More than two million individuals have left Ukraine for the reason that Russian invasion started on February 24. (File)

Przemysl, Poland:

There is not any considered celebrating International Women’s Day for the refugees arriving within the Polish border metropolis of Przemysl after leaving their husbands and sons behind to combat in Ukraine.

“We lost our life, our safety,” mentioned a dazed-looking Anastasia Kazankina, a lawyer, talking in a carpark outdoors a busy refugee centre that was as soon as a Tesco grocery store.

“We cannot plan any future because we don’t know what will be tomorrow,” mentioned Kazankina, clutching her son Ilya’s hand and her canine Marsia’s lead.

Kazankina, who comes from the capital Kyiv, mentioned she deliberate to remain in Poland however had no thought what to do there whereas her husband joins the military.

More than two million individuals have left Ukraine for the reason that Russian invasion started on February 24.

Over one million have ended up in Poland, with many crossing into Przemysl from the western Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv by way of the Medyka border management.

– ‘I actually hope to come back again’ –

In the Przemysl automobile park, buses come and go, spilling out principally ladies and youngsters hoping for security and anxious about these they left behind.

One of the buses is headed to Estonia.

Kyiv grandmother Vera Verozub could possibly be seen pushing her method in the direction of it clutching two heavy luggage, helped by her grandsons aged 4 and 14.

Their dad and mom stayed to “defend the country”.

“We took a train to Lviv. From Lviv, we took the bus for a bit and then walked,” she advised AFP, her teary eyes peeking out of a pink hood and a beanie on a cold morning.

Nearby, Anna Martynova, a retirement house assistant from southern Ukraine, stood on the aspect along with her two kids after spending part of their journey on a bus with no seats.

“It was tough, we’ve been travelling for two days. There are disruptions, our railway is destroyed, the road bridges are destroyed, ” she advised AFP.

Martynova is likely one of the fortunate ones — her husband is already residing in Poland, engaged on the railway.

But soft-spoken Yulia Sokolovskaya mentioned she needed to depart her partner when she left their closely shelled hometown of Kharkiv along with her seven-year-old son.

“In Ukraine, we spent some days in the subway because it was dangerous to go outside,” she advised AFP.

She hopes to go and stick with pals in Italy — “a good place to rest” — however the sunny prospect crumbles as quickly as she recollects her husband who needed to keep.

“He cannot leave the country, he’s still there. I check every hour if he’s fine,” she mentioned, breaking into tears.

“I left all my life there and I really hope to come back one day.”

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