Michael Trammer

Freelance Journalist / Mediadesigner Picture & Sound

Escaping Putin's Bombs

Location: Hanover, Germany

Nationality: German

Biography: Freelance journalist based in Hanover and Munich | Prefers to work with different media (photo, video and text) and likes stories with an investigative element. Writes on social movements, social inequality, migration and group-focused enmity. |... MORE

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People arrive on trains from ea...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

People arrive on trains from eastern Ukraine at Lviv Central Station.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Marina and Sergej are saying go...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Marina and Sergej are saying goodbye as he is heading to fight in Kyiv and she is fleeing the war to Poland.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

A woman stands next to the &...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

A woman stands next to the "Hall of the military" at Lviv station.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Ansari Khalid, 49, has fled his...h, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Ansari Khalid, 49, has fled his home in Charkiw, that is subject to heavy shelling and bombing. "I decided to leave, because I don’t know about tommorow. Today when I arrived here, they phoned me from home, that they bombed my house", he says.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

An elderly woman is carried dow...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

An elderly woman is carried down the stairs as she collapsed unboarding a train. Masses overrun the station of Lviv.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Militias patrol the crowds of r...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Militias patrol the crowds of refugees, some carrying rifles, decorated with Ukrainian flags.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Paul Hughes, 57, Canadian infan...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Paul Hughes, 57, Canadian infantry veteran has come to join the "International Legion" and is complaining, that no one has yet given him a gun or helped him to enlist. Hughes was stationed in Germany during the cold war and calls himself a "pacifist". Nevertheless he wants to go fight at the frontline.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

People queue for train tickets ...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

People queue for train tickets to Poland.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Many take their pets, as the le...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Many take their pets, as the leave their homes and many belongings behind.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Nastya, 20, from a suburb of Ky...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Nastya, 20, from a suburb of Kyiv has fled her home due to the ongoing shelling and attacks by the Russian military. She is queuing for a ticket to Poland. It will take her another 24 hours to reach European soil.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Children play while their paren...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Children play while their parents line up to get food and hot drinks, as the weather is freezing cold and the temperatures around two dregrees Celcius.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Water is heated in a stove in f...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Water is heated in a stove in front of the station.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

A group of men cooks soup for t...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

A group of men cooks soup for the waiting.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

As trains are crowded and the c...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

As trains are crowded and the capacity is not enough people chose busses to travel further west.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

A boy watches the crowd as a Po...th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

A boy watches the crowd as a Poland-bound bus leaves Lviv Central Station.

March 4th, 2022 - Lviv Central Station

Highway M11 is clogged for tens.... March 5th, 2022 - Highway M11

Highway M11 is clogged for tens of kilometers before the Polish-Ukranian border. Billboards advertise the army.

March 5th, 2022 - Highway M11

Cars line up for kilometers.

March 5th, 2022 - Highway M11

Two kids hold hans as they appr...yka. March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Two kids hold hans as they approach the border crossing of Schehyni and Medyka.

March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Masses wait to cross into Europ...bsp; March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Masses wait to cross into Europe by foot.

March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Crowd awaiting to cross at bord...nd). March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Crowd awaiting to cross at border crossing of Schehyni (Ukraine) to Medyka (Poland).

March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Night falls and the crowd has n...int. March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Night falls and the crowd has not reducedatSchehyni (Ukraine) to Medyka (Poland) border crossing. Temperatures are around the freezing point.

March 5th, 2022 - Schehyni

Polish watchtower at the Ukrani...land). March 3rd, 2022 - Medyka

Polish watchtower at the Ukranian border, as seen from Medyka (Poland).

March 3rd, 2022 - Medyka

A woman hold a girl, that just ...edyka. March 3rd, 2022 - Medyka

A woman hold a girl, that just came running thorugh the border crossing of Medyka.

March 3rd, 2022 - Medyka

Humanitarian goods and voluntee...raine. March 3rd, 2022 - Medyka

Humanitarian goods and volunteers await crossing into Ukraine.

March 3rd, 2022 - Medyka

A woman bursts to tears, as a t...d. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

A woman bursts to tears, as a train from Lviv (Ukraine) arrives at Przemyśl (Poland) station in Poland.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Approximately 2000 people are t...e. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Approximately 2000 people are transported by one train arriving from Ukraine.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

The media circus gathers.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

A woman bursts to tears as her ...p. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

A woman bursts to tears as her brother greats her through the fence. He travelled from Czech Republic to pick her up.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Heavily armed special forces ov...n. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Heavily armed special forces overlook the situation.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Olga and Jürgen have come from Zwickau to pick up Olgas 83 year old mother.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

They have been waiting in the c...d. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

They have been waiting in the cold for hours, as trains arrive but Olga's mother is nowhere to be found.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

The sun sets and it gets dark, ...g. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

The sun sets and it gets dark, as Olga and Jürgen are still waiting.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Olga's mother finally a...p; March 4th - Przemyśl station

Olga's mother finally arrives.
March 4th - Przemyśl station

Special forces patrol the train...n. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Special forces patrol the train station.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Volunteers pack goods to be tra...n. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Volunteers pack goods to be transported to Ukraine by train.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Hundreds sleep at Przemyśl stat...d. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Hundreds sleep at Przemyśl station. Police patrols the area. Hooligans make a gesture of slitting the throat towards a person of color. The night before people of color were violently attacked.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Ruth Hadiza has been waiting fo...s. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Ruth Hadiza has been waiting for her daughter, that had lost her Nigerian passport, to pass immigration for two days.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Media perform live broadcasts f...n. March 3rd - Przemyśl station

Media perform live broadcasts from Przemyśl station.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

People leave Przemyśl station.

March 3rd - Przemyśl station

A bus of Ukranian refugees arri...r, Germany. March 1st, Hannover

A bus of Ukranian refugees arrives in Hannover, Germany.

March 1st, Hannover

The Ukranian Community and the ...ered goods. March 1st, Hannover

The Ukranian Community and the Liberal Jewish Community have gathered goods.

March 1st, Hannover

Together with the fire brigade ...e arrivers. March 1st, Hannover

Together with the fire brigade a makeshift shelter has been set up in the gym of the fire brigade. Volunteers from the Liberal Jewish Community welcome the arrivers.

March 1st, Hannover

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Public Story

Escaping Putin's Bombs

Copyright Michael Trammer 2024

Date of Work Mar 2022 - Ongoing

Updated Apr 2023

Location Lviv, Ukraine

Topics feature [featured], news [featured]

Summary

The number of Ukranian refugees to Europe has surpassed 2.000.000. Images following the masses of fleeing people from Lviv to Central Europe.

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine progressing, a lot of people are deciding to leave the country. Mainly women and children head towards the Western borders and towards Europe. Men of the ages 18 to 60 are not allowed to leave (there is some exceptions). While many travel west, some travel east to bring humanitarian goods or join the the "International Legion" of the Ukrainian army. Many fleeing pass the Ukrainian town of Lviv, to then board trains bound to Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. Thousands have also reached Romania and Moldova. According to the UNHCR more than 2.000.000 people have already crossed into Europe, being warmly welcomed - unless they are of the wrong skincolor. Repeatedly there was reports of mistreatement of people of color. By Ukrainian military, as well as European police forces. Along the route volunteers are handing out supplies.Also in Germany makeshift shelters are prepared for first arrivals.

Also see Sitara Thalia Ambrosio's, Iván Furlan Cano's and my work for Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland:
Multimedia story on refugees in Lviv - https://www.rnd.de/politik/krieg-in-der-ukraine-am-bahnhof-von-lwiw-warten-fluechtlinge-und-freiwillige-kaempfer-auf-PCOVZKLZPBFQPMTCCFL2Q7UHNU.html
Olga and her husband Juergen, awaiting her mother at Pzremyśl - https://www.rnd.de/politik/tranen-an-der-polnischen-grenze-ehepaar-aus-zwickau-empfangt-mutter-aus-der-ukraine-6b8db1d9-1271-4c36-9467-7c6b5eb84e53.html
How Lviv prepares for war - https://www.rnd.de/politik/krieg-in-der-ukraine-lwiw-bereitet-sich-auf-den-ausnahmezustand-vor-I6FFRXFORRHGBIFEOF4RUTFG64.html