others will go on to lviv. with the war into its fourth week, ukrainians are fearful of potential russian saboteurs on their soil. and some suspicious people are even asking strangers to show their papers on the street to prove who they are. but in a country where many people speak russian, have ties to russia, it s not always obvious to tell if they are friend or foe. scott mcclain has that story. reporter: days after the invasion began this lviv office was set up to help ukrainians fleeing war. but not everyone who comes here is welcome. shortly after we arrived the man we re filming draws suspicion from staff. they tell us he has links to russia. police are called. documents are checked. questions are asked. more than an hour passes. the man tells us his only link to russia was a 5-year-old passport stamp. they let him go. even here in lviv, a city that is far removed from the front lines, we ve had the police
days after the invasion begin, this lviv office was set up to help ukrainians flee war. but not everyone is welcome. shortly after we arrive, the man filming draw suspicion from staff. police are called, documents checked, questions asked. more than an hour passes. the man tells us his only link to russia was a five-year-old passport stamp. they let him go. even here in lviv, a city that is far removed from the front lines, we ve had the police called on us twice. we ve been asked to show our documents more than times than i can count and some people even say that random, ordinary citizens are asking total strangers to produce identification, but if somebody asked you for your identification or your passport, you wouldn t think it was weird? i wouldn t think for now, i wouldn t think. anatoli says two weeks ago, he was walking home after sheltering in this bunker.
well, with the war now into its fourth week, ukrainians are fearful of potential russian saboteurs on their soil. and some suspicious people are even asking just passers by to show their papers on the street to prove who they are. but in a country where many people speak russian yanl and have connections to russia, it s not always obvious to tell if they are friend or foe. scott mclean has that story. reporter: days after the invasion began, this lviv office was set up to help ukrainians fleeing war. but not everyone who comes here is welcome. shortly after we arrived, the man we re filming draws suspicion from staff. they tell us he has links to russia. police are called. documents are checked. questions are asked. more than an hour passes. the man tells us his only link to russia was a five-year-old passport stamp. they let him go.
and that that is something that i think will not be successful unless they do something completely different and completely unforeseen. all right. thank you so much, cedric leighton, for joining us. well, with the war now in its fourth week, ukrainians are fearful of potential russian saboteurs on their soil. and even asking people to show their papers on the street to make sure that it s not a russian person. trying to create havoc in any way. but in a country where many people actually speak russian, it s not always obvious to tell if they are friend or if they are foe. scott mclean has that story. reporter: days after the invasion began, this lviv office was set up to help ukrainians fleeing war. but not everyone who comes here is welcome. shortly after we arrived, the man we re filming draws suspicion from staff. they tell us he has links to russia. police are called. documents are checked. questions are asked. more than an hour passes.
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