‘I will defend’: Kyiv man ready to fight as he tries to move daughter to safety
Global News
As heavy fighting continues in Ukraine, a father is trying to move his daughter and her mother to Poland where they'll be joining nearly 120,000 people seeking refuge.
A man from Kyiv says he’s ready to defend Ukraine and is trying to move his 11-year-old daughter to safety in the midst of the ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine.
Sergii Putsov said in an interview with Global News’ Crystal Goomansingh on Sunday that he’s been driving 26 hours non-stop from Ukraine’s capital Kyiv to Lviv in the west to help his daughter get to Poland.
“We have a 30-kilometer line of cars from the border. It’s like about 100,000 people now crossing the border in different ways by walking, by driving, by train. So it’s not so easy to do this,” said Putsov.
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Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has entered its fourth day. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces described it Sunday as “a difficult time” as Russian troops “continue shelling in almost all directions.”
Putsov has made it his priority to move his daughter and her mother to Poland where they can be safe.
According to the U.N. refugee agency, nearly 120,000 people have fled Ukraine so far, into Poland and other neighboring countries.
The agency expects up to four million Ukrainians to flee if the situation deteriorates further.
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