Twenty photographs of the week

Twenty photographs of the week

The aftermath of shelling in Kharkiv, burning homes in Irpin, refugees on the Polish border, the desperate flight from Kyiv: photographs from the first week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kharkiv, Ukraine

The aftermath of Russian shelling of buildings in downtown Kharkiv

Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPA

Irpin, Ukraine

A woman reacts as she stands in front of a house burning after it was shelled in the city of Irpin

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Kyiv, Ukraine

People try to board a train to flee Kyiv. According to the United Nations at least one million people have fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries since the beginning of Russia’s invasion last week

Photograph: Zurab Kurtsikidze/EPA

Lviv, Ukraine

A volunteer demonstrates the preparation of Molotov cocktails at the Pravda brewery in Lviv

Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

Vasylkiv, Ukraine

Smoke billows over the town of Vasylkiv after Russian strikes hit an oil depot

Photograph: Alisa Yakubovych/EPA

Kyiv, Ukraine

People wait in an evacuation train leaving Kyiv’s central station for Lviv

Photograph: Ümit Bektaş/Reuters

Mariupol, Ukraine

Medical workers show a newborn baby to a woman who gave birth in a maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Mariupol, Ukraine

Paramedics move an injured man on a stretcher, wounded by shelling in a residential area, to the maternity hospital converted into a medical ward in Mariupol

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Kharkiv, Ukraine

A member of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces stands inside the damaged Kharkiv regional administration building in the aftermath of Russian shelling in downtown Kharkiv

Photograph: Sergey Kozlov/EPA

Mariupol, Ukraine

A woman reacts as paramedics perform CPR on a girl who was injured during shelling, at the city hospital in Mariupol. The girl did not survive

Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Przemyśl, Poland

A man holds a sleeping baby after arriving by bus at the border crossing between Ukraine and Poland

Photograph: Omar Marques/Getty Images

Bucha, Ukraine

People take cover from the Russian shelling of Bucha

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Kyiv, Ukraine

A father holds his newborn baby in the basement of a maternity hospital being used as a bomb shelter, during an air raid alert in Kyiv

Photograph: Roman Pilipey/EPA

Kyiv, Ukraine

Bogdan says goodbye to his wife Lena from a train departing from Kyiv station for Lviv. He is staying to fight while his family is leaving the country to seek refuge in a neighbouring country

Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Lviv, Ukraine

Artem Pastushyna welds a metal road barrier in Lviv. A group of volunteers are constructing metal barriers and tyre shredders to be used at new checkpoints across the country in an attempt to stop Russian forces

Photograph: Felipe Dana/AP

Lviv, Ukraine

Volunteers tear cloth into strips to make camouflage nets in Lviv on 28 February

Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

Kyiv, Ukraine

Newly married couple Svyatoslav Fursinb and Yarina Arieva pose for photograph after they joined the ranks of the city territorial defence the day after they got married in Kyiv

Photograph: Mikhail Palinchak/AP

Bucha, Ukraine

A dog stands between destroyed Russian armoured vehicles in the city of Bucha

Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images

Siret, Romania

People who fled the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine embrace after crossing the border at Siret in Romania

Photograph: Andreea Alexandru/AP

Edinburgh, Scotland

A Ukrainian woman reacts as members of the public show their support for Ukraine outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh

Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images