Every time a conflict breaks out somewhere in the world, thousands of people are forced to flee, leaving behind their homes, their families, their friends and everything that made their lives up to that point.

As the war in Ukraine entered a new phase on 24 February 2022, the tragedy of millions of children, women and men who have been helped by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for more than 100 years, as evidenced by the many films and videos produced since 1921, was once again brought to light.

Discover some of them by browsing this timeline.

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