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Today we're on the border with Hungary, one of several countries witnessing a huge influx

of refugees from Ukraine. In Switzerland, the government surprised everyone by falling

in line with other European Union countries and imposing tough sanctions on Russia, but

what are the locals making of it? We're queuing for liver sandwiches in the winding

streets of the citadel in Algiers, something that's turned into a pastime for some young

men, and our correspondent reflects on his experiences of Kiev before the invasion,

and the way of life that's rapidly disappearing.

First, women making Molotov cocktails, civilians taking up arms and stark confrontations with

Russian soldiers have all served as illustrations of the extraordinary solidarity and bravery of

Ukrainians in the face of the Russian onslaught over the last nine days. Memories of the

destruction of the Chechen city of Grosny are alive in people's minds amid shelling

of residential areas, targeting of infrastructure. Hundreds of civilians have now died, and an

attack on a nuclear power plant has underscored the threat posed not just to Ukraine, but the

rest of Europe. A few days ago, Russia's president Vladimir Putin told the residents of the

country's capital, Kiev, to leave amid warnings that the worst was yet to come. Least

reset has seen the week's events unfold.

Blackened skeletons of buildings, smoldering ruins, smoke rising, people running, running

for their lives. These are the images from Ukraine, which now transfix us. We've seen

them before. If you can see photos of Aleppo, this is Maryapul today, Vrgrat Sergeolov,

deputy mayor of this southern port city, now under incessant Russian shelling. Aleppo,

the ancient city with exquisite heritage in northern Syria, pounded by Russian and Syrian

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