Maryna, 33, waits outside the station with her three children, packed bags around them. Their destination is Rivne, far off in western Ukraine, and she says she has little choice but to abandon the place where she and her family grew up. 'Our neighbours' house was hit and that's when I realised how dangerous it is. We just had to move,' she says. Though Maryna is sure she is doing the right thing, it is not easy to give up what you know. 'I just feel pain,' she says.
Still a lot of people are staying, and they do not understand they could die. It is too dangerous, especially if you have children. It is not clear what life awaits them in Rivne, where they will be received as displaced people.
It is hard to count, but there are perhaps a few hundred people waiting or embarking on a 35C (95F) summer day. All have been forced here because of a gradual collapse at the centre of the eastern front, starting with the fall of Avdivvka in February.
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