Many of the trains went to Lviv, in the relatively safe west of the country. “I couldn’t reach the trains because of the crowds and I had almost given up hope. The fourth train that arrived, I had already been at the station for six hours, went to Warsaw. Men had to stay in the country so they weren’t allowed on that train. The influx of travelers was a lot less intense then. I mustered up all my courage and fought like a warrior. I was the first in the compartment.” She left the war, for the time being for Poland. “It was also very difficult for me mentally. It was the second time that I had to flee war.”
Utrecht is learning Ukrainian: Angelina (18) fled Donetsk in 2014: ‘This is the second time I had to leave my house’
