While Ukraine is burning , Lviv - in the west of the country, towards Poland - "has become a large reception center and many of us are busy on this front: our days begin, however, with phone calls to our friends and relatives in Kiev. and in other cities under siege to find out if everyone is okay and to understand how they spent the night. Then we go back to volunteering in refugee centers ".

This was told by Iryna, a Ukrainian real estate agent who after 17 spent working in Cagliari returned to make a contribution to her country at war.

"The border with Poland is only an hour and a half by car but these days it takes up to 48 hours to get there - he explains - we have become a meeting and departure point in spite of ourselves and in the face of total chaos we have organized ourselves quite well, opening reception centers in different areas of the city, in schools, kindergartens and even in some apartments made available, with management coordinated by our mayor ".

Hundreds of people are providing food or blankets, entrepreneurs have given equipment and equipment, while "the males ensure the surveillance of the city". "The sirens sounded the first three days of the attack and now the situation is quite calm but it is changing every hour - says the volunteer - Today some shops and pharmacies are open, but they serve medicines and canned food. The railways have put free trains are available and we know that the road to Poland is safe: there are many manned checkpoints ".

(Unioneonline / D)

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