Russian attack Lviv railway station is now full of families with children forced to leave their homes: “Every time we heard the siren, we started playing, where we went into the basement to hide.”

Abroad|The Russian attack

Lviv

Russian the human suffering of the attack is condensed at the Lviv train station. The station is full of Ukrainians seeking to leave Ukraine. The multi-line line of people continues well along the boulevard in front of the train station.

The fugitives carry with them only what they were allowed to carry when the home was left in the turmoil of war. Retractable suitcases and various jerks.

The queue includes children crying, mothers trying to keep their children happy in the cold. The wheels of the suitcases keep the noise on the cobblestones.

Among other things, the aid tent offers sandwiches on top of which meat pate and soup are baked.

Although there is chaos affecting millions of people, the situation at Lviv railway station has been more or less in order.

In the relief tent there is also a German man to help as a volunteer. He does not want to say his name because his mother in Germany does not know that her son has left for Ukraine.

According to the man, those who have fled their homes now feel much more that they are not safe in Lviv in western Ukraine either, but want to flee to neighboring countries such as Poland.

The man says he wanted to come to help because he simply felt the matter was important.

“It was just the right thing to do. We in Europe are watching us always stand by our people, but that may not be the case. I wanted to deliver on my promises, ”the man says.

UN According to the report, about 1.7 million Ukrainians have already fled abroad. The number will increase significantly and can be seen at the Lviv railway station.

“The conflict in Ukraine is becoming one of the biggest humanitarian emergencies in Europe for years to come,” said the director of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Francesco Rocca according to news agencies.

“There is a lot of refugee and need for help, and both are likely to grow both inside and outside Ukraine.”

Railway station in the queue stands a fugitive from the Dnipro Ksenia Yakovenko together with his six-year-old son Mishan with. Yakovenko is also trying to shepherd his friend’s small children. Sometimes one of the small children runs away, and Yakovenko runs after.

In the adjoining Church Relief Tent, verses from the Bible are written on canvas. “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. I will give you rest, ”the Gospel of Matthew is quoted on the tent cloth.

Yakovenko does not dare to stay in Lviv because he fears that Russian troops will come there as well. There are plans to stay in Poland until they feel safe returning.

The children are no longer scared, even though they had to hear air alarm sirens six times a day in the Dnipro.

“We made air alarms a game. Every time we heard the siren, we started playing, where we went into the basement to hide. ”

From Lviv station, trains leave for Poland and the Polish border, from where refugees can be picked up by bus. In the west, empty trains are loaded with relief supplies that are brought back to the east for those in need.

RAILWAY STATION inside the corridors are full of Ukrainians waiting for an evacuation train. In one corner, a little girl wrapped in a blanket strokes a soft toy she has taken with her.

Here and there you can see wet eyes. Women are divorced from their men who are at war.

On the pier number five is the Stanishevsky family. Come from the Dnipro Alina trying to calm her crying, ten-month-old son in her arms.

The family is in a better position than others in the position, as is the father Ivan is with. He doesn’t have to go to the front because he’s only 17 years old.

“The most important thing for me now is to be with my family. I don’t know how my family would do without me on this getaway now, ”says Ivan Stanishevskiy.

The family has no information about where they are going in Poland and what kind of place awaits them.

“The most important thing now is just to get security in Poland.”