Thousands Of Ukrainians Are Hiding Out In Subway Stations During Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion

Residents in Ukrainian Capital Empty ATMs, Take Refuge in Subway Tunnels - World news - Tasnim News Agency

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Residents in Kiev appeared to be filling up on gas on Thursday and trying to exit the city via car and rail just hours after Russia attacked Ukraine.

Ukrainians gather inside subway station in Kharkiv to shelter from Russian attacks

The metro station has become a bomb shelter.

Civilians pack subway station in Kharkiv as Russia attacks Ukraine

Citizens of Kharkiv, Ukraine took shelter in a subway station on Feb. 24 as Russia launched attacks across the country.

WATCH: Ukraine subway station has become bomb shelter amid attacks - CNN Video

CNN's Clarissa Ward reports from a Kharkiv, Ukraine, subway station where citizens have fled amid explosions.

Scenes from a war zone: Subway stations in Ukraine used as bomb shelters

The 'full-scale invasion,' as Ukraine's minister of Foreign Affairs described the attack, has left 40 soldiers dead, and many others wounded

Ukrainians Hide From Russian Airstrikes In Kharkiv Subway Station

Families with young children flooded the train platforms, waiting in dark, parked trains, as the mayor urged calm.