Weekly overview in pictures: Ukrainian citizens find refuge in Romania | President meets top officials and visits military base

This weekly overview brings you the main topics from Romania, in pictures. As the Russian invasion continues in neighbouring Ukraine, more Ukrainians are fleeing to Romania, where volunteers, NGOs, and public authorities have joined efforts to help them. The collection of the February 28-March 6 week also includes photos from the president's meetings with top foreign officials and his visit to a military base, the arrival of French troops in Romania, and an anti-war mural in Iasi.

Ukrainian woman hugs a child just as they cross the border to Romania, through the Isaccea crossing point, on March 1. According to March 6 data from the Romanian Border Police, more than 260,000 Ukrainian citizens have entered Romania since the Russian invasion started. Most transit the country, travelling further to other countries, mainly Western Europe.

A Ukrainian refugee family has a quiet meal in an apartment in Bucharest after safely arriving in Romania (March 1). Since the first day of the Russian invasion, many individuals, NGOs, and businesses in Romania rushed to provide help to Ukrainians fleeing their country, providing accommodation and food, transport, essential goods, or support and assistance for pets.

Romanian president Klaus Iohannis visited the mobile refugee camp in Siret, Suceava county, on March 5. "War refugees are in a desperate situation. Many came with nothing, and we offer everything that can be offered to people in this situation. If necessary, they receive food, clothes, transport from customs to the camp - where those who don't have the necessary documents have their papers done," the president said after the visit.

President Klaus Iohannis visited the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in southeastern Romania on March 6, where he thanked allied forces for their presence in the country. In response to Russia's military action in Ukraine, NATO has moved to reinforce its eastern flank by sending more troops and military equipment to its Eastern European members, including at the Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania.