At the end of the first day of war, the inhabitants have gone from amazement to fear, now fearing the arrival of the Russian tanks.
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As they discover the magnitude of the Russian military assault against their country and that tank columns are increasingly closer to Kiev, the inhabitants of the Ukrainian capital have gone from astonishment to fear . Even if they do not give way to panic, they are more and more numerous, over the hours, trying to leave the city.
Same predicted and announced, the war took the inhabitants of Kiev by surprise. “I think that only those who are directly involved in this conflict, nobody, during the first hours, believed it … by waking up and learning that Russian missiles fought on Kiev, I hallucinated. And I do not know a single friend, neighbor or colleague who has not been “, entrusts Vladimir, whose family, from the Donbass region, east of the country, is accustomed to the noise of war.
While some inhabitants put a point of honor to circulate in the city, that others joined underground shelters with each aerial alert and that many were simply at home while waiting for new front, thousands of people are western. After the columns of cars flowing to the city of Lviv or Poland, the train and road stations were stormed. For the moment, trains and buses still circulate.
Increasing concern of the population
In front of the wickets of the train station, Kievians sometimes wait for hours before you can buy a ticket. They are calm. They usually take little baggage, just a bag or a suitcase, as if they were coming back home quickly after the conflict was completed. Some leave that in the countryside in a family home, wishing to avoid these days of bombing, while others take trains for Poland without knowing when they will meet Kiev.
At the bus station, the calm also reigns, except in front of the bus for Lviv. This city of the West, where families related to the government and foreign embassies have already taken refuge, is the most popular. That’s where they will be able to know if Russia will interrupt its offensive or if, on the contrary, it will invade and totally occupy the country. From there also that it will be easier for them to quickly reach Poland.
The musician Ratmir Beloded patient on the parking lot, his guitar by hand. Under his eyes, groups of Ukrainians have fun with foreign workers and migrants to get into the bus. The composer and DJ tells how his life has rocked. “Last night, I finally finished an EP on which I had been working for a year. He should be called Death Ambient (ambient death). I finished my job at around 4 o’clock in the morning and I said that I finally went to rest a few days. An hour later, it was war. “Seeking a smaller buses, Ratmir Beloded says he has” no intention to wait for the Russians, who may be maybe there tomorrow “. After Lviv, he will continue the trip to Frankfurt, Germany.
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