Tens of Argentines they were caught in the middle of the conflict unleashed in Ukraine by the invasion ordered by the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin. 17 days ago, efforts began to remove thousands of people from Ukrainian territory.
Between the Argentines who returned this weekend from ukraine there is an elderly couple, a woman with her three-year-old son and a young man who was in ukraine for study. nationals they managed to escape to Poland and, from there, they took a flight to reunite with their loved ones.
The president of the White Helmets Commission, Sabrina Frederic, received on Saturday five Argentines who decided to return to the country and leave behind their life in the country that is now the target of Russian attacks. The head of operations of the entity, Santiago Galar, referred to the return.
The group of Argentines plus the Ukrainian citizen with the Humanitarian Visa who comes from Warsaw has just arrived and spent the last two nights in Brasilia.
the returned they are in good health, although they said they were tired, but grateful because, despite the situation, they returned to their families. “They highlighted the containment they had and referred to the process they went through,” Frederic explained.
Cafiero asked to continue with the humanitarian efforts
The country’s foreign minister ordered the six members of the White Helmets to continue their humanitarian work, along with two Polish-speaking diplomats, and settled in a mobile consulate on the border facing Poland.
The members of the mission were attentive to the last contingent that arrived in the country through an Aerolineas Argentinas flight from Brazil, where the group waited since Friday when it arrived from Poland.
All the returned Argentines had a life made in the Ukraine, but the war ended their plans, their stories and their homes. If not for national efforts, his return would not have been possible, according to Frederic.
