Israelis stuck in Ukraine: "Can not get to a safe place, stock up on supermarkets"

The Russian invasion did not surprise the Israelis living in Ukraine, but despite this they do not seem to be able to find their way out of the country.

"We were informed by the embassy that all exits from the city are closed and it is not possible to leave," said Hala 'Abd al-Haifa, a medical student in Kharkov.

"The shelves are empty in stores," she added

Yoav Itiel

24/02/2022

Thursday, 24 February 2022, 09:47 Updated: 11:44

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In the video: Documentation of the Russian attack from the airport in the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, February 24, 2022 (social networks)

Many Israelis on the battlefield in Ukraine told Walla!

Because they are looking for any way to get out of the country.

"Right now they're just looking for a way out," he told Walla!

An Israeli waiting in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, an EL AL flight from Kiev to Israel will not depart today, as the plane that was scheduled to depart this morning for the capital did not take off after Ukraine's airspace closed around 04:00.

About a hundred passengers who were supposed to board the flight on their way to Kiev are currently staying in Israel.

Some are Ukrainians returning home, some Israelis who wanted to go there to be with their relatives during the difficult hours.

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Ukrainian tanks move to Mariupol (Photo: Reuters)

Alexander Trostyanitsin, who is in Lvov, came to the store to buy basic groceries and said that the shelves were empty, "there is a queue, we are all afraid."

"We're stuck here now," she tells Walla!

Hala 'Abd al-Hai, 25, a fifth-year medical student at Karazin University, the National University of Ukraine in the city of Kharkiv, where 118 Israeli students are currently living.

"Everyone wants to go from here to a safer place, and we also had an intention to go to Poland, but we were now informed by the embassy that all departures from the city are closed and there is no possibility now, so we went back and organized to stay here. The biggest problem now is local money. "But many of the changers have closed and those that are open are still running out of local currency at this stage or there is a long queue outside."

Traffic jams on the way out of Kiev (Photo: Reuters)

"Even in the bank I passed, I now saw a queue of 40-50 people standing outside in line," she continued.

"Outside the metro stations there are cops checking the people. A lot of people also go to the supermarkets to stock up. Now the city is quiet. It's relatively calm outside now. I woke up around 5:00 in the morning to the sound of bombs being heard from a distance. This shelling with volleys every 10 minutes or so lasted about "Until 07:00. In the morning we were informed by the university that there would be no classes. At first they said until the end of the week. Now they already say that there will be no classes until further notice. Not even zoom. I try to stay calm and focused on things to do. Panic will not help."

Alexander Trostyanitsin, a Ukrainian citizen living in Lvov, tells Walla!

"I was in the country, I served in the IDF, I came to the store to buy basic groceries, food and the shelves are empty, there is a queue. We are all afraid. I came to buy sugar, buckwheat, salt, bread."

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