This is Tanya and her 2 kids who left Kyiv after heavy bombing on 1st of March when also a dominant TV tower was under attack. They didn´t want to leave, they were also helping in hospital kitchen, but the husband who serve in civil defence decided that it’s enough and they need to go to safety in Slovakia to protect them and also to get rid of the worries about them. Through many levels of contacts they managed an accommodation in Trenčín, SK on a horse ranch.
After two days of exhausting and dangerous road by bus and train, where was not enough place to sit, they arrived on Slovakian border. In the same time I was right there on Thursday evening registering accommodations and delivering humanitarian stuff. They were right behind my back. I dint think too much and gave them a ride across Slovakia. I saw that the road and experiences they went through left a visible signs of exhaustion on them. They didn’t want anything, really anything even food or water, just to get to the final destination and have a rest in silence. The picture with them was taken next day when they felt much better.
Need to say that they are not just visibly colored like three suns but also in the hearts. From the time I met them my heart is more bright and will be always connected to them. The war is terrible, with nothing positive on it except one thing and it is that the invisible kind people start to be visible. These days I am experiencing exponentially more good, hospitable people then ever before. Big thanks need to be delivered also to the owners of the ranch Adela and Bičko who are the people with the hearts on right place.
After a few days they went to a big protest to our capital – Bratislava. They don’t want just to sit and wait, they want to be visible and be changemakers. People of Ukraine really want just to stop a war and have a freedom to decide and lead their country on their own.
We all wish this situation will end up soon and all what will remain will be those new connections and friendships between the good people. Stay strong Ukraine!
By Dominik Presul
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