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Snowfall and bitter cold does little to deter refugees from crossing the Polish border to flee Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations estimates the number of people fleeing the war now tops two million. Poland alone has received 1.2 million people. IMAGES
Police are on the scene near the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station in Paris after French police shot and wounded a woman who was making threats, a police source told AFP. According to witnesses the woman, who was completely veiled, shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is Greatest") and "made threats", the source said, adding that "police fired because they feared for their safety". After passengers on a suburban train alerted police, agents managed to "isolate" the woman at the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand station on the capital's south bank, the source said. IMAGES
Ukrainian police officers open fire at what the Ukrainian presidency claims are "kamikaze drones" swooping low across the skies of Kyiv, with smoke rising from where the drones struck. IMAGES
Polish volunteers are ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees in Przemysl train station. Six in every 10 Ukrainian refugees have crossed the Polish border, according to UNHCR's latest figures, and more than 10 million people are now thought to have fled their homes, including the millions of internally displaced people. IMAGES
Ukrainian refugees, arrive and depart from the Polish border city of Przemysl. Volunteers can be seen handing out food and clothing, as well as offering administrative assistance. People sit and wait and rest inside the train station, including parents with their young children. IMAGES
Ukrainian refugees wait at the train station of Przemysl in Poland after crossing the border. They board busses and trains to continue their journey across the country and Europe. IMAGES
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