Upon waking up at 5 am on February 24, Igor heard loud noises, tried to look out the window of his house and could not see anything. He took out his cell phone and started watching the news: Russian troops had arrived in his city, near Kiev.
The young man fled with his sister and mother and arrived this Sunday (27) in Warsaw, capital of Poland, and told the special envoy of the CNN Mathias Brotero your experience.
“It turned out to be too dangerous to stay there, so I ran away with my family. It was far and difficult to get here, three days. Taking buses and some adventures, for me, my sister and mom,” he stated.
Your father couldn’t go. Men between the ages of 18 and 60 cannot leave Ukraine as they are being drafted into the army after a decree by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“I am very sad about this. I really hope that Ukraine will be able to defend itself from the Russian army and in some cases I will be able to return, but I don’t know if it will be possible, because my house was destroyed by bombs and tanks.”
“My friends stayed in Ukraine and now they can’t leave the country, so maybe they can become refugees somewhere, because there are bombs and tanks everywhere, the streets and roads are destroyed. I have a friend and he and his family have armed themselves and stayed at home and are very scared. I hope he survives and my relatives who stayed in Kiev and other parts of Ukraine survive as well.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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