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As you had hundreds and hundreds of people boarding trains to leave. that does not happen by accident. >> thousands when the attack took place. >> is there any way to protect the railways better to prevent? . >> actually, we introduce all the available security measures. but in such areas, civilian buildings and all the rest. so people flee and people get to the station different ways. that is why there is no way people can come to the station. . >> were there cruise missiles strikes on monday. it is believed russia was trying to destroy the rail tracks here but they missed. have you been surp...
>> because they can't fly it in. pentagon officials are worried russia would start to target these shipments, something they haven't done so far, at least not successfully. do you think that's a real concern? >> i think it is. they will target the rail lines. you saw what happened when they targeted the civilian rail head. they will do that more in the east. they might get lucky and hit a high valued target from our perspective, a logistical perspective. the convoys, to get it to the fast as we can is the logistical challenge. that is what will win the war for ukraine >> ukraine said they need...
Get to the relative safety of lviv, trying to get further into europe. we had an opportunity to speak to the ceo of ukraine's national railway. he told us 95 of his staff have been killed, a quarter of his entire railway lines have damaged but he's absolutely determined to keep those trains running and he and his staff are considered heroes in this country, just like the soldiers are. i want you to listen to some of the conversations we've been having both with the ceo and with passengers on the train line he runs. take a listen. >> they are heros just to take care of all these passengers, tak...
So-called dumb bombs, they will keep those precision-guided munitions for the high-value targets and unfortunately, i don't think they are that short of them right now pause they have been preparing for this for quite some time. >> and the air strikes here in lviv about 24 hours ago, also damaged rail lines. there any assessment how badly damaged those rail lines are and the impact that could have from transporting aid from nato and u.s. allies? >> that is exactly right. and -- and that is the -- the big concern because to really to have a good chance to hold on, ukraine is going to have to ha...