A Northumberland man living in Kyiv has spoken of the desperate race to flee the war-torn Ukrainian capital as bombs exploded in the city around him.
Chris York described his "terrifying" 48-hour trek to the Poland border as "the sort of thing that you only usually see in movies", with gridlocked roads and people fleeing on foot with the only belongings they could carry.
The 37-year-old, from Alnwick, added: "At the actual crossing it was just a sea of people all queueing to get through two tiny gates.
