Date uploaded: 2022-03-17 13:40:25
As millions of Ukrainian women and children move west to escape Russia's widening war in their country, a largely unspoken front-line – open-ended, full of searing psychological hurt – continues to expand across Ukraine: the men they leave behind.
"My family understands that if we don't win this fight, future generations – maybe even the whole world – will not have a good life," said one man. "I have accepted that I may not ever see my wife and kids again."
📸: @photojeskos, @usatoday
❣️ Aliona waves goodbye to her husband Stanislav, while holding her daughter Polina, 8 on her lap, March 12, 2022. Aliona and Polina were taking a bus to the Polish border then onto Warsaw, and Stanislav was returning to Dnipro to join the territorial defense unit.
❣️ Aliona holds her daughter Polina, 8 on her lap as she consoles her after saying goodbye to her father Stanislav, March 12, 2022.
❣️ A young boy is helped onto the train by police and territorial defense soldiers at the Lviv Railway Station, March 13, 2022.
❣️ A father says good bye to his family as their bus leaves the Lviv Railway Station, March 13, 2022.
❣️ A solider directs Ukrainian and other nationals to the exit of the train station after arriving from Kyiv, Ukraine, March 13, 2022. Passengers must exit the train station and get in line for trains out of the country. Depending on the length of line, refugees must wait hours to days in line for a train to Poland.
❣️ A man holds his granddaughter as his family waits for a bus out of Ukraine near the Lviv Railway Station, March 13, 2022.
❣️ Displaced Ukrainians attempting to leave Ukraine for Western Europe arrive at the Lviv Railway Station, March 13, 2022.
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