urgency. it also proves the risk, how dangerous it is to put your family on a train and get them to safety. this report has some very graphic images. we think it is important to show. for many who fear what is coming, kramatorsk station has been a gateway to safety. crowds of people have packed the platforms in recent days, desperate to increase their distance from a region russia says it will soon conquer with overwhelming force. witnesses say thousands came again on friday morning. they sought safety. they couldn t escape the war. these are the moments after a ballistic missile exploded the station. after debris and shrapnel tore through the crowd. so many dead bodies, a person cries. only children. just children.
grabbing children from down in the stairwell and pulling them up through the balcony, and there was one woman in particular that i remember who grabbed her young baby, maybe 2 years old or something, and i asked her how she was feeling because she was crying. and to be honest with you, erica, i don t remember what she said. you don t have to remember her words because her face just said it all. she was tired, she was exhausted and she was absolutely overwhelmed. if you re a parent, you can understand that feeling of being out with your kid in a really desperate situation and finally finding refuge, finding safety. you have all the empathy in the world for these poor parents who are in this situation. so that s why the authorities have are deciding to make sure they get on the train first. even after that last train came, there were still women, still children who were not able to get on. all of this has led to
what began as a trickle al the start of the war quickly became a flood. millions of ukrainians fleeing their homes and their homeland. most finding safety in eastern and central europe. but now almost a month into this crisis and with the strange showing, eu leaders are considering a continent-wide response with all member states sharing the burden of caring for so many in so much need. more than 3.5 million ukrainians have actually fled their country. 10 million have been displaced. this is the fastest moving refugee crisis since world war ii according to the u.n. that s the big picture, but that moment, deciding to leave everything behind, all that you know and all that you own, entire lives packed into suitcases in just minutes, but despite that turmoil and chaos, many are able to grab that one keepsake, a reminder of a