as before. reporter: she and her husband are just two of thousands of ukrainians they have helped get to a safe place. translator: we hoped it would be easy. we left everything behind. reporter: thousands and thousands of ukrainians fleeing their hometowns come here to the lviv train station. they try to get accommodations, they can get food here from the world central kitchen. there is a fire over there, a woodburning stove heating up water. people have just come with whatever belongings they can take, and their loved ones just trying to get to someplace safe. away from the crowds at a smaller train station nearby, the most fragile passengers have their carefully coordinated welcome. doctors without borders arranged this train. there were a few cars with kids from an orphanage. and now in these remaining cars, there are ten people, nine of them children, almost all of
zaporizhzhia, but plan to wait out the war in germany. outside the main lviv train station, volunteers a this booth answer questions and help coordinate transportation and safe housing in germany, poland, lviv, and more. where most want to go is back in time. translator: we want as much as possible to continue living as before. reporter: vida and her husband are just two of nearly four million ukrainians the railway says it has evacuated since the russian invasion began. translator: people say on the internet that anything can happen, even here. so we hope it will be easy. we left everything behind. reporter: thousands and thousands of ukrainians fleeing hometowns come here to the lviv train station. they try to get accommodations, they can get food here from the world central kitchen. there is a fire over there, a woodburning stove heating up water. people have just come with whatever belongings they can take, and their loved ones just trying to get to someplace safe. away fro