A Chicago woman who was trapped in Ukraine by Russia’s invasion of the country has successfully made it into Poland — but the journey for her and her mother is only beginning.
"It feels like it hasn’t stopped, like it’s just been one long day — I mean we still haven’t really slept," Olga Tsoi told the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday evening. "We are here now, but your brain hasn’t settled because you are constantly thinking about the next goal, and with each of those goals you have tunnel vision, which takes all your mental fortitude to accomplish it."
Olga Tsoi and her mother Oksana Tsoi in Kraków, Poland, hours after crossing the border from Ukraine.The trip covered 550 miles and took more than two days to accomplish, but now they need to get to the United States embassy in Warsaw so Tsoi’s mother can seek asylum and come back with her to Chicago.
Tsoi and her mother haven’t figured out how they will get to Warsaw, which is about 180 miles away. They are fortunate to be at a hotel where they have warm showers and a hot meal. Her father and other relatives weren’t able to get out in time in southern Ukraine. They live in Kherson, which has been completely blocked off by Russian military as it continues to make an offensive push in the south.
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