View from Asia:
Russia's war on Ukraine

Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine on Feb. 24, drawing swift condemnation from a shocked world after repeated denials from Moscow that it had any such plans.

RFA is tracking the impact of the war on Asian countries, while sister agencies Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Voice of America cover events in Ukraine and its neighbors.

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We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost. We will fight in the forest, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

A woman from Ukraine listens to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's speech on a phone at a refugee shelter in Beregsurany, Hungary, Feb. 28, 2022. (Reuters)

People remove debris at a military base that, according to Ukrainian ground forces, was hit by an airstrike in the town of Okhtyrka in the Sumy region, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. (Press service of the Ukrainian ground forces/via Reuters)

Ukrainian police stop cars to look for suspicious men, on Feb. 27, 2022, in Kyiv. (AFP)

A long line of traffic waits on Feb. 28, 2022, on the road to the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing between Ukraine and Poland, near the Ukrainian village of Tvirzha, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the border. (AFP)

A man hugs his wife before she boards an evacuation train at Kyiv central train station on Feb. 28, 2022. (AFP)

Tigr Russian infantry vehicles that were destroyed during a battle in Kharkiv, Ukraine, are shown on Feb. 28, 2022. (AFP

Servicemen of Ukrainian Military Forces walk in the small town of Sievierodonetsk, Lugansk Oblast, on Feb. 27, 2022.

Volunteers prepare Molotov cocktails at a park in Uzhgorod, Ukraine. (Nemesh Yanosh/UNIAN)

A pediatrics hospital in Kyiv has moved patients and their families to the basement of the hospital, which is being used as a bomb shelter on Feb. 28, 2022. (AFP)

An oncology patient rests on a couch in the basement of Okhmadet children's hospital in central Kyiv, which is being used as a bomb shelter, Feb. 28, 2022. (Associated Press)

A woman holds her newborn baby in the basement of the Okhmadet children's hospital in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. (Associated Press)

A refugee child fleeing Ukraine gestures while waiting for transport at Nyugati station in Budapest, Hungary, Feb. 28, 2022. (Reuters)

To anyone who would consider interfering from outside: If you do, you will face consequences greater than any you have faced in history. All the relevant decisions have been taken. I hope you hear me.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin

Ukrainian soldier surveys the scene of a downed aircraft in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. It was unclear what type of aircraft crashed or what brought it down (Associated Press)

Ukrainian soldiers guard a road in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (Reuters)

People gather in an air raid shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Reuters)

Ukrainian women and children are seen at the Slovak-Ukrainian border crossing at Vysne Nemecke on Feb. 25, 2022. Ukrainian citizens have started to flee the conflict in their country. (AFP)

People wait to board an evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train station, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (Reuters)

Ukrainian soldiers take up positions on a bridge inside the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (Associated Press)

Members of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine examine a rocket case stuck in a driveway following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (Reuters)

The body of a soldier lies next to a destroyed Russian multiple rocket launch vehicle on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (Associated Press)

A building burns following shelling in the town of Starobilsk in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. Press service of the (Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via Reuters)

Smoke rises from a military airport in Chuguyev near Kharkiv on Feb. 24, 2022. (AFP)

A woman prays in Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (AFP)

Pro-Ukraine demonstrators hold a huge Ukraine flag during a protest outside Downing Street, in London, Feb. 25, 2022. (Associated Press)

Russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring, and the United States and its Allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way. The world will hold Russia accountable.

President Joe Biden

Ukrainian servicemen prepare to repel an attack in Ukraine's Lugansk region on Feb. 24, 2022. (AFP)

Smoke rises from an air defense site after an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Associated Press)

Residents of Kyiv, Ukraine, clog the streets as they try to leave the city Feb. 24, 2022. (Associated Press)

People hug outside a metro station in Kyiv, Ukraine, in the morning of Feb. 24, 2022. (AFP)

In this handout photo taken from video, the body of a slain soldier lies on the ground next to wrecked military vehicles after an attack - allegedly by separatists, or Russians - in eastern Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Ukrainian Police Department Press Service via AP)

In this handout photo taken from video, apparent Russian military helicopters fly over the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Ukrainian Police Department Press Service via AP)

A damaged Russian Ka-52 helicopter gunship sits in a field after a forced landing outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Associated Press)

Emergency personnel work at the crash site of a Ukrainian military plane south of Kyiv on February 24, 2022. It was unclear how many people were killed. (AFP/Ukraine Emergency Ministry press service / handout)

Flames from an explosion erupt Feb. 24, 2022, near Dnipro in eastern Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine. (Reuters)

A woman waits with her daughter for a train as they try to leave Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Associated Press)

Pro-Ukraine protesters shout slogans during a demonstration outside the Russian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 24, 2022. (Associated Press)