• Since the outbreak of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, almost a million people have left their country.

  • Nine Ukrainians arrived in Marseille on Thursday after a long bus journey.

  • Local authorities expect other arrivals in the coming days and have put in place "an adaptable system".

How to describe this tear that runs down the face of this young Ukrainian?

A tear of relief, certainly, after the days of travel that followed his departure from Ukraine, driven out by the war that came knocking on his door.

A tear of sadness, no doubt, for her life, her loved ones, her friends, left behind.

Arriving in Marseille by bus this Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. with nine other refugees, all thrown on the roads by the war unleashed by Russia, she was quickly taken care of by the Emmaüs community.

“All have a family or friendly accommodation solution”

His aunt Victoria, who fled the Crimea four years ago, and who lives with the Emmaus community was waiting for him, jumping every time a bus entered.

At Saint-Charles station this Thursday, associations, municipal services and the prefecture were mobilized to welcome these refugees.

The town hall, which is organizing a rally for peace at 6 p.m. in the Old Port, has set up a gymnasium for emergency accommodation.

But none of these nine refugees who came on this bus to Barcelona from Poland will sleep there tonight.

"All have a family or friendly accommodation solution," said the prefecture.

Local authorities expect more arrivals in the coming days and have put in place "an adaptable plan", as more refugees were announced today and a million of them have already left their country.

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Obviously, those who were able to flee their country so quickly, had contacts and knew where to go and went to the cities served by this bus which quickly left for Barcelona, ​​with another twenty people on board.

On the platform of the bus station, Maria and her friend Nadia, Ukrainian flag on their shoulders, came to act as a translator for one and to provide support for the other.

For them, Ukraine is already an almost ancient story.

Nadia left her country eight years ago.

Something to remember that this war, which with the Russian offensive has taken on another dimension this past week, began eight years ago, in the form of a civil war in Crimea and Donbass, orchestrated by the Kremlin consecutively to the Maidan revolution.

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