Crowds trying to flee Kiev, Ukraine amid the sound of gunshots (video)

Russian missiles fell on Kiev today, Friday, and families took refuge in shelters, and authorities asked residents to prepare Molotov cocktails to defend the Ukrainian capital.

On the second day of the Russian invasion, the city of Kiev entered the stage of self-defense, where bullets and explosions reverberated in some neighborhoods.

Crowds trying to flee Kiev, Ukraine, amid the sounds of gunshots.

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Sirens sounded in Kiev for a second day, and some residents took shelter in underground metro stations.

Thousands crowded into Kiev's railway station, trying to force their way into crowded evacuation trains bound for Lviv in the west.

When the train arrived, people rushed to the doors.

Some were yelling as guards fired blank shots to intimidate.

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