Guards fire shots as Ukrainians try to cram onto evacuation trains

People wait to board a evacuation train from Kyiv to Lviv at Kyiv central train station, Ukraine, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian guards fired warning shots to prevent a stampede at Kyiv's central railway station on Friday as thousands of people tried to force their way onto evacuation trains.

Crowds were so large that not everyone could get on the trains from the capital to the western city of Lviv as fears of a Russian assault on Kyiv mounted.