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Idea of -- which you mentioned previously about a no fly zone in the west of ukraine. i'm in lviv, which is much closer to the polish border. it's 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 ukraine accomplish? >> yeah, it would be basically that. it would be protecting an area for -- if civ...

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 is not possible for people to for people to stay for weeks and months in shelters like schools or t...

Escape. >> two weeks into vladimir putin's 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 kyiv because a very heavy fighting happening there now. speak of the train station and lviv has become...

Ukraine, associated press international affiliate reporter, multilingual, big fans of all of your work here. please tell us what you're 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 country, from the capital, kyiv, for example, this is where they end up. it's a bit of a transi...

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 ukraine to be with his partner who has a chronic medical condition. >> jimmy was a friend to everyo...