It was 5 am when Kostyantyn Achkasov woke to the sounds of explosions and planes roaring overhead.
He instantly received away from bed and went on-line the place his worst fears have been confirmed: Vladimir Putin's Russia had invaded Ukraine.
Kostyantyn, 33, spent Thursday holed up in his brother's home in Kharkiv, north-east Ukraine, along with his mom. He has no concept when they may be capable of go away.
"Proper now, all people is staying at residence. Individuals have put gasoline of their automobiles or received groceries. We're all ready for the directions from the federal government. It’s not secure to journey," he mentioned.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed Ukrainians to remain of their houses and declared martial regulation, however all through the nation, residents have began packing their belongings and making ready to go away.
Residents of Kyiv flocked to town's subway stations amid fears of Russian airstrikes and explosions within the metropolis.
Photos confirmed residents fleeing town, with automobiles in back-to-back visitors heading out of town. Lots of of automobiles have been ready at checkpoints to enter Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary as residents tried to flee the nation.
"The state of affairs at checkpoints on the western border stays steady, there is a rise in visitors," Ukraine's inside affairs ministry mentioned.
As far west as Lviv, 35-year-old Yulia, mentioned she had began packing and ensuring that the bomb shelter in her condominium constructing had the whole lot that the household will want.
"Earlier there have been assaults on navy services within the space, now town is quiet, [but] I'm frightened about all different Ukrainians in cities the place the assaults are extra intense," she instructed Euronews.
"We checked the shelter, realised what must be introduced down there, received a provide of water. My husband and daughter and I aren't planning to go away but. There isn't any panic. However there's a variety of nervousness."
Elsewhere in western Ukraine, Nadia Sytch, 42, a resident of Lutsk, shelled by Russia this morning, instructed Euronews: "It’s exhausting to say how we really feel. It shakes us, right here and there, relying on the information that arrives."
"General we really feel optimistic, now we have little doubt that Putin will die and burn in hell, the one query is at what worth. We lay our hope on God and the Ukrainian military," she mentioned.
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