Ukraine: What happened today, Wednesday, March 9?

Amid widespread fighting across Ukraine’s major population centres, both sides have accused the other of violating ceasefires that would allow civilians to evacuate

Groups of Ukrainian refugees walk along the road between Lviv and Shehyni, in Volytsya, Ukraine. Picture: AP Photo/Marc Sanye

In the two weeks since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, more than two million Ukrainians have fled the country, according to United Nations (UN) officials. 

The exodus is the biggest seen in Europe since the Second World War.