Voice of Ukraine

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (363rd
day of ruzzian invasion): I am sharing a train compartment with a young mother traveling with 2,5 year old son.

Question from Polish customs officer: are you a tourist or running from war? Just think about it! This question is being asked on a train going between two countries in the center of Europe!

This is almost a year since ruzzia invaded Ukraine. I don’t think all compartments of train car are full. I can only imagine what these trains looked and felt like in the first weeks of the war when several millions of Ukrainian mothers and children were fleeing the cities that were mercilessly bombed by ruzzian invaders. There were no tickets. Trains took as many people as they could fit. People filled up all spaces, even standing in corridors for hours. In overcrowded cars there was no air to breathe. Light was turned off during the journey, phones’ gps were shut down. People feared the trains might become targets if bombing.