What is the situation of the local people as the Russian troops continue to invade Ukraine?

A Ukrainian woman in Japan has been told by her parents and friends that she is short of food and that communication is unstable.

Mr. Olga (45), who is from Ukraine and lives in Kanagawa prefecture, came to Japan as an international student about 20 years ago and then got a job in Japan and acquired Japanese nationality.

A 72-year-old father and a 68-year-old mother stayed in a southern city facing the Black Sea because they didn't want to leave their home. It means that the situation has gotten worse.



Mr. Olga says, "My parents say that the shooting sound is ringing outside. When I can't connect to my parents even if I call, I'm worried that my hands will shake. I don't know what it is. I think the communication infrastructure has been damaged somewhere. "



In an exchange on the night of the 6th of Japan time, the mother said, "Russia seems to have 17 warships along the coast," Olga said at an oil facility in the city where her parents are. I was worried that the Russian army would land on the target.



Also, a friend of mine, a man in his thirties, says that Kyiv is short of food and that there are long lines in the supermarkets that are still open.



This is because the food factories are operating irregularly, the freight train tracks are damaged, and food delivery is delayed.



A friend of mine was hiding in a subway station in Kyiv, but was evacuated to Lviv in the west because of the danger of attacks and food shortages.



Mr. Olga said, "Ukrainians in Japan must unite to provide humanitarian assistance. If organizations such as NPOs in Japan can afford supplies, I would like them to support as much as possible."

Supporting life from Japan

A Ukrainian woman living in Kyoto and a venture company in Osaka launched by young people collaborate to entrust Ukrainian people who are forced to evacuate to Japan and abroad with work that can be done with a personal computer and an internet environment. Then, a project to support life has started.



The project was started by a venture company that consults in Osaka, which was started mainly by university students, and Anna Kleschenko, a Ukrainian entrepreneur living in Kyoto.



On the 5th, members gathered in Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City to check the contents.



In the project, a venture company solicits requests for website creation and program creation in Japan, and Mr. Creschenko introduces work to Ukrainian people who have been forced to evacuate and lost their jobs to support their lives. It is a mechanism.



Since she has already been asked for three jobs, Mr. Creschenko called out to people who have been evacuated inside and outside Ukraine using her own sword, such as her acquaintances, and she I'm going to ask for a job.



Saki Nakai, a third-year high school student who will enter the university next month as the project manager, said, "I want to deal with each person in need, and I want to do my best to get an order from a Japanese company." I was talking.



Mr. Creschenko said, "I wanted to do something rather than crying together. I'm glad that I can contribute to the limited things I can do from overseas."

A Ukrainian woman living in Akita told NHK, "I'm so worried that I can't sleep at night when I think my family and friends are at risk. Ukraine is so far away that I can't help it. It's really hard, "he said in his heart.



Natalia Sangal, a 45-year-old Ukrainian taxi driver from Akita City, is from Kriviriff, southeast of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and came to Japan 16 years ago.



She still has her 72-year-old mother living alone in Kryvyi Rih, which means she is in contact via internet phone about three times a week.



On her phone, her mother said she said, "She has a heart condition and is difficult to walk, so she sleeps in the safest front door at her home during the night." am.



A 55-year-old woman, a friend of mine who still lives right next to Kyiv, said through SNS, "I live underground all day to avoid bombing from Russian troops. So, I'm scared every day. "



"I want to get in touch with her mother and friends, but the internet is so unstable that I can't get in touch with her. I want her to stop the war soon," she said.