Ukraine: “Awakened by the bombing, I threw up with fear”

“This morning, around five o’clock, I jumped out of bed, terrified of the bombing. I threw up, because in my life I have never heard such a roar ». Danilo De La Cruz, an Italian living in Kiev, was supposed to return to Italy this afternoon, but they canceled the flights. «The Italian embassy told me that they have closed the airspace, that there have been bombings with ballistic missiles. They hit the Boryspil airport. Here it is said that Russian troops are entering from Belarus and also from southern Crimea ». Danilo hopes to return via Poland. “A Polish friend said the Polish government is preparing to welcome Ukrainian immigrants“.

The Ukrainian government had advised to fill six backpacks with food supplies, the power bank, a small radio, some medicines. “Even condoms, too, to be able to fill up with water,” he explains. “Yesterday I also received a message from the foreign ministry:” Please remember to leave Ukraine with the commercial means available “”. The impression of him is that “they will strike again this night. Banks no longer offer cash because people are going to withdraw money to escape to other cities, less crucial than the capital. But there is too much traffic and they said it could be dangerous ». And again: «They told us not to take pictures of the Ukrainian military, because it is a matter of national security: you risk going to jail. They say not to post photos, to pay attention to what you read, to rely only on what the government says “.

Olena Biletska, a former television journalist from Kiev, confirms that «they are canceling all flights. They are bombing the runways of the airports: Boryspil, Mariupil, Zhytomyr ». On the street they were formed long queues at petrol stations, in front of pharmacies, in shops. “There is panic. People did not go to work almost everyone stayed at home and schools and kindergartens are closed. From today we are in a state of emergency for 30 days ». Nobody expected what happened this morning. “Absolutely not: we believed that the battle point always remained around DNR and LNRthe new republics that were declared the day before yesterday ».

A bad day for Ukraine, for Europe and for the whole world»Says Alla Mulyavka, Ukrainian, cultural mediator who lives in Padua, where she had organized a demonstration to ask for help. «According to official information, 5 planes and a Russian helicopter were shot down in the Luhansk region. Border guards are attacked along the Ukrainian border with Russia and Belarus ».

Raulito R.’s wife is trying to join her husband in Italy. She is in the car. “It seems the roads are relatively passable. But the gas pumps have collapsed», He explains. According to him, «Putin will occupy Ukraine and the West. For me, only a NATO military intervention can stop this madman. And as they say: “Today he can touch me tomorrow”. Putin knows of the weakness of the West and adjusts himself accordingly ».

Source: Vanity Fair

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