They travel to places others are fleeing from. Ukrainian trains have set aside their timetables. They depart when and where they are needed, getting as close to the front line as possible. Conductor Oleh is in charge of the carriages carrying the most vulnerable—the sick, the elderly, and those with limited mobility—people discovered in shelters and basements after everyone else had already fled. SVT accompanied them on the journey from the front line in eastern Ukraine toward the EU in the west, amidst an ever-growing threat from Russian rockets.
