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At the Medyka border crossing in Poland, Katya, 9, and her older brother, Kiril, 10, are impatiently waiting for the departure of the bus that will take them and their mother to Naples in Italy where their family lives. <br /> <br /> "What I am most looking forward to? To finally see my grandparents again," says Katya.<br /> <br /> Two monts into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
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At the Medyka border crossing in Poland, Katya, 9, and her older brother, Kiril, 10, are impatiently waiting for the departure of the bus that will take them and their mother to Naples in Italy where their family lives.

"What I am most looking forward to? To finally see my grandparents again," says Katya.

Two monts into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF.

Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC

  • Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing. One month into the war, more than 2,1 million people have fled from Ukraine into Poland. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Tigran, 5-years-old, is blowing bubbles while waiting for a train to take him and his family out of Przemyśl in Poland. Two months into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Anna, 39, is comforting her 11-year-old daughter at the train station in Przemyśl. They have just safely arrived to Poland after being on the road for three, long days. Anna's husband works in the military and had to stay behind. <br /> <br /> "We fled because we felt unsafe. There were rockets and jets flying over us all the time and it is very, very scary to wait for something to explode". <br /> <br /> "We were told Poland is already full of refugees, so we will continue onwards to Germany. We have no friends or connections there, and I need advise on how to get there, where to stay and how to get my daughter into school. How do I legalise our documents? I really want to work and not sit at home and be useless. I want to give something back to the society. But, most of all I want to return home. Where my husband is, is my home."<br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing. One month into the war, more than 2,1 million people have fled from Ukraine into Poland. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Daniel (7) holds his mother's hand outside the massive reception centre in Korczowa. Located right by the border, what used to be a shopping mall is now a shelter refugees from Ukraine, resting among the empty shops and hallways before setting off on the next leg of their journey.<br /> <br /> Two months into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • Irina (34) and Kofi made a long way from Poltava to Poland. She says she struggled with getting Kofi out of the country, since nobody wanted to take such a big dog on a regular train. They had to stay in little passages in between compartments day and night, with freezing temperatures outside. When we meet her, she is waiting for her friends to pick her up on the way to Lithuania, where she hopes to work as an art teacher for children again.<br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • At the Medyka border crossing in Poland, Katya, 9, and her older brother, Kiril, 10, are impatiently waiting for the departure of the bus that will take them and their mother to Naples in Italy where their family lives. <br /> <br /> "What I am most looking forward to? To finally see my grandparents again," says Katya.<br /> <br /> Two monts into the war, the UN estimates that 7,5 million children have been displaced from their homes. This is two thirds of Ukraine's children according to UNICEF. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • At Medyka border crossing, the piles of donated clothes are starting to create a problem for the volunteers at the site. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
  • At Medyka border crossing, the piles of donated clothes are starting to create a problem for the volunteers at the site. <br /> <br /> Photo: Ingebjørg Kårstad/NRC
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