Waves of Women and Children Leaving Ukraine

In the first three days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, over 100,000 people crossed Ukraine’s border in the West. On February 27th alone – according to the Ukrainian border police – over 120,000 people poured out of the embattled country. For VOA, Oksana Lihostova has more from western Ukraine in this report narrated by Anna Rice.

This is Shehyni, a village in the West of Ukraine.

It is the end of a line of cars that extends some 30 kilometers to the Polish border.

People trying to leave Ukraine have two options: either wait in the line or abandon their cars and walk.

SOT- unidentified:

“I heard people say they would spend 24 hours in line here. But then it was just a 6-kilometer line. Now it’s 30 kilometers long.”

People from all over Ukraine are coming here – from Kyiv and Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv and Krivoy Rog, as well as from Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk.

SOT- unidentified:

“They started bombing military bases, it didn’t feel safe, so we decided it was time to leave.”

SOT- unidentified:

“It’s scary. Night comes and we can’t sleep. We’re scared…”

A shuttle makes constant trips between the village and the border, transportation organized specifically for women with children. Together with them often come pets, as disturbed by Russian missiles and bombs as their owners.

SOT- unidentified:

“Now I need to carry him for 30 kilometers! But that’s ok, I can’t leave him, can I?”

All around, one sees mostly women and children. The few men here are seeing off their loved ones.

SOT- unidentified:

“We decided to take the kids away. It’s horrible to be in bomb shelters with kids. We’ll take the kids to Poland and then come back. We’ll go help our people – there’s always plenty to do.”

Numbers vary but at least 300 thousand Ukrainians have been forced to flee their country since the Russians invasion. Meanwhile, Poland and other EU countries are offering free accommodation to Ukrainian refugees, and Airbnb said it will offer free temporary housing for as many as 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.

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