Ukrainian women in Hamburg: »Send us the weapons, send us the troops«

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Russian Consulate General Hamburg

Katherina Babenko

»I've been crying since this morning.

Yes, I am incredibly worried about my family, how they are doing.

I wish and pray to God that they live.«

"When was the last time you heard from your family?"

"Just now.

My sister is trying to flee Kiev to safety right now, she is trying to leave the city, but right now the city is being bombed.

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Valentyna Blazhko

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I don't know, I think half an hour ago.

We're on the phone all the time.

Sometimes the connection is lost.

I do not know.

You call each other, you just ask: How are you?

All good, right?

one cries.

I do not know.

You're scared, but you call just to hear the voice.

Is the family alive?

I dont know.

This is difficult.

I want to call her right back.

I hope someone behind it answers.«

Yana Harder

»Today is terrible.

I went to bed at 3:00 am because I was afraid to go to sleep.

I was afraid that something would happen and somehow I had guessed it.

And then first thing at 5:00 a.m. to the phone and there it is again: thick and bold in red. That was such a shocking moment.

And I see that my parents haven't been online for two hours.

It's hard to imagine.

It's the 21st century.

People want to live in peace.«

Ganna Preine-Kosach

Please don't just go blah blah blah with sanctions.

do something

Send us the weapons, send us the troops, now the fight for all Europe is there and we are a small people.

We didn't do anything against the people.

We didn't attack Russia, they came to our house.«

Kateryna Skliao

We have to talk to the parents about where they are hiding, for example when you say: Mama prepares the cellar, stocks up water, makes warm clothes, packs boxes there.

And having such conversations is not easy at all.«