sorry about that. and at that point it just came to a complete halt. over the next two hours we went about 90 minutes about half a mile. so it was about 57 hours to pass the border with poland. it was incredible. there were people, get there and stopped and some would take bolt which is what they use instead of uber, and get dropped off, women with chirp, people with pets and getting ready to walk 30 miles. i think the numbers coming out of the u.n. are low from what we ve seen at tat that border and others throughout the day. so that s what we saw. when we finally decided, okay, we re going to turn around and try a different border, we turned around and there was a sort of place to stop. we went in and i ran into a woman. her engilous was absolutely perfect, she was there with her two children. she and her husband had spent
everyone has a device in their hands that can record and become evidence. thank dyou, michael. sorry we re short. we have a lot going on but appreciate you joining us and we ll have you back. all right. the have a good night. you, as well. a harrowing scene in ukraine as thousands desperately try to flee to safety walking over 30 miles in the cold. erin burnett tells us what she saw on the way to the border that is next. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength?? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don t thank them t too soon. kick pain in t the aspercreme. stuff. we love stuff. and there s some really great stuff out there.
leaving behind a husband, a father to fight in ukraine. it is just unbelievable what is taking place right now, the humanitarian crisis. you are close to the hungary border. tell us more about what it is like where you are right now, erin. reporter: so what happened was, pamela, to get here it took another 16, 17 hours and we passed various border crossings. we also one checkpoint alone took us over 6 hours because there s military checkpoints in the towns. men are building up concrete, putting up tires presumably if they need to stop a russian invasion. so you have that and lines and lines of people all of them trying to head for the borders. and right now we went by the polish border, slovakia border, and now we re here at the hungary border which is behind me about a kilometer, and we re going to cross it after this. but i ll say this and i think it s really important. the polish border is in crisis
west. now we re loaded up, a few minutes delayed and about to be on our way to the border. on our way at 7:00 a.m. to a shell shocked city where many fled and many arriving from points further east. the cold is cruel. there are young children everywhere caused families. most have nowhere to go. their designatic destination st. this is the main train station in lviv. most of these people this is the final stop they can get west. many men are trying to board buss to go to poland. i will say this is the most diverse group of people we ve seen since we came into this country. some head straight from the trains to the bus depot. you buy the tickets on the bus? so that s why they re jammed sort of first come so the bus is full to get the tickets.
colonel cedric leighton. we ll likely see a lot more of this. ukrainian families desperately making their way to the polish border. you ve been seeing the images of gridlock as drivers scramble to outrun the russians. and it s an emotional scene for those who make it out. cnn s arawa damon is on the other side of the border in poland tonight. arawa? reporter: hi, pam. this bus has just arrived. oh, and we can see some sort of a reunion happening here. this bus just arrived from the ukrainian border, and there s been a steady stream of buses like this coming into this parking lot that has now turned into something of a makeshift reception center. these people, the vast majority of them, would have walked for hours trying to just get across. and you ll notice that most of them are women and children. and that is because men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not