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Ukrainian countrywide. and one thing that is important to understand is that yes, theyve move military equipment, yes they move soldiers, but they also move fear and we have been turning up to the railroad stations, and in the days and weeks, and talked about how they feel about their safety, and in a place that is also one of the most dangerous places in ukraine. a couple of days ago, there was an explosion over the railroad station that we were at. and it was i think very telling what we saw, the evacuation train was ready to go, there were hundreds of people on board, and the railroad worke...

Understand is that yes, they move military equipment, yes they move soldiers. but they also move -- civilians. we've been turning up to the railway station almost daily, to talk to rail workers about how they feel about basically working in a place that is a lifeline -- when the most dangerous places in ukraine. a couple days on where there was an explosion over the railway station that we were at, and it was i think very telling about what we saw, the evacuation train was ready to go, hundreds of people on board, the rail workers scattered, they were terrified, on the train where you had the ...

Cnn's ivan watson takes us on the train carrying refugees to hopefully safety. >> reporter: ukrainian families on the run. more than a month the russians invading. civilians hurrying towards a waiting train. >> reporter: air raid sirens ring out as the train begins the move. this couple just a few minutes too late. >> the evacuation train is now leaving the station. they're about 1100 passengers on board this train. all of them are evacuees who are traveling for free. they are traveling the next 24 hours. this will train carrying this human cargo to safety in western ukraine. >> reporter: the ...

Minister of internal affairs. thank you for being with us tonight, and i want to ask you about the weapons that ukraine is asking for. but before i do, i have to get your reaction to this deadly attack on the train station in kramatorsk. what can you tell us? >> of course, we can see this act as an act of genocide. as of unpredictable atrocity. as far as russians directed to the crowds of people who were waiting for that evacuation train and at that time that, it has been together around 1000 people. and unfortunately, the victims of this very crime have become mostly women and children, that ...

Welcome back, everyone. well, nearly 5,000 ukrainians made it to safety via humanitarian corridors on thursday. 1,200 came from the besieged city of mariupol. mostly, they have been leaving a convoy of buses since rail services stopped in late february but others in this war zone can still actually get out by train. cnn's ivan watson has the inside look at their journey. >> reporter: ukrainian families on the run. more than a month after russia invaded, civilians are still fleeing from the threat of the russian military. hurrying towards a waiting train. an air-raid siren rings out as the trai...