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Angelina Voychenko (left) and her children and Yuliya Bortnik (right) and her son fled Mariupol after hiding for weeks in the basement of Voychenko's parents' home, with no electricity, phone service or heat, as the building shook from fighter jets and explosions. When they emerged to buy food, what they saw made them decide to leave: destroyed buildings, looted stores, no food in sight. Becky Sullivan/NPR hide caption

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Ukrainians navigate a perilous route to safety out of besieged Mariupol

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Wednesday

Olga and Oleksandr hug as they wait beside a vehicle painted with the word "volunteers" at an evacuation center in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Olga's father is stuck in Mariupol, and Oleksandr is hoping to get in a volunteer convoy to the city, now under Russian siege. Emre Caylak/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sywasz Elizabeth, Samarska Ludmyla and Pylypenko Arsenij wait on a bus after arriving safely on a train in Lviv, Ukraine, from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, which has been under heavy Russian military attack, on Tuesday. Trains carried hundreds of evacuees from the besieged city, where thousands of residents remain trapped amid Russian bombardment. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Cars wait in a long line to leave Mariupol, on March 17. The city, on Ukraine's southeastern coast, has been heavily damaged by Russian bombardment. Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images hide caption

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When Russia shelled their building in Mariupol, 13 neighbors banded together to flee

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First responders and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Wednesday. The woman and her baby have since died. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption

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