150 km in the dark, on bumpy roads, while the children cry in the car: documentation from the escape journey from Ukraine
Marina Britbin, an Israeli living in Kharkov, took her fate into her own hands yesterday, packed a suitcase and fled the horrors of the war to Moldova.
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Accompanied her all the way the dangerous way.
Now that she has reached the border, she asks the embassy to help rescue her Ukrainian partner: "How will I cope alone in a foreign country?"
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25/02/2022
Friday, 25 February 2022, 08:58 Updated: 09:25
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On dictionaries of citizens in Ukraine passed a particularly tense night and full of heavy concerns following the war that broke out yesterday with Russia's invasion of the country.
Some of them decided to take their fate into their own hands and flee to neighboring countries.
One of them is Marina Britbin, an Israeli living in Kharkov in the country, who fled to Moldova as a Walla!
Accompanies her all the way.
Tonight, Marina documented the dangerous road she went through when she had to travel in time even in complete darkness, on bumpy paths that are not properly paved with one goal in front of her - to bring her children and her to a safe shore.
This morning, after long hours of driving the child crying in the back seat of the vehicle, Marina managed to reach the border.
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When she reached the border, she came across a long line of vehicles of citizens wanting to leave the country.
"People are waiting here, there are some who arrived yesterday morning and are still waiting," Marina said.
"Men are not admitted, none of the women know how she will handle the situation, in a foreign country, alone with the children. No one digests what happened and why it comes to ordinary people who just want peace."
Now, she is asking for help from the Israeli embassy in Ukraine to help her Ukrainian partner.
"I am at the border and I need help. The problem is that there is a directive from President Zlansky not to allow men under the age of 60 to leave the country."
"No one digests what happened."
Britbin (Photo: Official website, courtesy of the photographer)
Anton Hershchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, said this morning that Russia was preparing to invade Kiev today using tanks - and that it might be the most difficult day of the war.
He said the forces stationed to guard the capital would use anti-tank missiles against them.
The country's deputy defense minister said Russian forces could reach areas within Kiev's borders today.
At night Russia began attacking the capital Kiev with missiles.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kolba said the capital Kiev is under "terrible attacks".
Kolba wrote on his Twitter account that "the last time we experienced anything like this was in 1941, when we were attacked by Nazi Germany."
Following the attack last night, several buildings in a residential area of Kiev were damaged, and several people were injured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlansky said that "the world continues to watch what is happening in Ukraine from a distance," and that sanctions will not help the fight against Russia.
He said Russia would have to talk to Ukraine sooner or later to end the war.
"Their losses will be smaller the sooner they do," he said in another speech to the nation.
"Protect our country until it stops."
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