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A girl looks through the window of an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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A woman embraces a man before boarding an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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People arrive at Pokrovsk train station, in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, to board an evacuation train after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka ,amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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A man bids farewell to a neighbour as he is being evacuated from his home in Selydove, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Members of Ukraine’s emergency service assist a woman to board an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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A member of Ukraine's emergency service passes a baby to their mother aboard an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Marina Batrak reacts as she is evacuated from her home in Selydove, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Volunteers of the East SOS non-governmental organisation help a woman to board an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Volunteers of the East SOS non-governmental organisation evacuate Valentina Kitush from her home in Selydove, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Aleksandr Batrak sits with his pet bird in an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after he left his home in Selydove because of an increase of Russian missile strikes in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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People wait to board an evacuation train in Pokrovsk after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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Members of Ukraine's emergency service assist people as they arrive to board an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, after an increase of Russian missile strikes on settlements in the area around Avdiivka, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Ukrainians evacuate from settlements around ruined Avdiivka