Russia-Ukraine war: Kharkiv photos show casualties, devastation as mass exodus continues

world-regions with their onslaught of attacks on Ukraine, even as they faced resistance in its efforts to take the capital city of Kyiv. 

The Russian attacks conflicts, including most recently the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. In the dust, debris and the dead lying in Kharkiv’s central Freedom Square, Ukrainians on Tuesday saw what might become of other cities if Russia’s invasion isn’t countered.

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“You cannot watch this without crying,” a witness said in a video of the aftermath, according to The Associated Press.

An emergency official said the bodies of at least six people had been pulled from the ruins, and at least 20 other people were wounded. Two bodies lay side by side on the cobblestones near an abandoned car. One was barefoot and wrapped in a blanket. The other, in military-colored clothing, had a clenched fist.

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Meanwhile, Ukrainians continue to flee the country for safety by any means necessary. As of Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimated that approximately 660,000 refugees left over the past six days.

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS IMAGES THAT SOME MAY CONSIDER GRAPHIC IN NATURE

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A Ukrainian national flag swings on a tree by a destroyed accommodation building near a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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A man takes a Ukrainian national flag swinging from a tree as he walks near a destroyed accommodation building by a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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Damaged cars and a destroyed accommodation building are seen near a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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An armed man stands by a damaged vehicle at a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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This handout photo released by Ukrainian Emergency Service shows a view of the damaged City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)


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A toy plane lies on the ground amongst debris of a destroyed accommodation building near a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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A volunteer of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces stands in the crater from the explosion near a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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In this frame from a footage released by the State service of special communication and information protection of Ukraine, firemen work inside the regional administration building in the city’s central square of Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian shelling, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (State service of special communication and information protection of Ukraine via AP)


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In this frame from a footage released by the State service of special communication and information protection of Ukraine, the regional administration building in the city’s central square of Kharkiv, Ukraine, after Russian shelling, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (State service of special communication and information protection of Ukraine via AP)


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A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)


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A member of the Ukrainian Emergency Service looks at the City Hall building in the central square following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)


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The body of a victim lies next to damaged cars in the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)


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Ukrainian emergency service personnel carry a body of a victim out of the damaged City Hall building following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)


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Ukrainian emergency service personnel and servicemen stand around a body of a victim following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)


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A man leaves a vehicle damaged by shelling in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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A refugee takes some rest in a field after crossing into Poland at the Medyka crossing, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)


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Ukrainian servicemen sit in front of a damaged house near a checkpoint in Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)


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A Polish border police officer holds a child near the border crossing with Ukraine in Medyka, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)


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Refugees from Ukraine arrive to the border crossing Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)


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Refugees from Ukraine rest after arriving to the border crossing Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)


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Refugees arrive from Ukraine at the border crossing Vysne Nemecke, Slovakia, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)


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A man rests after fleeing from the Ukraine, near the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)


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Refugees from Ukraine rest at the railway station in Przemysl, Poland, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)


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Ukrainians prepare to board a bus to Poland at Lviv bus main station, western Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)


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People who fled from war in Ukraine rest after crossing into Poland at the Medyka crossing, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Fox News’s Christopher Massaro and The Associated Press contributed to this report.