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Idea of -- which you mentioned previously about a no fly zone in the west of ukraine. im in lviv, which is much closer to the polish border. its the transit point for hundreds of thousands of people who are fleeing, they come to the lviv train station trying to get further west of poland, romania and the like. there is even talk of if kyiv fell that perhaps there would be ukrainian government in charge in lviv and that would be the site, the seed of power. what would a no fly zone in western ukr...

To come back to their lives in their home towns, cities and villages in the north, the south, east of the country. and that is the pain these people. so basically, for the moment, we can say that this part of the country has all these challenges, it is true that for the majority of ukrainians coming here it isjust a majority of ukrainians coming here it is just a transit point. it is not possible to replace everything that millions of ukrainians lost in their homes with humanitarian aid here. it...

Escape. >> two weeks into vladimir putins war in ukraine, no sign the flood of refugees will top pouring out of the country prickled the u.n. says nearly two and a half million people have fled ukraine, the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. >> we are noticing more people crossing now have less means, they just grabbed a bag and grab their pets or their immediate possessions. >> angelina and her family fled the capital after hiding in a bomb shelter. >> we came from kyi...

Ukraine, associated press international affiliate reporter, multilingual, big fans of all of your work here. please tell us what youre seeing today in lviv. >> well, look, this is a place that can seem a very, very long way away from a country at war. this is a relatively calm and peaceful place, and you know a lot of the people who are here right now, they desperately need that precise atmosphere of calm because this is a place where a lot of those refugees from the east and from the center of ...

The anniversary of the annexation of crimea from ukraine eight years ago and said this war is going to plan as russia attacked new locations today, including an aircraft repair facility outside lviv near the polish border. lviv has been a relative safe haven, a transit point for millions of exiting refugees activists in the city lined up 109 empty strollers for the 109 children ukraine says russia has killed so far. in a war that has also now claimed american jimmy hill from minnesota. he was in...

People oftentimes there are sirens but it doesnt amount to anything. people have to make the judgment whether to go down to the basement or shelter or not. >> because it has been said that lviv was as safe as you could be in war, fairly safe or safer than other areas, but with air raid sirens going off, that is a bit concerning. >> yeah, i mean, its, you know, ukraines worse, any place is possible to be attacked, but again, this has not been directly attacked and obviously russian forces are rea...

War in ukraine, no sign the flood of refugees will stop pouring out of the country. the u.n. says nearly two and a half million people have now fled ukraine, the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war two. were noticing that more people who are crossing now have less means they may just grab the bag, grab in some cases their pets or their immediate possessions. angelina and her family fled the capital after hiding in a bomb shelter for three years. we came from kyiv because of ...

>> we came from kyiv because of very heavy fighting happening there now. >> train station in lviv has become a transit point for many fleeing the country. >> while tens of thousands of refugees have poured into western ukraine this train in lviv is being loaded with hundreds of pounds of food badded needed in the countrys east. >> dozens of volunteers forming a human chain to load the critical supplies so desperately needed by fellow country men. >> we want to help our people. >> two weeks ago, ...

Refugees are trying to get to poland to save their lives. >> jonathan: really good point, todd and it obviously frightens the heck out of the refugees who are flooding here through lviv. this airport area, just about 3-1/2 miles from the city center of lviv, which has been flooded with refugees, some have stayed here, many just using it as transit point trying to get to the safety of countries to the west of ukraine, which include poland, hungary, romania, maldova. this sends a message from the ...

Transit point for millions of refugees coming to poland, thats the railroad terminal that we have been seeing all of these people getting off of these trains from elsewhere in ukraine, the women of course then leaving the men folk behind and going on to the border and causing over now, more than 2 million refugees here some of whom met with the president today. you know how empathetic this president is, and the impact that that is going to have on him admiral stavridis, what is the significance ...