The Latest Breaking News from Poland

Ken Stewart, wife Tania and children Yaryna and Douglas made the arduous 38-hour trek from their home 40 miles from Kyiv to the Polish border in a desperate bid to escape invading Russian forces

Here are the latest headlines from Scotland and beyond on Monday, February 28.

More than 500,000 people have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion

Poland is facing what could become Europe’s largest wave of refugees since the second world war

At a Polish club in south London there were long queues as people lined up to give clothes, bedding, and other essentials to its donation drive helping people fleeing the country into Poland

Nigeria and South Africa have expressed alarm at reports that their nationals are being stopped from leaving war-torn Ukraine. At Lviv train station, in western Ukraine, FRANCE 24 met several African students who say they were pushed back at the Medyka border crossing with Poland.

The Mirror visits an official government reception centre in Medyka, Poland, set up to welcome Ukrainian refugees who were forced to flee their country due to the Russian invasion

Emergency supplies are being collected for 100,000 refugees who have been displaced to Poland following the Russian invasion.

FIFA and UEFA have moved to ban Russian clubs and its national teams from footballing competition following Russia's attacks on Ukraine ordered by president Vladimir Putin