As Russia steps up assault, the fleeing fear for fathers left behind
KRISZTINA THAN, ALICJA PTAK and JAN LOPATKA THOUSANDS of people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed across central European border crossings as Russian troops bombarded Ukrainian cities and looked poised to advance on the embattled capital, Kyiv. Western nations raced to supply humanitarian and military aid while piling pressure on a Russian economy already reeling under sanctions, with U.S. President Joe Biden warning Vladimir Putin that the Russian leader had "no idea what's coming". After initial Russian failures to capture major cities, Western analysts said Moscow appeared to have shifted tactics, including devastating shelling of built-up areas to subdue stubborn…