it s not just about saving priceless works of art, this is the country s spiritual heritage. they have run out of the space in the basement. even religious sites fear the worst. this mass at lviv cathedral was one of the last before its giant stain glass windows were boarded up with steel plates. praying for protection in a war where it seems no place is sacred from attack. in lviv, ukraine. and thank you for your company. cnn coverage of the desperate situation in ukraine continues. after the break.
we have heard terrifying stories of their trips over here. one woman saying she came from kyiv, but in particular, this train journey was really tough. it should take two hours by train to get here from lviv. this trip took 16 hours. one woman said part of the reason for that is because they had to reroute around a bombed out rail bridge. they had to stop at one point, because they were explosions and fighting in the area, they had to wait until it was safe enough to continue their journey. then, they had to stop at the border. there was a long delay at the border. there were lots of happy reunions over here, smiles but also a deep, deep side is over here because these people know how difficult it was to get here, even by train. the journey is getting much more difficult for people, and they have left people behind. not only husbands and older
that, there were 21 allegations against him which were upheld and the panel concluded by saying that the panel concluded by saying that the house may feel that mr bercow has brought the position of speaker of the house of commons into disrepute. of the house of commons into disrepute of the house of commons into disreute. ., ., . ., ,, of the house of commons into disreute. . . ~ . ~ disrepute. hannah white, thank you ve much disrepute. hannah white, thank you very much indeed. back to the war in ukraine. it is notjust people who are feeling the impact of that russian invasion. animals are suffering as well and is some are hoping to send their pets abroad. when the war began, natalia and vlodymir headed west, from donetsk to lviv. they brought with them their pet cat, charlie. it proved to be a stressfuljourney for the whole family. translation: he is playful. he is not quiet. he likes to play. it was hard to transport him in
lviv in western ukraine, near the polish border is nbc correspondent cal. last time we talk to you, you had to get out of position because sirens were going on. suggesting there was some danger to the city. which is remarkable unto itself. more rip are kabul when people understand where lviv is. we re talking about kyiv, the center of the country, it was a stretch to think there would be attack on kyiv even though u.s. intelligence said there would be. but lviv is almost on the polish border, on the western side of ukraine. yes, i m far closer to the polish border than i am to the ukraine capital of kyiv. it s three hours to the west of kyiv. so this was supposed to be the safe city. this is well to be the place where people take refuge. we have seen violence. but the air raid sirens were not something that people were expecting. they were not where they were
bandits essentially. various armed groups. now obviously the situation at the moment is that people have to make a very difficult choice. the west doesn t necessarily want these people to have to make the type of choice. they rather see people have the chance to go west. to lviv. where it s safer. and aware of the possibility of pictures of the refugees heading east to russia greeted and being part of the propaganda machine that russia might use to try to explain what s going on in ukraine. to its people. yeah. president zelenskyy had exactly that thought. forcing people to go to russia where russian tv cameras will be and portrayed as beneficiary of russian is catching in his. good to see you. we ll take a quick break here.