Russia-Ukraine War
The Israeli who is trying to escape from Ukraine and fears that he will be drafted into the army: "The chances are 50-50"
Dimitri, who lives in Kiev with his family, is trying to reach the Romanian border.
He hopes he can use his Israeli passport at the border crossing and manage to escape without being drafted into the Ukrainian army.
"It is not certain that the Israeli embassy will be able to help," he told 103FM in an interview
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01/03/2022
Tuesday, 01 March 2022, 08:08 Updated: 15:22
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In the video: The refugees on the Ukraine-Poland border (Photo: Yoav Itiel and Reuters)
Dimitri is an Israeli citizen with a Ukrainian passport who lives in Kiev with his family, and is now trying to reach the Romanian border.
Dimitri hopes he can use his Israeli passport at the border crossing and manage to escape without being drafted into the Ukrainian army, which now requires every citizen under the age of 60 to enlist.
"The night was the calmest so far in my opinion, there was a lone explosion, maybe two in total," he told 103FM in an interview. When the curfew comes, we will go straight out. "
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Dimitri noted that they would probably try to get out of the country with the help of the train.
"We are afraid to get around in the car," he said. "We hear about a lot of mistakes made by Russian soldiers."
These days most of the trains are completely full, and Dimitri talks about the uncertainty he and his family are in.
"I think we'll just wait and hope to get in. We're getting information from sites," he said.
Dimitri now lives in Kiev with his wife and family - his wife's sister and mother.
When they set out, he said, they would also pick up his wife's niece.
Ukrainian refugees cross the railway to get to Poland by train (Photo: Reuters)
Dimitri went on to say why they chose to leave via the Romanian border: "We were advised not to come to Poland, because from what we understood we had to stand there for hours. There is a very big traffic jam to cross the border. The border to Romania should be more open. ".
Dimitri shared how for the last few days on the family: "We were until yesterday morning on a day and a half of curfew. We hardly left the house, only once towards the shelter when the explosions started, and after that we returned home. There are many explosions outside, and no people, everything is calm, everything is quiet "Most of the apartments are empty. Also in our building, we are 15 apartments and only two remained in Kiev. Everyone fled."
He added that his family managed to stock up on enough food before the curfew and said that "we managed to stock up on the first day when it all started, with lots of food and lots of water. Slowly, we went to stores to buy a few more things that were missing but most things we bought on the first day when it started."
"We will try to get out with the help of the train, we are afraid to get around in the car" (Photo: Reuters)
Dimitri has a Ukrainian passport, so he fears they will try to enlist him in the army.
"I will try to go through with the Israeli passport," he says. "When I get there I will talk to the embassy about how they can help me. There is supposed to be an Israeli representative waiting at the border with Romania. "I'm not sure they can help. It will not be easy. I was told the chance is 50-50."
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