Berlin's main train station becomes Ukrainian refugee welcome center


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  • Friday, 04 Mar 2022

People offer accommodation for refugees who arrive at Berlins central train station following Russias invasion of Ukraine in Berlin Germany March 3 2022. REUTERSAnnegret Hilse

People offer accommodation for refugees who arrive at Berlin's central train station, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukrainian refugee Anastasia said she has barely slept in the 90 hours it has taken her to flee to Berlin after Russian missiles started raining down on her hometown of Kharkiv, blowing out the windows of her flat.

Now the 31-year-old artist, who did not give her last name for fear of repercussions for her relatives left behind, is one of more than a thousand mainly women and children arriving each day in Germany via Poland to seek refuge.

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