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Fighting, arriving looking extremely distressed. but there s also a sense of almost resistance that has happened here in lviv. it s become a hub for resistance. we have seen people make molotov cocktails and camouflage nets here. people who were at university are now in factories making nets and molotov cocktails, enlisting in the army to fight on the front line. you will even see here a monument behind me. lviv is a world unesco heritage site, there are so many old churches, monuments, buildings in this city ofjust under a million people and the monument there behind me has been wrapped in plastic and foil to prevent any kind of shelling that may take place here in the city, any kind of fighting that may take place in the city. they are
But we already know putin s waragainst ukraine - will never be a victory. he hoped to dominate i ukraine without a fight. he failed. all the while, the refugee crisis continues to grow. as the russians widen their assault, less and less of ukraine remains safe, and more and more families feel they have no choice but to leave. jon donnison, bbc news. my colleague yalda hakim is in the city of lviv in western ukraine. until now, it has seemed like western ukraine was safe. does it feel like that might be changing? it really does, joanna, although if you look at today, the sun is out and if you look at this incredible skyline behind me, this is a world unesco heritage site. it is an old city, and the people here, the mayor and