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Ukrainians navigate overcrowded trains and snarled traffic as they seek to escape the Russian assault on Kyiv

Abby WallaceMar 5, 2022, 15:31 IST

People packed onto platforms in the hope of securing a train out of Kyiv, Ukraine.Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.

People have fled the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as Russia intensified its attacks.
People have walked, waited in traffic jams, or crammed onto trains in desperate attempts to leave.

People have fled Kyiv as Russian strikes intensified.

Crowds at stations waiting to board trains leaving Kyiv.Murat Saka/ dia images via Getty Images.

People crammed onto train platforms in search of space on a train heading west.

Local residents hoped to catch trains heading west.Pierre Crom/Getty Images.

An estimated 1 million people have left Ukraine since the start of invasion.

People crowding platforms waiting to board trains.Diego Herrera/Europa Press via Getty Images.

Some people have hunkered down in shelters before leaving the city.

Elena shared this image with Insider of the conditions in the shelter where she spent the night.Elena.

Roads out of the city backed up with long lines of vehicles.

People lined up in traffic jams while trying to leave Kyiv.GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images

Increasing numbers of people left the city as the attacks escalated.

Men ages 18 to 60 haven't been able to leave the country after Ukraine's government imposed martial law.Diego Herrera/Europa Press via Getty Images.

Some men are returning to Kyiv to volunteer.

Ukrainian soldiers patrolling Kyiv in the week of the invasion.Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images.

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