the reporter from CNN Special envoy to cover the war in Ukraine, Mathias Brotero, reported on Sunday (6) how residents of the city of Lviv are preparing for the possibility of a Russian attack.
Close to the border with Poland and located further west of Ukrainian territory, Lviv has not yet received direct attacks in the conflict, but the population is already taking care, Mathias said.
“When the sirens sound, people come to where I am now. It’s a catacomb under one of the city’s main churches,” the reporter said.
He explains that, while people in Kiev are used to seeking shelter in the subways, the city of Lviv has shelter in this way, in catacombs.
In addition to bomb shelters, Mathias reported that authorities in Lviv have put in place a curfew between 10pm and 6am and the sale of alcohol has been banned.
“Building windows are protected with metal plates to prevent the stained glass windows from being broken. And, a curiosity, Lviv has many statues and monuments. Those that were not transported to bunkers were coated with several layers of protection,” she said.
The special envoy of CNN said that, despite the preparation for the conflict, the population is trying to live normally. Showing in images the path from the catacomb to the streets of Lviv, he saw people walking through the streets and a group of elderly people gathered to sing patriotic songs, for example.
“A Mass is taking place in the Church on top of the catacomb. The Mass is being in English and I heard them blessing the military who are on the front lines,” he reported.
Mathias also informed that there is no rush to supermarkets to stock up on groceries. “People buy a little more to have at home, but there’s no urgency,” he said.
More than 1.5 million refugees
More than 1.5 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border into neighboring countries in the last 10 days, UN refugee agency commissioner Filippo Grandi said on Sunday.
In a Twitter post, Grandi called it “the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II”.
the reporter from CNN, Mathias Brothero, said he took the opposite route and left Poland for Lviv, Ukraine.
He reported that the line of refugees trying to cross the border “is absolutely kilometric”.
“I lost count of how many kilometers of refugees trying to cross the border I filmed. It’s a lot of cars, a lot of people, more than 20 km of queues,” he said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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