As Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are mandated to stay and fight, women are left to care for their children, siblings, and parents. Alone.
, was able to make it as far as the Czech Republic, bordered by Poland, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany.
that while it has implemented a number of concessions for Ukrainians with valid visas currently in the UK, and will work to provide visas for dependents of British nationals living in Ukraine,"all other visa services in Ukraine have been suspended."Khrystyna, a mother of three who fled Kyiv “I feel how lucky my kids are that they’ve heard only one — the first — air strike alert in Kyiv,” Khrystyna told TODAY. “My friend Oksana called me at 6:32 a.m. to wake up. At 6:51 we were in a car. We were stuck in a traffic jam and heard first air strike alert. It was so scary that I only said, ‘So kids, no way to run, just close your eyes ears.’”
"My pregnant friend is in Kyiv in a garage," Khrystyna told TODAY Parents, in a follow-up conversation via WhatsApp."Family of two of the, are stuck in Kyiv with my 2-year-old goddaughter. My daughter's schoolmate's family has been sleeping, for three days underground. My uncle and his daughters and grandchildren are in Okhtyrka" in the northeastern region of Ukraine.
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