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Help women & children fleeing conflict with The Sun’s Ukraine Fund

PICTURES of women and children fleeing the horror of Ukraine’s devastated towns and cities moved Sun readers to tears.

Many of you want to help the five million caught in the chaos — and now you can. Today we launch The Sun’s Ukraine Fund.

A volunteer takes care of a child as thousands of Ukrainian women and children cross the border into Romania
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A volunteer takes care of a child as thousands of Ukrainian women and children cross the border into RomaniaCredit: Getty
Chaos at Lviv station as thousands attempt to flee to Poland
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Chaos at Lviv station as thousands attempt to flee to PolandCredit: Avalon.red


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Give as little as £3 or as much as you can afford and every penny will be donated to the Red Cross on the ground helping women, children, the old and the infirm.

Your money will also provide medical help for the wounded.

Ukrainian Red Cross teams will be providing shelter, food and water for those still trapped.

Workers with the International Committee of the Red Cross are battling to restore water supplies and support medical facilities.

And you will be helping Red Cross workers in countries bordering Ukraine.

Polish teams are supplying food and providing medical support. The Russian Red Cross has collected humanitarian aid. The Moldova Red Cross opened a shelter. Romania’s sent volunteers

Mike Adamson, chief executive of British Red Cross, said: “Your donations will help us reach people with food, water, medicine, medical equipment and other essentials. We thank Sun readers for your kind support."

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The Ukraine Crisis Appeal will support people in areas currently affected and those potentially affected in the future by the crisis.

In the unlikely event that the British Red Cross raise more money than can be reasonably and efficiently spent, any surplus funds will be used to help them prepare for and respond to other humanitarian disasters anywhere in the world.

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A girl cries as she sits on a camp bed at a temporary shelter for Ukrainian refugees at the border crossing in Ubla, eastern Slovakia
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A girl cries as she sits on a camp bed at a temporary shelter for Ukrainian refugees at the border crossing in Ubla, eastern SlovakiaCredit: AFP
People fleeing Ukraine arrive in Zahony, Hungary
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People fleeing Ukraine arrive in Zahony, HungaryCredit: AP
A man hugs his twin boys after they managed to escape Ukraine
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A man hugs his twin boys after they managed to escape UkraineCredit: AP
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