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Tetiana Makeyeva: You can hear the shots all the time
Tetiana Makiejewa has been living in Poland since 2013. Two weeks ago, she left for Ukraine because she had to replace her passport and ID. Until the end, she believed that there would be no war. Currently, our interlocutor is in Kharkiv at her mother’s house.
– The apartment is on the 9th floor. In the morning we heard explosions – reports Tetiana. – My husband is Polish and now he is in Krakow. I am constantly thinking about how I could come back to Poland. But now it’s scary to leave the house. You can hear shots all the time, there are huge queues to shops and pharmacies. Even so, people try to stay calm.
Tetiana’s relatives are not planning to flee the country yet. – My whole family lives in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. Nobody’s leaving yet. In their opinion, there is panic right now and it is better to wait it out at home – says Tetiana.
Julia: I feel sorry for people who suffer from one abnormal man
Julia (name for the editor’s attention) has been living in Poland for five years. Currently, many members of her family reside in Ukraine, including grandmother, grandfather, uncles and aunts. – I am worried about my relatives, as well as my friends and strangers. At the thought of what is happening there, I get shivers – reveals Julia.
I feel sorry for people who suffer from one abnormal man. I have no words to describe his actions
– he adds.
As Julia reveals, many of her friends are already planning to leave Ukraine. However, there are also those who do not want to run away. – I do not know what’s coming next. Everyone is praying now. We have to believe that everything will be fine – he sums up.
Diana Jasinska: If I could take them home, I would do it immediately
Diana Jasinska, who has been living in our country for 2 years, has not been able to calm down since the morning. Like many other people, she counted on the fact that there would be no war after all. – I just want to cry, today it is difficult for me to focus on work, because I think about it all the time – he reveals.
This morning, Diana got a call from her mother. “She said she was awakened by the noise of the war plane. It was terrible. My dad was in the countryside with his grandmother at the time. There, too, they heard the explosions that took place at a small local airport and in a military shelter.
As our interviewee relates, many people panic and fear for the future. – There are huge queues in shops and around ATMs. People run away from cities to the countryside, trying to stay as far away from dangerous places as possible.
Diana worries about her parents and 9-year-old sister. The girl didn’t go to school today.
If I could take them home, I would do it immediately. I am very worried that I cannot help them now as I would like to.
– reveals Diana.
Anna Sukhar: Panic and fear of the unknown are taking over
Anna Sukhar came to Poland in 2014 to study. He has been living in our country since then. – I think it is difficult to predict such phenomena as war. It is known that due to the events in Ukraine a few days ago, there were some skeptical moods among the people, but deep down every Ukrainian believed that it could be avoided and the conflict could be resolved in a peaceful way – says Anna.
The entire family of our interlocutor is currently in Ukraine.
We have a fairly close relationship, we call or write to each other every day. Nowadays, people there are scared, panic and fear of the unknown are taking over. I, in turn, try to control my emotions and stay calm as much as possible and also be supportive for those who need it
– says Anna.
Roman: I think the West and NATO will help us
Roman (name for the editor’s attention) is a cook in one of the restaurants in Tricity. He has lived in Poland for almost 6 years. He moved to find a better job. – There were very poor prospects in Ukraine. I left my wife and child for a while to build a future for us in Poland. After 1.5 years, I was able to bring them together – he says. However, his parents-in-law and mother remained there. – Already in the morning I got a message from my mother that the Russians started bombing and she is very afraid. He lives close to the borders of Donetsk and Lugansk, but does not want to leave his home yet. She said it would be safer to wait through this chaos in the apartment – reports Roman.
Our interlocutor is concerned that Donets and Luhansk will face a similar fate as the Crimea. – My sister lives in Crimea, she has her apartment there. Eight years ago, she was given a “choice”: either she leaves and leaves everything, or takes Russian citizenship and stays at her home with her work. She chose the latter option. This situation may repeat itself. Like occupied Crimea, Putin will win two more districts. Everyone is afraid that it will take Kiev as well, that it will take over half the country, says Roman.
In his opinion, Putin was prepared for economic sanctions and is not afraid of them. – He is such a man that he had to think everything through beforehand. This is the second Hitler. I think the West and NATO will help us. Ukraine is not strong enough and does not have enough weapons to repel the attack. I am glad that Poland is taking care of and wants to accept refugees. This is a great help. But I think that only united we can stop Putin, he admits.
Source: Gazeta
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