[Photos] War in Ukraine: the heartbreaking farewell of families forced to separate

Heartbreaking goodbye scenes have become a daily occurrence in Ukraine, where fathers, grandfathers, brothers and uncles stay to fight while other family members flee the Russian invasion.Here is a glimpse of these strong images which show the reality of many Ukrainian families when more than two million people have already managed to flee the country.A father reaches out to his family through the window of an evacuation train as he says goodbye to them at the central station in Odessa, Ukraine, March 7, 2022Bulent Kilic/AFP or licensorsA man says goodbye to his family boarding an evacuation train at Kyiv station in Ukraine. March 5, 2022Genya Savilov/AFPAleksander, 41, leans his palms against the glass as he says goodbye to his daughter Anna, 5, on a train to Lviv at Kyiv station in Ukraine. March 4, 2022Emilio Morenatti/AP PhotoChildren look out the window of an unheated carriage on an emergency evacuation train from Kharkiv to Lviv, Ukraine. March 3, 2022Andriy Dubchak /APA boy on an evacuation train watches a man left behind at Kyiv Central Station in Ukraine. March 6, 2022Serhiy Chuzavkov/AFPA child talks on the phone saying goodbye to a relative at the window of a train waiting to leave Kramatorsk for western Ukraine, March 2, 2022Andriy Andriyenko/AP PhotoA child hugs his father before boarding a train after leaving the pediatric hospital in Kyiv, following its evacuation, March 7, 2022Efrem Lukatsky/APA couple hug before she boards a train bound for western Ukraine at Kramatorsk station in eastern Ukraine on February 27, 2022Andriy Andriyenko/AP