serving both here in ukraine and in neighboring countries. the stories are heartbreaking. here lviv, this has become sort of a bit of a safe zone, if you will, in ukraine. it is fairly calm here at the moment. things can change, and air raid sirens are regular. many ukrainians are fleeing the east arriving near in lviv. trying to get across the border into poland or other countries or looking to stay here until the conflict ends. the stories really are heartbreaking. families that just abandoned their lives. so many children we re meeting. at the train station here in lviv, it s overwhelmed every day. more and more families are coming to the train station. we have mealing going out at the train station, at local shelters. the arena here in lviv turned into a reception center where families arrive and then they
that could make in places like lviv, that have been so able to welcome people moving from the big cities towards the west, what difference could that make for the evacuation of civilians? of civilians? you know, the precondition of civilians? you know, the precondition for of civilians? you know, the precondition for the - of civilians? you know, the - precondition for the evacuation of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people from mariupol and other cities and towns in north and other cities and towns in north and central and is a new crane is the russian army s readiness to keep the russian army s readiness to keep the ceasefire, what happened yesterday, the ceasefire for areas around the port of mariupol was negotiated and the ukrainian government urged the russian army to stop firing and let around 200,000 people flee the city, but it didn t happen, because the fighting continued and, according to the military headquarters of the
american control. we were very fortunate we had an aunt that lived in long island, new york, and she sponsored us. so in 1948, we emigrated to the united states, which was a blessing. and ended up in a small town in long island, a one-stoplight town, and that s where i grew up. i know that you have family still in ukraine, in lviv. have you been in contact with them? do you know how they re doing? yes, yes. actually, hanutia, my mother s sister, and my grandfather on my mother s side, they were part of that partisan revolt, so in the 50s when russia took over lviv, they were basically sent to siberia for a number of years. survived, manutia is 95 years old now, and we are in contact with her granddaughter, nadia, who lives in washington, d.c. with her sister.
fortheir land and we defend the right cause. the question is the price, the price of our victory. and that price will be paid by the ukrainian people, by the families split up and scattered in fear for their lives. dan johnson, bbc news. let s get more on the latest developments in ukraine from our correspondent zhanna bezpiatchuk, who is in the western city of lviv. just give us a bit of an idea, we re looking at the picture behind you, which looks peaceful compared to those pictures from mariupol, for example, i m sure it feels1 million miles away but so close to where you are. , , miles away but so close to where you are, , , . ., miles away but so close to where you are. , , .. , , miles away but so close to where you are. , , , ., are. yes, but i can see this kind of silence is quite are. yes, but i can see this kind of silence is quite ominous are. yes, but i can see this kind of silence is quite ominous in - are. yes, but i can see this kind of| silence is quite ominous in u
air raid warnings. we received one of them just recently, and families with children are advised to go to the shelters, others decide for themselves whether they do this. in this part of the country you can hear warplanes of the skies of lviv. so the war is visible here as well. but what is most important about this part of the country is that the backbone for the frontline. here there are dozens of humanitarian groups that help the military and internally displaced people and help them with essentials. them with essentials. zhanna with them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest from them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest from lviv, - them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest from lviv, thanks. | we have been talking about the growing humanitarian problem is thousands of civilians try to leave ukraine. our news correspondent kasia madera is on the ukraine poland border this morning.