"Bombs, rockets and street fights everywhere": Woman reports about escape from Kyiv - Franke takes in family
Created: 03/06/2022, 10:07 am
By: Katarina Amtmann
Many people are fleeing because of the war in Ukraine.
A family from Kyiv made it to the border.
A Nuremberger took her to Germany.
Nuremberg - The Ukraine conflict has escalated into a war, which is why many people are fleeing.
So did Nataliia Konstantynova.
The woman fled Kyiv with her mother and two children on Tuesday.
“We only ran because the situation got worse.
There were only bombs, rockets and street fights everywhere," she reports in an interview with
Sat1 Bayern
.
War in the Ukraine: Family reports of escape from Kyiv - Nurembergers take them to Germany
“We were all very afraid.
It was just too dangerous in Kyiv.
We had to leave the city as quickly as possible,” she says.
They only took the children's budgie with them.
On the train from Kyiv to the border there was no place for luggage.
When they got there, they happened to meet Dave and Thomas from Nuremberg.
The duo traveled more than 1,000 kilometers to bring donations in kind and take people with them to Germany.
The journey from Franconia to the Polish-Ukrainian border took 10 hours.
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After fleeing Ukraine: family finds accommodation in Nuremberg - "We feel safe"
Dave describes the situation to
Sat1 Bayern
as follows: "It's catastrophic.
The whole place where we were before is full of buses, press, full of television.
But if you ask someone where this and that is... no one knows.” The two men brought Nataliia's family to Nuremberg, and Thomas took them in with him.
"My son then said he was clearing his room," he reports to the TV station.
There is a pull-out sofa for two people and two single beds. "A big thank you to Thomas, to his friends and family.
We feel safe.
Without bombs, without rockets, we just feel a lot better,” says Nataliia.
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A businessman from Franconia is also deeply affected by the war in Ukraine.
Without further ado, he writes to Vitali Klitschko and donates 250,000 euros.