A train slowly pulls into Berlin Central Station.

As the doors open, crowds of Ukrainians spill on to the platform.

Some hold tightly on to the small bags they carry, or the loved ones they hope now are safe.

They believe the war will be over soon; they have no idea that it will be years before some can return home.

This was the scene on 1 March 2022.

Germany is now home to the most Ukrainian refugees in the European Union.

Some of the 1.2 million seeking shelter still live in sprawling container camps.

On the edge of one, we meet Olena P who fled at the end of 2022 with her son, Valentin, and her parents.

In Ukraine , they lived in an apartment, now everything is crammed into a boxy cabin.

Image: Olena P fled to Berlin from Ukraine at the end of 2022 with her son and pare

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