For the past four days, Yuriy Ackermann's scared friends have been sheltering in a dark underground car park in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with their 13-year-old daughter.

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Like millions of others they tried to flee to safety, only to end up back where they began because of traffic jams and fuel shortages.

As explosions echoed above, they found refuge below.

"Whenever the siren stopped they wou

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