This Polish mayor has become a hero for Ukrainians in crisis. But what of his past?

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As the mayor of a small city hugging the border with Ukraine, Wojciech Bakun admits he was ill-prepared to become a front line humanitarian worker dealing with the fastest exodus of refugees in Europe since World War II.

More than 2.5 million people have left Ukraine in the two weeks since Russia began its invasion, with Poland taking the majority of them.

And the place in Poland where most have crossed into is Bakun's city of Przemysl, in the country's southeast. Bakun estimates about 350,000 have arrived since Russian bombs started dropping in Ukraine, fleeing into a city with a usual population of about 60,000.

"I was a member of the Polish parliament, so I have no experience with managing not only this situation, but managing a city," he says.

"Normally I work in a blue suit, now I have a green one."

Refugees come off trains from Ukraine and into the Przemysl station, having just endured a grueling journey marked by crowded carriages and high tension.