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Different routes and military check points and destroyed roads. we were tracked in sumy since day one, the first day the russians attacked ukraine, our train station would go on the bridge that connected us to other cities. the exits were closed and just trapped, we were just trapped. >> i want to let our viewers know lawal, we were showing photos of you in this journey, some photos you are seen smiling and you looked happy in some photos but that's not necessary reflective of what you were experiencing at the time. >> i mean yes -- it is not necessary, i didn't feel necessary to document a lo...

>> reporter: for the last few weeks, i haven't met any refugees for the last 17 day. the russians and information we've been getting. they had people and it's like the icrc. the mayor is doing a few interviews and very brave associate press journalists were broadcasting images to the world. these are the first people and it was the first day that thousands of cards lined up. not humanitarian corridor. out of mariupol, it's failed every day. but nourn private vehicles drove out through about 17 check points and out of that city and we were able to speak to uyia and her mother also named ulia.

I was there and seen 60% of the city was destroyed and there were so many civilian casualties at that time. kyiv is an extremely beautiful city. it's got an amazing opera house and amazing central square and all these beautiful churches around the city. definitely, look, people are preparing for this on every street here you're seeing a fort -- check points, sandbags, trucks and metros and subway trains blocking pathways for potential russian entry. at many of these places you're seeing anti tank guns, anti tank rockets and yes, they have extremely sophisticated weapons like missiles and anti ...

We think anti-aircraft fired just before dusk, two bursts of that. that's unusual. it's been very quiet today. that may be a reflection of the increased pressure from the east. now, certainly in kherson, for about a weak now, we've spotted a rail column has moved into that particular city. that may suggest reinforcements. there seems to be some armor on that train to reinforce the positions and then move west toward mykolaiv. we've been seeing the extraordinary telephone to civilians, the indiscriminate and ugly bombing of residential areas by russian forces on the outskirts. those russian for...

They were talking about measures the international community is taking to punish president putin. the worst of russia's shelling continues to hit ukraine's second largest city, kharkiv, where are ukrainian soldiers are are being hit with a barrage of air strikes. russian forces say they have control of the southern city, a key access port to the black sea. and that claim is backed up by a facebook post from the mayor. the refugee crisis hitting unprecedented levels in eastern europe with more than 1 million ukrainians fleeing through check points and by train and sharing their pain throughout ...