Ukraine: escapes to Poland with her 5 children, the last one 3 months old

Ukraine, Chechens attack a building with the Azov regiment inside (ANSA)

(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 18 – Vira has fled from Kiev with her five children; the last, Artyom is just three months old. He was supposed to be born in February instead he was born prematurely, in November 2021, and for this reason when the bombings began, Artyom was in a neonatal intensive care unit. With the start of the war Vira and her husband took their children to Lviv and from there they took a train to the border with Poland. Her husband then returned to Kiev to fight for his country. This was reported by the ActionAid international emergency team which has been present on the Polish borders since the first days. Together with the local partner association they are operating in Hrebenne providing food and transport to the arriving people. “People like Vira and her children, who – they explain – have been taken to a first reception shelter. Now Vira is in Poland, where she intends to stay but does not know for how long. She is alone with her children, who need she, especially Artyom, still too small and fragile “.

Inna is 18, studying in Poland and was visiting her family at their home in Luhansk – one of the separatist republics of the Donbass region officially recognized by Russia shortly before invading Ukraine. She fled with her mother, two sisters, brother and aunt, while her father remained to fight. You traveled by train to Kiev and then to Lviv before crossing the border at Hrebenne. Her family’s final destination is Belgium and she Inna will go with them even if she wants to return to Poland to finish her studies. (HANDLE).

Source: Ansa

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