with some of the medics helping those fleeing the disaster. horn blares. whether you reach lviv by night. ..or by day. ..whether you re young or old. ..if you are sick, they ll be ready. the woman collapsed as she was about to board a train. dehydrated, exhausted. days travelling on crowded trains create hellish conditions for the vulnerable. we followed the medics from one call to another. to 82 year old valentyna, travelling alone, with high blood pressure. her family has stayed behind in the east. translation: i don t know anything.
horn blares. whether you reach lviv by night. ..orby day. ..whether you re young or old. ..if you are sick, they ll be ready. the woman collapsed as she was about to board a train. dehydrated, exhausted. days travelling on crowded trains create hellish conditions for the vulnerable. we followed the medics from one call to another. to 82 year old valentyna, travelling alone, with high blood pressure. her family has stayed behind in the east. translation: i don t know anything. i am going, and that s it. i hope there are good people, that s all.
this train is travelling east, not west towards the fighting, not to safety. sarah rainsford, bbc news, poltava. the united nations estimates more than 2 million refugees have fled ukraine since the start of the conflict. they are mostly crossing into neighbouring countries to the west, such as poland, romania, slovakia, hungary and moldova. our special correspondent fergal keane has been spending time with some medics in lviv, who are helping people fleeing the disaster. horn blares. whether you reach lviv by night. ..or by day. ..whether you re young or old. ..if you are sick, they ll be ready. the woman collapsed as she was about to board a train.