that number will be just a drop in the bucket. it is hard to estimate the numbers, ukraine is a country of fort mill union people. you see what is interesting men of fighting age are staying, ukrainian leadership asked men 18 to 60 to stay and fight. and it appears they mostly are doing so, the images of zelensky. of the ukrainian people staying to fight for their country, i think that is what moved europe over these past few days more than anything else. something to note, this is a technical state department thing, there is ation win zone. ukraine is a part of that. it will be different from syria as it relates to refugees, you see a lot of neighbors country who do not like russia,
intense fighting is reported around kharkiv, and thousands have been forced to shelter in the subways. columns of russian tanks and armored vehicles are reported to be still pouring across the ukrainian border tonight. swarms of helicopters flying in low over the countryside, creating panic and terror for the people living there. even so, military sources say less than half of russia s 150,000 troops have entered the country. but they re now facing off against a ukrainian army of 250,000, but that is less sophisticated and powerful. europe hasn t seen an invasion of this size since world war ii. martial law has been declared across the country. all men of fighting age and reservists are being mobilized. the capital is now under curfew and, like other major cities, roads were jammed today with people trying to flee away from the onslaught. there ve been massive lines at gas stations. and residents, desperate for cash, are lining up for hours at
traffic, this family, like many here, decided to get out and walk more than 12 hours to the polish border, where local and international aide agencies are scrambling to mobilize food, shelter, and clothing, including piles of children s shoes for the smallest refugees. we re at the border crossing between ukraine and poland and all day and yesterday we have seen a steady stream of people coming across. the difference is for the first time today, if you look up the hill behind me, we see a line of people going back into ukraine. we talked to women who are going to get members of their family, and a couple of military-aged males who said they are going back in to fight for their country. nearly 30,000 ukrainians have crossed into poland and about 11,000 have gone to romania. because men of fighting age are arred from leaving ukraine, many women and children are making the journey alone. i have a five-year-old kid, and i have also my sister, who has two kids, so we are really scared and
500,000. poland is taking the most, over 280,000 at last check. they are coming in three quay i ways. some have driving across. others seen literally walking across the border. the third way is by train. at a train station not far from the border. you will see how crowded and chaotic it s been as one train from ukraine has just arrived and the people on it are being processed and coming through now, while we have seen, this we have been to two other border crossings where some people were walking across the border. we saw people last night being reunited with tammy after they had taken literally three to four days to get into this country and get out of ukraine. that s part of the story. there is a second, even more remarkable portion of the story developing as well. and we discovered it almost by accident earlier today at the medic and podesta border crossing. we went there to interview refugees coming into the country. what we found more people leaving this country. leaving poland, u
border checkpoints, with poland hoping to escape danger. chris livesay is in the western ukrainian city of lviv. for more than to miles you ukrainians wait in the freezing cold for days, longing to reach safety across the border in poland. it is an exodus that recalls europe s darkest times. and it s only the beginning. at lviv s main train station in western ukraine thousands are trying desperately to get out. so you left your father in ukraine to fight. yes. i love my country. best country. but not everyone can run, men of fighting age must stay like 18 year old medical student yaroslav possibly facing the front line. if i must go, i will go. did you ever imagine you would be faced with something like this. no, no.