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Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian residents fleeing Russia's invasion have traveled to Lviv, a city near the Polish border that was previously home to about 720,000 people. Lviv has experienced air raid sirens, but it hasn't seen active fighting on the scale seen in cities further east. Some displaced people have decided to stay there in hopes of waiting out the war. Others have continued onward to EU countries: Poland alone has received more than 885,000 people, according to the UN Refugee Agency. Journalist Andrii Ianitskyi was among those who fled rocket attacks in Kyiv for the relative safety of Lviv. Meduza asked him to explain how the city has become a place of refuge for people from all over Ukraine.

It's been 11 days since the war in Ukraine began. Protesters across the world have voiced their opposition to the war -- including in Russia, where about 4,400 people were arrested on March 6 for protesting in cities throughout the country. In Ukraine itself, attempts to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and Irpen, a city in the Kyiv region, were thwarted; the Russian side claims the Ukrainian army is to blame, though Ukrainian news outlets have reported that Russian troops intentionally fired on civilians. Meduza presents a collection of photos from the 11th day of the war.

Eleven days ago, Vladimir Putin launched an all-out war against Ukraine. Since then, there have been daily anti-war protests across Russia. More than 13,000 people have been detained at demonstrations in at least 147 Russian cities since February 24, according to the independent monitor OVD-Info. On Sunday, March 6, a nationwide wave of rallies was met with the harshest response yet -- law enforcement officers carried out mass arrests, detaining more than 4,800 people in 69 cities. In some cases, protesters were beaten, grabbed by their hair, doused in water and antiseptic, or even tasered. Thus far, the rights group Apologia Protesta has recorded more than 30 complaints about police and Russian National Guard officers using undue force and less-lethal weapons against protesters. Meduza shares snapshots from the demonstrations here.

According to opinion polls from VTsIOM (the Russian Public Opinion Research Center) and FOM (the Public Opinion Fund), more than 60 percent of Russians support the "special military operation" in Ukraine. But those results should be taken with a grain of salt: the same polls show that millions of people are opposing the war. Also, among the young residents of big cities who rarely watch television and get most of their information from the Internet, the war's opponents are actually the majority. Exclusively for Meduza, University of Exeter sociologist Dr. Alexey Bessudnov offers the following analysis of the VTsIOM poll.

When Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine on February 24, he cited the Russian Federation's "obligations" as an ally of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk "People's Republics." As it turns out, no such alliance existed at that time. The agreements regarding mutual cooperation did not come into force until a day later, on February 25. In other words, according to both international and Russian law, Moscow couldn't possibly have had any legal basis for invading Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine has been raging for almost two weeks now. In that time, Lviv has become the main transit point for Ukrainian refugees on their way to Europe, most of whom are going to Poland (according to the UN, the migration crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II"; 2 million people have already left the country). Meanwhile, residents of Lviv, which has yet to see any combat activity, are preparing to protect their city from Russian invaders. Meduza special correspondent Lilia Yapparova crossed the border from Poland to Ukraine -- here's what she saw.

It's been 14 days since Russia's war against Ukraine began. According to the UN, 2 million people have already left Ukraine -- "the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II." Many of them have traveled to Lviv, which has become the main transit point for Ukrainian refugees seeking asylum abroad. These photos, taken at Ukrainian and Polish train stations, show Ukrainian civilians as they leave their homes -- and their families -- behind.

Two weeks have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russian troops continue to shell Ukrainian cities as they try to make their way deeper into the country, but Ukrainian defense forces have successfully held them off. Meanwhile, the West (and some non-Western countries) continues to impose new restrictions on the Russian economy -- there are now more sanctions against Russia than against any other country in the world. At the same time, international companies are leaving Russia en masse. To find out whether Russia's top officials were prepared for this war and its consequences, Meduza spoke to some sources from the inside.

Russian troops entered Kherson on March 1. Since then, the southern city has been under their de facto control. Ukrainian politician Ihor Kolykhaiev remains the city's mayor. He has already been forced to notify residents of the Russian troops' demands: "walk alone or, at most, in pairs," "do not provoke the soldiers," and "stop what you're doing immediately upon request." This has not, however, prevented Kherson residents from holding large-scale, pro-Ukrainian rallies. Meduza spoke with Kherson-based journalist Konstantin Ryzhenko about the current state of the city.

According to a new report from American technology company Castellum.AI, there are now more sanctions against Russia than against any other country in the world.