Women and the elderly with children have been evacuated from all over Ukraine to neighboring Poland due to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, and according to the Ministry of Interior of Poland, about 79,800 people entered the country in just 12 days. The cumulative total of evacuees is over 1.67 million.
Some of them have fled areas and cities where Russian troops are under heavy attack.
A woman who had evacuated from the southern city of Mykolaiv for three days said, "It took me two days to leave Mykolaiv. She was very scared to be surrounded by Russian troops."
Also, according to her husband, who remains in the field, Russian troops have not yet invaded the city, but "attacks on schools and hospitals are taking place, and civilians are being sacrificed. The same is true on the morning of the 13th. There was an attack. "
A woman who fled from Bucha on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv two days ago said, "I had been evacuating underground for the first two weeks. There was no gas, water, or electricity." The destruction was progressing under the control of the city, and he ran away while raising a white flag. Some families were shot on the way, but we managed to escape. "
She was born in Luzon, southern Ukraine, and said she had fled the port city of Odessa, where she had been temporarily evacuated. I was talking.
However, according to the family members who remain in the area, "The ruler of Kherson has changed to the Russian side. Sometimes it is shot in the city."
Evacuees pray for the end of the battle at the association
A mass was held on Sunday at the Christian Church in the center of Przemysl, a town in southeastern Poland where many evacuees from Ukraine arrive by train or bus.
At Mass, women and children evacuated from Ukraine prayed for the end of the battle by reading the Bible with the locals.
A woman who fled from Lviv in the west with her two children said, "I prayed for Ukraine. I hope the fighting will end sooner and many lives will be saved." ..
A woman who had been evacuated from western Ukraine for several days with her daughter said, "I hid in the shelter many times before evacuating. I prayed for peace in Ukraine."