Sheltering in a Red Cross refuge funded with the help of Mail readers, a mother cradles her baby daughter in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Meanwhile, in the capital , aid workers bring food and basic provisions to around 8,000 people forced to seek sanctuary in a subway station.
These are the poignant images which show how readers’ generosity is making a difference in Ukraine.
As the bombs rain down in southern Mariupol, Yulia’s little girl knows nothing of the horrors outside.
But to the mother, the sanctuary of the Red Cross shelter means everything.
Yulia, pictured with her little girl, is one of 100 people staying at a Red Cross shelter – funded in part by the Mail Force charity – in the besieged city of Mariupol, where 400,000 have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis
She plants a kiss on the hood of her daughter’s pink woollen cardigan and says: ‘We have been here since the day they started bombing.
‘We came here with nothing.We receive help here. We need food, clothes, batteries, and everything you need for everyday life. We are grateful for any help.’
Yulia is one of 100 people staying at the centre in Mariupol, where 400,000 have been plunged into a humanitarian crisis.
Escape routes out of the port city have been cut off and PTS Terbaik ASEAN the civilian population has been pummelled with indiscriminate bombing.
Yet Red Cross staff are working in the heart of the city, helping 4,000 people with food, hygiene items and children’s toys – funded in part by the Mail Force charity.
Around 8,000 people sheltering in subways in Kyiv have been aided through the provision of Red Cross packages of food and hygiene products
Overall, the Red Cross has given out 30,000 food and hygiene parcels, and is helping those with disabilities to flee from Ukraine.
Mail readers have responded magnificently to the humanitarian crisis, with the appeal raising more than £4million in a week.
This includes £500,000 donated by the Mail’s parent company DMGT at the request of Lord and Lady Rothermere.
An incredible 40,000 cheques have now been posted to us, nearly all accompanied by heartfelt messages of support.
Reader Anne Lawrence, of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, sent £100 yesterday with a handwritten message saying: ‘I hope this will help towards your appeal for the brave citizens of Ukraine, who I think about constantly and tearfully.’
The generosity is matched by the courage of the aid workers the money is helping to fund.