Russians are fleeing to the West in what may be their last chance before a new Iron Curtain falls, with some desperately walking across borders in the middle of the night. A growing number of Russians, mostly members of the well-educated, urban middle class, have snapped up plane tickets.
Military Chaplain Nikolay Medynsky blesses a Ukrainian soldier before he is deployed to the frontline, as Russia's attack on the Ukraine continues, in Kyiv.
"My job is bombs. If I find dead people, I call in their location and get on with my work defusing anything that hasn’t gone off. I am trying to prevent more people dying. There isn’t much I can do for those who’ve already gone”. Source: The Times
Pattaya, Thailand
Elephants enjoy a buffet of fruit and vegetables at Nong Nooch tropical garden during Thailand’s National Elephant Day celebration
Photograph: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters
DRIFT ALONG: A pack of skiers on its way from Maloja to S-Chanf as part of the 52nd annual Engadin skiing marathon in Sils, Switzerland. Photograph: Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP
McDonald's estimates that its store closures in Russia will cost the company $50 million per month. The fast-food giant is continuing to pay the wages of its 62,000 Russian workers. It has nearly 850 restaurants in Russia, most of which are owned by the company.
So many citizens of Canada have shown up in Ukraine to fight for the country’s new foreign legion, the organization has set up a separate Canadian battalion. The 550 would-be fighters that have arrived from Canada so far are part of a battalion based in Kyiv.
During Russian Channel 1’s evening news broadcast, a woman ran onto the set with a sign: “No war…Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.”
Police officers prepare to enter a mansion reportedly belonging to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska who was placed on Britain’s sanctions list last week as squatters occupy it in Belgravia, London.
RESCUER'S ARMS: An elderly woman hugs a fireman after being rescued from an apartment building hit by shelling in the Obolon district of Kyiv, Ukraine. A Russian air strike killed one and wounded several others, emergency services said. Photograph: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP/Getty
NATO has amassed 30,000 troops and 50 warships near Russia's border for military exercises. The drill, named Cold Response, kicked off yesterday in Norway. Troops from more than 25 countries will take part.
However,Cold Response is a Norwegian-led military exercise held in northern Norway every second year.
Two Russian soilders broke down crying during an interview on March 15, 2022, saying they were sorry for killing Ukrainians and that Vladimir Putin made a “terrible mistake.”
BRAVE NEW WORLD: An elderly woman is helped from a burning apartment building in Kyiv on Tuesday after strikes on residential areas killed at least two people, Ukrainian emergency services said, while Russian troops intensified their attacks on the Ukrainian capital. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty
SHELL SHOCKED: A woman waits in the cold after being rescued from her apartment building by firefighters after it was hit by a Russian attack in the early morning, in the Sviatoshynskyi District of Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty
GREEN GIANTS: Eileen McDermott (left) and Bernie Preston prepare their wares at their St Patrick's Day stall on College Green, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan
People take photos as technicians and art handlers move the “Baptism of Christ” by Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens inside a gallery at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp, Belgium
The prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, one of Russia’s biggest dance stars, has quit the Bolshoi Ballet company in Moscow after denouncing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau stands up as Ukrainian President Zelensky who appears on a screen, addressed the Canadian parliament in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 15 Marcy. Reuters/Patrick Doyle
