'Very brutal to see the terror in his eyes': Ukranian men separated from family and conscripted to fight 'on the spot'

Manny Marotta, 25, saw children “dragged out of bed” and families separated as Ukrainian men were conscripted to fight “on the spot”

Manny Marotta said he saw Ukrainian men ‘conscripted on the spot’ (Manny Marotta/PA)

A man who walked for more than 43 miles with thousands of refugees to the Polish border from the Ukrainian city of Lviv has described the “brutal” and “harrowing” 20-hour journey.

Manny Marotta, 25, was part of a group determined to reach the Polish border from Lviv in western Ukraine – a 43-mile (70 kilometres) walk on which he saw children “dragged out of bed” and families separated as Ukrainian men were conscripted to fight “on the spot”.