As a third round of peace talks Monday yielded little progress toward ending Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, an estimated 2 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries.

Women and children have said goodbye to their husbands, fathers, and brothers as men ages 18 to 60 remain to fight the Russian army.

Here are 18 photos that capture the agony of Ukrainians as Russian invaders shell their cities.

A wife bids farewell to her husband, a member of the Territorial Defense Forces, as she flees Sunday from the city of Irpin. (Photo: Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)
A father’s hand reaches out to his family Thursday as they leave for Poland on a bus from Lviv. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
The same father says goodbye as his family seeks to escape Lviv and head to Poland. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
A mother reacts after exiting a train with her son onboard Monday as parents accompany children and teenagers after the evacuation of Kyiv’s Central Children’s Hospital. (Photo: Sergei Supinsky/Getty Images)
A mother comforts her son after they aren’t able to board a train transporting citizens fleeing the fighting in Irpin. (Photo: Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
This wounded woman is a survivor of Russian airstrikes Feb. 24 that damaged an apartment complex outside Kharkiv. (Photo: Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
These buildings show the results of Russian shelling Monday in Kharkiv, which is Ukraine’s second-biggest city. (Photo: Sergey Bobok/Getty Images)
A Ukrainian soldier helps evacuate a girl from Irpin after heavy Russian shelling Sunday. (Photo: Laurent Van Der Stockt/Getty Images)
This is the aftermath of a Russian missile strike March 1 in Kharkiv. (Photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
A woman and two children wait Monday for an evacuation train in Zaporizhzhia. (Photo: Dmytro Smoliyenko/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images)
Ukrainians survey extensive damage March 1 at the Regional State Administration building in Kharkiv after Russian forces shell the area. (Photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
Rescuers carry out the wounded March 1 after the shelling of central Kharkiv by Russian troops. (Photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
A five-story hostel is in ruins from Russian rocket fire March 1 in Vasylkiv. (Photo: Ukrinform/NurPhoto/ Getty Images)
This car shows the result of Russian shelling March 1 near the Kharkiv Opera House. (Photo: Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images)
A man holds shrapnel after the Russian army’s shelling of Kharkiv on Sunday. (Photo: Sergei Bobok/ Getty Images)
Refugees cross water under a destroyed bridge Saturday as they flee Irpin during heavy Russian shelling and bombing. (Photo: Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)
A building at Vasylkiv Professional College is all but destroyed after being struck March 1 by Russian rocket fire. (Photo: Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

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