Ian and family are en route towards safety, but the road is slow and not without its challenges - including checkpoints.

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Having missed out on the evacuation train in Nikopol, Ian and his family find other options to get out of the city.

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Thousands of people are gathering at Nikopol station waiting for the evacuation train. Ian is there with his family, but not everybody will be getting on.

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As Ian and his family wait for the evacuation train to arrive Nikopol, he offers help to local soldiers fortifying buildings.

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There's rumours of an evacuation train leaving Nikopol today, but nothing's off the table. The main goal is to leave the city and Ukraine.

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Ian had to take shelter in public as the air raid sirens called out across Nikopol.

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Supermarket shelves are being emptied... especially the alcohol as citizens of Nikopol buy the ingredients for homemade molotov cocktails.

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As the people of Nikopol become increasingly fearful of attack from the Russian military, tensions rise as citizens queue at the cash machines.

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