The third evacuation was different.The first two times our train from Kyiv toward Poland stopped because of Russian drone attacks, passengers moved quickly but relatively calmly away from the cars. The third time, the urgency in the railway official’s voice had changed.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.People were shouting, “Run!”So we ran.We had been told to get at least 200 meters from the train, away from anything that might attract a Russian drone or send shrapnel flying if it were hit. We crossed a dark, marshy field, sometimes over old wooden planks. Then came the sound I will remember: the whine of a jet-powered drone somewhere above us.I’m 85, and after running for a while my lungs went from burning to feeling as though they might burst. Eventually I couldn’t keep up with the younger passengers, but I kept moving.We reached the edge of a lake, where people dispersed into bushes and under trees. The advice was to stay low, partly to reduce exposure to shrapnel and partly to be less visible from the air.Some passengers were crying. A few small dogs looked as unhappy about the proceedings as the rest of us.Two young women remained standing. Other passengers shouted at them in Ukrainian to get down. I didn’t need a translation. The tone was approximately: Sit down immediately or we will personally kill you before the Russians have a chance.No one thought this was a drill.Then we heard another explosion.