
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — A long line of cars pulls into the parking lot of a home goods store set up as a makeshift welcome center. People pile out of the cars, looking exhausted but relieved, some are crying, many are smiling. Officials stop at each car, checking documents.
This convoy is coming from the south, from places like Melitopol and Kherson, areas that have been occupied by Russia for months now.