Our World (2007)
Platform 5: Escaping Ukraine
2022 • E6 Mar 10, 2022 23m
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’s 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.