Photos show scenes of fear and chaos in Ukraine after Russian missile strikes

An explosion in Kyiv early Thursday, Feb. 24. Explosions were heard before dawn in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa.

A woman waits for a train as she tries to leave Kyiv on Thursday.

Ukrainian military vehicles move past Independence Square in central Kyiv.

People seek shelter underground on the platform, inside dark train cars and emergency exits at a subway station in Kharkiv.

A resident inside a bomb shelter in Kyiv.

The body of a rocket stuck in an apartment on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv.

Helena, 53, a teacher, was injured by a falling shard of mirror in Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv.

Traffic jams as people leave Kyiv on Thursday.

Residents walk in a street as smoke rises near the town of Hostomel and the Antonov Airport, in northwest Kyiv.

Emergency personnel work at the crash site of a Ukrainian military plane south of Kyiv.

Police inspect the site of an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv.

A woman prays at Independence Square in Kyiv.

Firefighters battle a fire in the eastern town of Chuguiv, near Kharkiv.

The scene outside an apartment building in Chuhuiv.

A Ukrainian military truck burns at an air defense base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol.

A woman and child peer out of the window of a bus as they leave Sievierodonetsk in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.