In PICS | Fear Prevails In Ukraine As Russia's Air Strikes Hit Civilian Areas

A couple speaks with each other at a metro station in Kyiv early on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after across the country and its foreign minister warning a full-scale invasion was underway. (Image: AFP) [NOTE: Following Images Depict Death & Graphic Content]

Russian military tanks and armored vehicles advance in Donetsk, Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (Getty Images)

A man mourns near a body as airstrike damages an apartment complex outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (Getty Images)

A wounded woman is seen as airstrike damages an apartment complex outside of Kharkiv, Ukraine on February 24, 2022. (File Photo/ Getty Images)

People react standing behind the cordoned off area around the remains of a shell in Kyiv on February 24, 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine on Thursday with explosions heard soon after across the country and its foreign minister warning a full-scale invasion was underway. (Image: AFP)

Panicked citizens, some carrying bags and suitcases, walk at a metro station in Kyiv. (Image: AFP)

A shell is seen at a drug clinic. The Belgorod Region borders Kharkov, Lugansk, and Sumy Regions, with the total length of the border with Ukraine being 540km. Classes in schools and kindergartens in the border areas are cancelled due to the situation in Ukraine. (Getty Images)

Andrii Bolbat, 50, who works at a coal mine in Vuhledar, a city in the Donetsk region, shows two pieces of shrapnel were still lodged in his shoulder and another one in his chest, on a hospital couch in Ukraine on February 23, 2022. People living near the line of contact in eastern Ukraineâs Donbas region are in a constant state of fear. (Getty Images)