friends and all weekend. now all ukrainians where my relatives. >> before she leaves, maria shows us a heart-shaped flag to protect her. those returning walk past a carriage that reads safety above all. but the train leaving platform five disappears into a war zone where safety is a dream. wolf, what is striking about watching that train walk back to ukraine. as you see so many thousands, tens of thousands of people showing up here at the train station as refugees, the platform where those people returning to ukraine is on the far back side of this train station and it doesn't go back full, there are still many empty seats on those trains back to ukraine. wolf. >> ed lavandara on the scene for us. thank you very much. let's talk to a local official in western ukraine right now.