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Platform 5: Escaping Ukraine

Fergal Keane tells the stories of the people on platform 5 of Lviv train station hoping to escape, the staff who bravely keep the station running and those who are left behind.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than 2 million people have fled the country. Hundreds of thousands of them have passed through Lviv train station, heading for Platform 5. That's where trains take women and children to safety beyond Ukraine鈥檚 borders, and where many families have to part. Fergal Keane tells the stories of the people on the platform hoping to escape, the staff who bravely keep the station running and those who are left behind.

30 minutes

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Thu 17 Mar 2022 02:30GMT

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Reporter Fergal Keane

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