CONFLICT ZONES SEEK SHELTER FROM SHOOTINGS AT NGO OTRO ENFOQUE HEADQUARTERS, IN CARACAS, VENEZUELA.SOUND BITES: CAROLINA TERÁN, WHO WORKS FOR NONPROFIT OTRO ENFOQUE (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: They (the youngsters) could see some of the wounded dying. They could see bodies being taken away. Then they became very nervous and began to leave the community.
Eyewitnesses who have fled Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region, is under fierce bombardment. CNN reports a communications blackout in the region has made reporting on claims from both sides difficult. About half a million residents live in Mekelle. UNICEF says roughly half of them are children. More than 43,000 Ethiopian refugees have crossed into neighboring Sudan since fighting began on November 4th. The number of people internally displaced inside Tigray is growing daily. According to the UNHCR, the pre-existing refugee camps in the region only have food supplies to last three days.
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