In neighboring Romania, where many people are evacuating from Ukraine, some people are trying to rebuild their lives while rooting in the community with the support of the locals.
In the village of Lakish, about 400 kilometers northwest of Bucharest, the capital of Romania, two women who ran a horse riding club in Odesa, southern Ukraine, evacuated with five horses in the middle of last month.
The two are currently living in evacuation while taking care of their horses, but in Odesa there are concerns that the horse riding facility will be damaged and there will be a shortage of food, so for the time being, they will stay in the village and hold a horse riding class for Romanian people. I am planning to open it.
"Russian troops are attacking zoos and horseback riding facilities and killing animals. The horses were afraid of air strikes, but now they look happy," said Tachiana, 49, who had evacuated.
Since the Democratic Revolution in 1989, the outflow of population from rural areas to urban areas has progressed in Romania, and since joining the EU = European Union, the number of workers working abroad has increased rapidly, and depopulation has become a social problem.
Even in this village, the population, which used to be more than 200, has dropped sharply to about 10, and Julian Docha (46), who is working to accept refugees, said, "The people who have evacuated are our society. I hope it blends in with the workforce and helps the workforce. "