The city of Lviv, in western Ukraine, has become the central hub for hundreds of thousands of people trying to flee the war. People arrive here from all corners of Ukraine. Most of them are women, children and elderly ones. The Lviv Central Railway Station is the place that concentrates the highest number of refugees attempting to reach Poland. But some are still trying to cross the border on foot and by cars.
In Photos: Scenes at Lviv Train Station, Ukraine
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Svetlana left her house in Dnipro with her mother and three cats when the bombs started getting closer. She's now on her way to Poland and left behind her father and brother, March 4, 2022. (VOA/Yan Boechat)
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A tired woman lies on the Lviv train station floor, March 3, 2022. Many people are sleeping at the railway station till they can find a way to leave the country. (VOA/Yan Boechat)
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Women and children wait at the Lviv train station to get out of the country and flee the war, March 3, 2022. (VOA/Yan Boechat)
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A grandfather tries to give some food to a girl at the Lviv main train station entrance on a cold afternoon, March 3, 2022. (VOA/Yan Boechat)