Two weeks on, more than 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country

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Ukrainians flee south toward Kyiv across a bombed-out bridge as Russian forces attack the town of Irpin, northwest of the capital, on Monday.

Meanwhile, dozens of refugees sleep as they wait for a train at the station of Przemysl in Poland, the first stop on their route out after fleeing across the border from Ukraine.

Since the invasion began 12 days ago, more than 1.5 million people across Ukraine have fled the country and become refugees.

Many others are displaced internally or trapped in cities being reduced to rubble by Russian bombardment.

Ukraine rejected Moscow's offer of humanitarian corridors to Russia and Belarus on Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the offer was not “an acceptable option”.

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