When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainians desperately tried to board trains to leave the country.

Since then, the Ukrainian railroad has played a crucial role in evacuating people from front-line cities, transporting world leaders,

moving cargo and Ukrainian troops.

News Hour Special Correspondent Valodemir Solub and videographer of Pavel Sukoldolski have this report.

The early days of the Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine brought chaos to the nation's

largest company,

Ukrainian railways. With millions of people trying to flee,

the train system was operating at peak capacity. The company had to change schedules daily to shuttle thousands of people across the border.

The Ukraineal railways have become a lifeline for the country from day one of Russia's full-scale invasion.

They were carrying people out of the country to safety

and carrying so much needed aid and supplies.

Ukrainian railways became the safest way for the world leaders to travel to Ukraine.

Heads of states, Prime Ministers and Presidents, including President Biden.

They all took an overnight train from Poland to get to Kiev. Recognizing the vital importance of the rail

system during the war, last fall President Zelensky awarded rail workers for

their commitment and bravery thanking workers for their commitment and bravery, thanking them for their contributions.

I want to thank all of you and all workers of our railways.

These are 220,000 people despite all the dangers are

working to make sure that our country keeps running.

The Ukrainian train system was also under Russian attack. Their cars pierced with Trapnell, their railways blown away by explosions, and their employees killed or wounded.

And it was a rail station that was the site of one of the worst most heinous Russian attacks in Kramatorsk.

Dawson killed by a cluster bomb that hit a crowded platform.

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