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Evening Standard
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Arwa Damon

On the Ukraine border: Anger, grief and bewilderment as war crushes lives and rips apart dreams

A women with a child who fled from the war in Ukraine reacts as they reunite with their family after crossing the border in Medyka, Poland

(Picture: AP)

For a conflict that began less than a week ago, the war in Ukraine has already crushed so many lives and ripped away so many dreams.

At a border crossing between Ukraine and Poland, no one can come to terms with how quickly and violently the life that they knew has been torn from under them.

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