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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont in Lviv

‘Everyone was fighting to get on a train’: the desperation of Ukrainians trying to reach safety

Crowded platform at Lviv rail station
People waiting for trains to take them from Lviv to Poland. On Sunday only two trains were running and only women and children were allowed to board. Photograph: Vincent Haiges/Avalon

At the ticket windows in the railway station in Lviv in western Ukraine, 60 kilometres from the Polish border, there are two kinds of tickets for the refugees wanting to flee the violence of the Russian invasion.

First, the free tickets for the evacuation trains. The catch is, these are almost impossible to get.

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