Ukrainian families flee Zaporizhzhia on overcrowded trains after Russians seize nuclear power station
CNN
As the evacuation train rolled slowly into the main railroad station in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, panic began to rise among the hundreds of families desperate to claim a few of the limited spaces on board the service to Lviv, in the west of the country.
Most of those on the platform were women and children who had waited outside for hours in falling snow and freezing temperatures, trying to position themselves at the spot where the train doors might eventually open.
As the train ground to a halt, emotions spilled over, with women saying tearful goodbyes to their husbands and male relatives -- who are banned from leaving the country if aged between 18-60 -- while trying to get their children and belongings on board through the throngs of people.
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