One can not miss the cheeks of one-year-old Lusha Chakchen.
A particularly smiling refugee.
He fled with his mother, Rinat Julia (35), and with his two brothers from the bombed-out Kharkiv to Odessa, and from there with the Tikva community to Romania.
His father, Sasha (35), remained in Ukraine as a conscript.
"Every morning the children cry that they want Dad," says the toddler's mother, who admires the sounds of the rattle in his hand.
"Until he is with us, it is difficult for me to make decisions about the future. I am Jewish and my mother is Jewish, so our direction is to immigrate to Israel."
Meanwhile, the movement of immigrants from Ukraine continues in full force.
Today, another flight from Chisinau will land in Israel, boarding 137 immigrants who fled the fighting.
To date, almost 400 immigrants from Chisinau have arrived on rescue flights, under the auspices of the Friendship Foundation and the Agency, whose emissaries in the city accompany the immigrants both in finding accommodation and in direct guidance and accompaniment prior to and after immigration.
More rescue planes of immigrants are expected to depart from Chisinau every day for the entire coming week.
"I am proud that we, at the Friendship Foundation, have the opportunity to be a significant part in saving lives and assisting the Jews of Ukraine," says Yael Eckstein, president of the Friendship Foundation.
"We were privileged to take part, together with our partners in the Ministry of Absorption, the Jewish Agency, Netiv, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chabad and the JDC, in leading the operations of immigration to Israel."
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