People evacuate as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, in Irpin, Ukraine, March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Maksim Levin REFILE-CORRECTING LOCATION

It emerged that the residents of the bombarded suburbs of Ukraine’s capital snaked their way across the slippery wooden planks of a makeshift bridge that provided the only way to escape Russian shelling. “We have a short window of time at the moment,” told Yevhen Nyshchuk, a member of Ukraine’s territorial defence forces. “Even if there is a cease-fire right now, there is a high risk of shells falling at any moment,” he added.

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