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America editor, sarah smith, but first our correspondent in berlin, damian grammaticas. update from you on what is happening with refugees arriving in berlin? we are at with refugees arriving in berlin? - are at berlin central railway station and we have seen this evening these refugees arriving from that ukrainian border, there was a train of 800 arriving earlier, many women and children, they kept coming into the evening and out of this reception area, they are offered food and drink and free taxi rides, free train rides to anywhere in europe, and there are people taken after hostels, and ov...

When the refugees finally make their way off the platform and into the station, one of the first things that greets them is the sign in ukraine and polish that says "here you are safe." families emerge from the train with endless questions. >> reporter: about 20,000 refugees a day are endlessly moving through this one small polish city on the border with ukraine, filling the halls of this train station built in the 19th century. while parents figure out train

People we've been filming, their country is being attacked and they're willing to stay and defend their homeland. we've covered the story of many civilians turned defenders, turned fighters, computer programmers, actors, who have lined up for hours to pick up, to pick up a weapon and to spend their day at a freezing cold check point to make sure their city is safe. we filmed with mothers who traveled extremely long distances from front lines like kharkiv, who traveled alone because their men, their fathers, their husbands, their brothers stayed behind to defend their cities and these mothers t...

They're often coming off 24-hour traumatic train rides. and what's interesting about the people fleeing now versus two weeks ago, is that people have seen likely a lot more conflict and a lot more violence. they held on at home for just that much longer. i want to share with you some sound. we did get up to a private room, jose, with really just young mothers and the youngest children, it was a place for them to catch their breath. 5-year-old miraslav and mother natalia left zaporizhzhia. >> you left your husband? >> yeah. >> reporter: but she's safe. >> reporter: natalia says miraslava finall...

The western part of the country, most of them are getting off the trains here in lviv, and what you see behind me are the people completing the journey over the western border. a lot of these tour buses are now lined up in the parking lot at the lviv central train station picking up these people. as they're loading board, that particular bus is going to crack cow and will -- krakow and will continue to warsaw. the train rides are free and chaotic because they don't operate on a schedule anymore. you don't need a ticket, you just get on the train, and you go as soon as the passenger car gets fu...