PRZEMYSL, POLAND — Some 40,000 Ukrainian refugees escaped Ukraine on Thursday through temporary humanitarian corridors meant to get them to safety.
The corridor is only open briefly, meaning anyone wishing to escape had move quick.
“We heard bombs, so we decided it was not safe in Kyiv, but we believe in our army and we hope that everything will be alright,” Katarina Krozska, a Ukrainian refugee,xjmtzyw told CTV National News.
The corridor leads to Poland, where the refugees are met with a warm meal, a ride to their destination and even toys for the children.
“I don’t know people who are not crying, that’s the hardest thing, if you see young people, usually with [a] mother, [but] no father,” said Wojciech Bakun, mayor of Przemysl, Poland, one of the end destinations in the corridor.
“We try to do something for our neighbours.”
Poland is taking in 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees and some cities are running out of room to house them.
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People sit in a subway station turned into a shelter in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
