Photos: Long lines and empty shelves seen at supermarkets in Ukraine

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Residential areas in the cities of Zhytomyr and Kharkiv were under attack as Russia invaded Ukraine. This video has graphic images.

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As Russia's bloody invasion of Ukraine enters its second week, long lines and empty shelves have been seen at supermarkets in major cities across the war-torn country, prompting fears that the escalating attacks, which have already disrupted supply chains, will lead to food.

Volunteer groups are helping with donations of food and critical supplies at hospitals and train stations.

The founder of World Central Kitchen arrived in Lviv on Wednesday to help prepare meals for those fleeing Ukraine.

More than 1 million people have left Ukraine in the last week, according to the United Nations.

A woman shops at a grocery store with nearly empty shelves. — A woman shops at a store with nearly empty shelves in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Sergei Grits/AP)

More than a dozen people wait in line in the snow outside a supermarket. — People wait in line outside a supermarket in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images)

Two men at a train station prepare boxes of food to give away. — Volunteers prepare boxes of food at a train station in Kyiv on Tuesday. (Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

A line of people snakes around a building as they wait to enter a grocery store. — People wait in line outside a grocery store in Kyiv on Monday. (Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde via Getty Images)

Largely empty shelves are seen at a supermarket as one person shops. — Near-empty shelves at a supermarket in Lviv, Ukraine, on Monday. (Chen Wenxian/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Local residents line up outside a supermarket. — Residents line up outside a supermarket in Kyiv on Monday. (Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

People, some at a counter, shop for food and supplies at a supermarket. — People shop for food and supplies at a supermarket in Kyiv on Tuesday. (Erin Trieb/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A woman holding a shopping basket stands in front of empty shelves at a supermarket. — A woman stands in front of empty shelves at a supermarket in Lviv on Monday. (Chen Wenxian/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Shoppers line up to pay for their items at a supermarket. — Shoppers at a supermarket in Kyiv on Tuesday. (Erin Trieb/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

People select items from shelves at a shop. Half of the shelves are empty. — People select items from shelves at a shop in Mykolaiv on Tuesday. (Sergei Grits/AP)

Volunteers in a small room process sacks of food donations while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is seen on a television screen on a wall above them. — Volunteers process food donations while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears on television in Lviv on Wednesday. (Bernat Armangue/AP)

Several volunteers sort through boxes of food donations at a distribution center. — Volunteers sort through food donations at a distribution center in Lviv on Wednesday. (Bernat Armangue/AP)

A man pushes a shopping cart past nearly empty shelves at a grocery store. — A man pushes a shopping cart past nearly empty shelves at a store in Mykolaiv on Tuesday. (Sergei Grits/AP)

Dozens of people line up outside a hospital to receive food. — People line up outside a hospital to receive food in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (Anna Chernenko/Reuters)

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