“We believed that as unarmed civilians, we would not become targets. We were wrong.” The long, perilous journey one Ukrainian family made to seek refuge in Kyiv.
HostomelSo, on the second day, we were surrounded, with explosions hitting on all four sides of the house belonging to my father’s mother.On the third day, our electricity, internet and cellphones were cut off. We were blindfolded.
At the beginning of March, we went outside to get water from the pump station. We walked to the end of the street and came across Russian armored vehicles with “V” painted on them. Two Russian soldiers stood nearby, staring at us. And so we walked and walked. We crept through the bushes and off roads until we finally saw a Ukrainian checkpoint. This meant that we had managed to get around the enemy and leave the city, leaving occupied Bucha behind.
The grandmothers were exhausted. I think the only thing that kept them on their feet was a desire to survive. But soon Liuba wasn’t able to walk -- she had walked close to 10 miles and just couldn’t go on unaided. My sister and I took her by the arms and started dragging her behind us — Liuba in one hand, and a bag with all our valuables in the other.
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