in the first days, we were all so shocked and devastated, we really just had no clue what we were going to do at all, but some of my colleagues here at the centre for urban history, which is a historical research institution, we thought we had a conference room, a cafe, those can be turned into temporary shelter. and in the next few days, we had such a flood of refugees, that probably lviv has not seen in the whole of its history. we that probably lviv has not seen in the whole of its history. that probably lviv has not seen in the whole of its history. we want to no outside the whole of its history. we want to go outside of the whole of its history. we want to go outside of the the whole of its history. we want to go outside of the border the whole of its history. we want to go outside of the border now. - our correspondent nick thorpe is in budapest, where he s been watching refugees arriving at one of the main train stations there. the sheer number of children. just a tiny, o
a quick call to another friend, the mayor of mykolaiv. sasha. at the station, a lightning visit. handshake, hellos to some of the people in line for trains to poland, and an update on the situation from volunteers. sadovyi is a wartime mayor now. his city hosting hundreds of thousands of displaced ukrainians. people happy about peace city. i think one of the ladies said i m happy to be alive, she said. yes. reporter: we finally catch up with him long enough to ask a few questions on the station platform.
ukrainians. people happy about peace city. i think one of the ladies said i m happy to be alive, she said. yes. reporter: we finally catch up with him long enough to ask a few questions on the station platform. not as packed as in the first days of the war with chaotic scenes of ukrainians fleeing the bombing. they have a system to evacuate people now, he tells me. what do you think your responsibility is today? it s my responsibility arrive everyone citizens like my mother, my father. reporter: you re convinced, you told me earlier that that will end in victory for the ukrainian people? i believe in our victory 100%. it is great. reporter: you have no doubt? no. never give up. only victory. reporter: shortly after this station visit, it s on to a