Ukrainians' escape by rail, explained

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  • @Vox
    @Vox  2 года назад +676

    You can help refugees and people in Ukraine. The Future Perfect team at Vox has put together a list of resources and recommended organizations where you can make a difference.
    Read more here: bit.ly/36PI6fq

    • @doctorpanigrahi9975
      @doctorpanigrahi9975 2 года назад +12

      But I support Team Putin :(

    • @oppenheimerfaaaaaan5547
      @oppenheimerfaaaaaan5547 2 года назад +36

      @@doctorpanigrahi9975 It's people like u who make this world effed

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 2 года назад +11

      I will do the same as I’ve done with other conflicts (Iraq,Syria,Libya,Afghanistan, Somalia etc). I’m not doing anything. I don’t discriminate by race/religion/ethnicity. :)

    • @ՀովսեփԽաշունի
      @ՀովսեփԽաշունի 2 года назад +4

      Where is the relief link under your Artsakh War video?

    • @doctorpanigrahi9975
      @doctorpanigrahi9975 2 года назад +8

      @@ՀովսեփԽաշունի Never trust other people with your money. We have no idea How are they gonna spend it.

  • @denis97romania
    @denis97romania 2 года назад +919

    To all the Ukrainians fleeing to Romania, please, please, be careful of human traffiking, if you can, double check a person at the border, send a message to a trusted person about your whereabouts. There are romanian volunteers at the border that help you with prepaid internet cards. I know you're all exhausted but take a minute or two to use them first and check the social media accounts and pictures of whoever told you will take care of you. And if someone tries to take advantage of you or charge you for his service please call 112 immediately or ask someone else for help, there are tons of people willing to help, but a few rotten tomatoes that try to take advantage of you.
    Take care!

    • @LeeirahBrashka
      @LeeirahBrashka 2 года назад +19

      Anywhere as a matter of fact.

    • @andreyandronic7408
      @andreyandronic7408 2 года назад +4

      Dearest Denis,
      I presume you are well-intentioned and your concerns are genuine, however, if you have any knowledge of or involvement in the fight against human trafficking, you should let people know the very unfortunate truth - and that is that they can be trafficked from literally every single country they set foot in, including the western countries that are not at all the angelic nations the media portrays them to be. You singling out Romania is straight out wrong and you are creating a false narrative about your own (presumably) country. You can do better.

    • @parvchetri0995
      @parvchetri0995 2 года назад +42

      @@andreyandronic7408 I am pretty sure he is Romanian that's why he said Romania in specific.

    • @denis97romania
      @denis97romania 2 года назад +20

      @@parvchetri0995 you're both right :D.

    • @roymaddocks3184
      @roymaddocks3184 2 года назад +19

      @@andreyandronic7408 actually, Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova are very risky countries for human trafficking.

  • @solola5632
    @solola5632 2 года назад +641

    As a Ukrainian, I can tell you that most of us laughed about quality of our rails and services we can get. It was just a never-ending joke. But now I can only say how grateful I am to those outstanding people who do their best to save people and barely have time to sleep, eat, or shower. Heroes exist not only at the battlefield

    • @fie-schlbestgirl3355
      @fie-schlbestgirl3355 2 года назад +3

      @@Op_legend Really?

    • @recang360
      @recang360 2 года назад +3

      Я люблю волосатых мужчин которые обмазываются маслом

    • @helfemirbiite
      @helfemirbiite 2 года назад +2

      @@recang360 Plz speak english

    • @recang360
      @recang360 2 года назад +2

      @@helfemirbiite нет

    • @recang360
      @recang360 2 года назад

      @@helfemirbiite ты же сам из СНГ, зачем тебе

  • @kugalus
    @kugalus 2 года назад +3704

    We here in Poland had a difficult historical relationship with Ukrainians. But I'm proud of my nation that we said "Okay, it happened, it's in the past. Today, we are writing a new history.". And to all Ukrainians watching this: you are welcome here. Everyone is working to help, not just services. Ordinary citizens are coming to the border and driving people anywhere for free. Me, my company, my city, my local scouts, everyone have committed many resources to help Ukrainians. Because nobody should suffer from war. Nobody. Slava Ukrainie.

    • @maxkalashnyk3378
      @maxkalashnyk3378 2 года назад +101

      Thank you. Ukrainians never forget that. THANK YOU POLAND

    • @wadegamez1824
      @wadegamez1824 2 года назад +26

      Thank you.
      Thanks to you, hundreds of thousands of children and mothers are safe. We will never forget your help.

    • @456dave7
      @456dave7 2 года назад +251

      @ I'm not sure which "exclusionary immigration policies" you are referring to, but in the case of refugees it's obvious Poland was going to accept people fleeing a war right next to its border. As far as I know, Syria isn't bordering Poland.

    • @akolyt
      @akolyt 2 года назад +26

      🇺🇦❤️🇵🇱

    • @mbpaintballa
      @mbpaintballa 2 года назад +74

      @ They are helping their neighbors first, and why are immigrants still in a war zone when they were told if they don't leave they'd have to defend the land that took them in? And dont you find it funny that once again Syrians aren't helping they are just expecting others to fight for them and trying to take children's spot on the train.

  • @Piedutch
    @Piedutch 2 года назад +952

    The CEO of the transport sector really knows what he's doing. Props to him, i wished my country's transport ministers are half as capable

    • @zyansheep
      @zyansheep 2 года назад +3

      @@slickimz223 wat

    • @MaraMara89
      @MaraMara89 2 года назад +3

      meanwhile in Poland we just had major malfunction of whole train system, because railway traffic control system was broken, so 80% of train was late XD and nobody was sure if that was cyber attack or normal day on polish train company XD

    • @pattheegreat
      @pattheegreat 2 года назад

      200k ppl went to Russia... Fyi

    • @etienneaumont6571
      @etienneaumont6571 2 года назад +4

      @@pattheegreat 17% of Ukrainian population is ethnic Russian, yet only 5% or emigrants move towards Russia. Even worst, ethnic Russians are overrepresented areas currently contested by the Russian army. It really shows how much even Russians don't want to go to Russia!

    • @TheRomaEdition
      @TheRomaEdition 2 года назад +1

      @@pattheegreat and 4 millions to EU, fyi

  • @chrissmith7572
    @chrissmith7572 2 года назад +923

    I can’t imagine the pain they are feeling.god bless Ukraine,slava ukraini

  • @SquizzMe
    @SquizzMe 2 года назад +326

    My family fled Iraq in the 90s the same way, and know what it's like to be an exile. I mourn for the Ukrainians. There is no home on this planet. This reality is fleeting.

    • @pastelpepe
      @pastelpepe 2 года назад +3

      @@kayra2444 and that is shameful

    • @guacamoleIsExpensive
      @guacamoleIsExpensive 2 года назад +8

      It must be very difficult for any refugee, regardless of where they are coming from. Thankfully, more and more countries are becoming more open to other cultures. Hope that every refugee will find their place that they could call home eventually.

    • @Sujay95
      @Sujay95 2 года назад

      @@guacamoleIsExpensive Poland and Hungary disagree tho.

    • @guacamoleIsExpensive
      @guacamoleIsExpensive 2 года назад +2

      @@Sujay95 actually I'm polish, there are good people even there. I guess the same applies to Hungary. At some point Poland will change its policy, I hope

    • @stekra3159
      @stekra3159 Год назад

      It is such as shame that Europe did not open its borders to all back then. That we just do not take everyone that asks for it. Its the human thing to do.

  • @nisma3743
    @nisma3743 2 года назад +246

    Reminds me of my family who also fled war and in the 90s, being a refugee and being exiled from your home brings a loneliness in your heart because you mourn the life you once had and could have had if all that you had known wasn’t torn away.
    Freedom to the Ukrainian people and may we all empathize with refugees everywhere.

    • @sunnygirl7669
      @sunnygirl7669 2 года назад +4

      also with me, not my parents but my aunts and uncles had to flee war in bosnia

    • @GreyLazy-ny2xg
      @GreyLazy-ny2xg 2 года назад +1

      Watch how 👹Putin👹 say he will hide to back of childrens and womans!!!
      Dont buy or sell from russia, then you have any deal to russians you SPONSORing russians worlds wars🙊🙉🙈

    • @jalenthomas4836
      @jalenthomas4836 2 года назад

      Y’all survived the Yugoslav wars

    • @sunnygirl7669
      @sunnygirl7669 2 года назад

      @@jalenthomas4836 no my parents did lol, ik nothing about them though

  • @JaredOwen
    @JaredOwen 2 года назад +100

    Thank you for these videos! And thank you too Poland and other countries who are doing so much to help.

  • @Fanny-pf7oz
    @Fanny-pf7oz 2 года назад +737

    It's an unbearable thought to have to leave everything behind, including able-bodied men who are fathers, husbands, boyfriends, brothers and relatives themselves and those have to fight. I'm still safe in my own country, but it's so close.... With pandemic still causing havoc, these are certainly very "interesting" times. No such thing as planning security for months or years ahead. It makes more sense to go day by day. I've no idea what else the future has got in store.

    • @Uncle_Samn
      @Uncle_Samn 2 года назад +17

      Nothing new it's been happening in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan for decades now. Add Yemen to it now too..

    • @willlavine1105
      @willlavine1105 2 года назад +8

      my guy this world is on fire, some fires are mush bigger than others.

    • @helly11811
      @helly11811 2 года назад +11

      @@Uncle_Samn You are comparing proxy wars with World Wars...
      The beef between Iran and Saudi has been going on for about 6 decades now, and they dont threaten other 1st world countries with Nukes. Iraq tried and got silenced...

  • @norbertkalina8733
    @norbertkalina8733 2 года назад +571

    It would be nice to hear more about the other neighbour countries like Hungary and Romania. All my respect goes to Poland because most of the help is needed in there, but as i see in my country (Hungary) most of the people (dont forget that people is not equal with the goverment) try to help as they could. For example my home village is a 100km far from the Ukrainan border and in the first days we gave home for as many familys as we could and gave them everything that they needed. We dont need to be in the focus, cause that is not the reason of our work. Im just saying the it would be nice to hear about the other helping countries too.

    • @ukaszt3231
      @ukaszt3231 2 года назад +39

      I guess its only because we as Poland took majority of Ukrainian refugees. You deserve all the kind words that are in vocabulary thats for sure and im also sure that the world and Ukrainian people will remember all help and hospitality you welcome them. Im unable to do help in Poland (only supported by giving money to charity) but i can say that im thankfull you for all help you gave those people :) Dziękuję!

    • @krejzi_izi8132
      @krejzi_izi8132 2 года назад +57

      I'm from Poland and I also don't get why all the focus of media is centered on Poland. I get that we took 2/3 of the refugees, but there is not enough recognition for other countries. For example small Moldova is now 10% Ukrainian, it's a small country and they took a lot of people relative to theirs population.

    • @AOTBrightSide
      @AOTBrightSide 2 года назад +16

      Agree, I'm from Poland and what I have seen and experienced recently has been extraordinary, but I know that not only Poland is helping. Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, too, and hardly any media talk about it. All the people who help deserve the highest respect.

    • @Rayofhope1111-q9r
      @Rayofhope1111-q9r 2 года назад +13

      You definately deserve the recognition, but maybe you should protest against Orban's pro-Russia policy a bit louder?

    • @radicalcentrist4990
      @radicalcentrist4990 2 года назад +14

      Hungary is not doing as much due to Orban being kinda pro-russian.

  • @khalilahd.
    @khalilahd. 2 года назад +421

    Can you imagine being ripped from your home? Your country? Depend on other countries and their kindness to take care of your family? My heart breaks for these people and I hate to see history repeat itself. I just pray this is over soon 🙏🏽💜💜

    • @ardwordcross5632
      @ardwordcross5632 2 года назад +22

      Yes, when the nato bombed my home country, and tore Jugoslavija apart for their so called justice and rights. I despise you and your hypocrisy, for your so called kindness is what causes me misery

    • @vizoplays9794
      @vizoplays9794 2 года назад +7

      @@misbah4716 lean heart

    • @HeyHax
      @HeyHax 2 года назад +6

      @@ardwordcross5632 blame out politicians not the average Becky that works at Starbucks.

    • @petruccifanboi
      @petruccifanboi 2 года назад

      @@HeyHax That's just assuming a lot of Khalilah ! She may not be an average Becky at Starbucks but someone better ! Jeeeeeeez Dylan with a pretty huge D ! 🤪

    • @litfire6134
      @litfire6134 2 года назад +5

      @@vizoplays9794 I thought the same thing.

  • @Pelthail
    @Pelthail 2 года назад +317

    It just breaks my heart to see children having to suffer through this when they don’t even understand what’s going on around them.

    • @timmyturner999_
      @timmyturner999_ 2 года назад +10

      I couldn’t help but start to shed tears when I saw that over half of them were children and then the poor kids trying to explain what happened for them to leave absolutely heartbreaking

    • @adamcriticalthinking9423
      @adamcriticalthinking9423 2 года назад +12

      Why are you shocked EU they invaded Syria. This is nothing compared to Middle East Africa.

    • @warrior_of_liberation
      @warrior_of_liberation 2 года назад +17

      @@adamcriticalthinking9423 True. But it doesn't mean you should be heartless towards whats happening in Ukraine, unless you are trying to justify it somehow.

    • @joelmonteiro1419
      @joelmonteiro1419 2 года назад +11

      @@adamcriticalthinking9423 it's not a misery competition, buddy.

    • @adamcriticalthinking9423
      @adamcriticalthinking9423 2 года назад +4

      @@warrior_of_liberation @Joel Monteiro , the thing is is that people are shocked like this was the first time it ever happened. They have the audacity to let the refugees in refugee camps and no one cares because "it takes to much time to accept asylum. They accept 3 million in 3 weeks absolutely mental

  • @superbod.
    @superbod. 2 года назад +177

    I cried for 10 minutes straight.
    As ukrainian i can say that video is VERY precise about situation and feelings.

    • @Bacopa68
      @Bacopa68 2 года назад +5

      Ukraine will be free and will not make concessions. You will win! Russia is a paper tiger. I am an American and I wish we would more. And please note that the US is on a heightened nuclear alert. We are responding to Putin's bluff.

    • @holorenSHORTS
      @holorenSHORTS 2 года назад +3

      @@Bacopa68 Ukraine is going to be in ruins completely destroyed don’t lie to him

    • @arsalan_mzi
      @arsalan_mzi 2 года назад

      @@Bacopa68 Good joke, the longer Ukrainians “resist” the higher the likelihood becomes that indiscriminate use of chemical warfare will occur, not to mention tactical nuclear strikes

    • @Sujay95
      @Sujay95 2 года назад +1

      @@Bacopa68 US is doing nothing. It's staying put. Stop lying to others and to yourself.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 2 года назад +86

    Major props to Poland whose population was 38 million and is now taking in 2 million refugees

  • @letsgoplayer9809
    @letsgoplayer9809 2 года назад +252

    I wish all my luck to the people in Ukraine hope they feel better

    • @dakefasso9124
      @dakefasso9124 2 года назад +6

      Thank you❤️

    • @marsel8718
      @marsel8718 2 года назад

      Eee now they feel better, after your comment

  • @Madrid15m
    @Madrid15m 2 года назад +41

    Prayers for the mans that stayed back to protect their home

    • @mb7721
      @mb7721 2 года назад

      U mean russian protect their home from nato?

    • @caesar5380
      @caesar5380 2 года назад +5

      I really like how many people keep saying russia is protecting itself from nato forgetting that the countries within like the baltic states DECIDED to enter in it(just a bit different from the warsaw pact)
      Yes,i opened the pandora box

  • @TayaUkraine
    @TayaUkraine 2 года назад +33

    Honestly, this was a nightmare and I hope it ends soon. I went out of Ukraine from Kyiv, it took me 4 days! by car and then bus to enter Poland (by flight up to 2 hours max). I don't want to think I can't come back to my city 😢 So sad that in our 21st century starting a war can be an easy thing and the whole world watching...

    • @electron8262
      @electron8262 2 года назад

      My heart is out there for you all. Where are you living at the moment?

  • @Alyeska23
    @Alyeska23 2 года назад +49

    Massive kudos to the men and women of the Ukrainian Railways for keeping the lines running and helping people in a time of need.

  • @katgor42
    @katgor42 2 года назад +83

    I'm from Moldova, over here it has been quite a struggle to support this many refugees especially compared to our population. At the very least even though most people speak romanian almost everyone knows russian to a certain degree, same thing for ukrainians, this makes communication easy. An unfortunate phenomenon is the circulation of stories of ungrateful refugees, I'm glad to say that most people realise that the vast majority of people are as thankful as they can get. Me and my family are personally hosting a family in our house and they are really nice people who really wish to not be a burden, I promise they are not.

    • @Rayofhope1111-q9r
      @Rayofhope1111-q9r 2 года назад +19

      I have a great respect for Moldova. It seems to me that comparing population rates Molodva's effort is the biggest one. BTW I have four Ukrainians at my appartment right now :)

    • @tinaandro1178
      @tinaandro1178 2 года назад

      The G7 will step in to help the neighboring countries with the refugees from my understanding so it should get better: I just hope the refugees crisis doesn't get worse

    • @master2.013
      @master2.013 2 года назад +2

      Дякую тобі і твоєму народу. Спасибо !

    • @everythingsfinett3903
      @everythingsfinett3903 2 года назад

      In Poland It’s a huge struggle too. I just wish more refugees would choose different bordering countries, It’s too much for us to handle. Our economic situation was in crisis in the 1st place, now It just keeps getting worse and we have no way of dealing with It

  • @Parapresdokian
    @Parapresdokian 2 года назад +8

    Thanks Poland from India with tears.

  • @bozgor-bi6pd
    @bozgor-bi6pd 2 года назад +141

    It's sad to see people leave with a big IKEA bag for 2 people and leave everything behind including their loved ones. I live in Budapest and I volunteer for the weekends. Some people got here with the story's of how they saw people stuck under chunks of cement. No one should experience these horrors

    • @anzarm.a8547
      @anzarm.a8547 2 года назад +2

      where were your pity feelings when US and europe are still destroying middle east,robbing africa and south america and south east asia for farming

    • @bozgor-bi6pd
      @bozgor-bi6pd 2 года назад +9

      @@anzarm.a8547 I didn't say I don't feel bad for these people. War as a concept seems like a brutal and outdated thing because using violence to solve your problems is what a kid would do in kindergarten. For me this crisis is different because it's co close to me and I have family members and friends living on the other side of the border and I talk to them on a daily basis

    • @master2.013
      @master2.013 2 года назад

      köszönöm, köszönjük minden emberünktől

    • @basilyashchenko5389
      @basilyashchenko5389 2 года назад

      @@anzarm.a8547 looks like russian troll`s manipulations

    • @ketchupbottle3571
      @ketchupbottle3571 2 года назад

      First go to your officials and protests them the Hungarian government maybe stops supporting terrorist Russia

  • @juliegirl1989
    @juliegirl1989 2 года назад +65

    In my city in Germany, we are seeing more and more refugees arriving every day. I see them every day in front of the reception center by the train station and I myself have already donated money and goods.
    Today I saw another thing which deeply affected me: I drove past a white van with a ukrainian license plate that had the word "Children!!!" in Ukrainian and Russian written all over its back and sides. I speak a little bit Russian and it was clear to me immediately that whoever had written that, had fled from the war in that van and had been hoping that this word alone would save them from being shot at or bombarded. 😭 What thoughts must have been on their mind in that moment? What must they have gone through? 😥
    I knew it before, but I can only repeat myself: this war (just like any war) is absolutely barbaric and it needs to stop right now!

  • @hope-vx3rc
    @hope-vx3rc 2 года назад +49

    What an amazing man and his team coordinating the evacuation by rail and all the people helping along the way. The darkness will never overcome the light and truth of love 🙏 praying for all the refugees from ukraine tonight and for those they have left behind. Praying for safety and protection and for all the refugees and victims of war for strength and peace and healing.

  • @ThePiachu
    @ThePiachu 2 года назад +47

    Would be nice to get an episode about all those men that are forced to stay behind, those that didn't join the army and have to survive in the country...

    • @whoozyyy
      @whoozyyy 2 года назад +9

      My friend I speak to everyday is in this exact situation, he’s hiding off in the mountains at some village so that he doesn’t have to go fight because they are forcefully recruiting men.

  • @saumya6166
    @saumya6166 2 года назад +13

    Wow this was so extremely bitter-sweet to watch. These people are so brave, and I could never imagine having to go through what they are going through. I hope peace gets restored as soon as possible, but until then, I just want to send positive thoughts and lots of love ❤️

  • @urmur
    @urmur 2 года назад +11

    I'm crying while I'm also happy to see all these people safe. 💓

  • @SmellyT0fu
    @SmellyT0fu 2 года назад +16

    Amazing what Oleksandr and the team is doing to orchestrate safe movement of people out of harms way

  • @vasylignatyshyn
    @vasylignatyshyn 2 года назад +70

    Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 2 года назад +5

      V

    • @tibodeclercq2131
      @tibodeclercq2131 2 года назад +15

      @@GrigRP You are an evil person for supporting this war

    • @den_dragonio
      @den_dragonio 2 года назад +7

      @@tibodeclercq2131 don’t waste your time on kremlin bots, it’s useless

    • @Rhyzarr
      @Rhyzarr 2 года назад +2

      @@GrigRP it is good to be racist against Russians

    • @ohmycoco
      @ohmycoco 2 года назад +7

      @@Rhyzarr it never is okay to be racist towards anyone, literally anyone.

  • @abdala3475
    @abdala3475 2 года назад +32

    My heart goes to all the africans/non europeans who are still stranded in unkraine. Hope you will make it.

    • @roses.9181
      @roses.9181 2 года назад +24

      It's really heart breaking that even during a crisis like this, racists still find a way to dehumanize non-europeans. You'd think they would put it aside to help people evacuate. Very disappointing.

  • @itsmeroky
    @itsmeroky 2 года назад +9

    My heart goes out for them and their plight.
    Hope they stay safe.

  • @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv
    @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv 2 года назад +36

    Fleeing Ukraine was a miracle for me. I needed to leave everything I built in Ukraine, I left even with no clothes. I felt the descrimination at the Ukrainian border.
    Thankfully Brazilian embassy did a great job to evacuate me.

    • @Rayofhope1111-q9r
      @Rayofhope1111-q9r 2 года назад +10

      I guess every man is discriminated at this border. I don't think Poland is discriminating Brazilians, everyone likes you here :)

    • @nmn3457
      @nmn3457 2 года назад +4

      @@Rayofhope1111-q9r Yeah, it's so unfair. Don't you want equal rights? How about women stay and fight and let the men leave?

    • @Rayofhope1111-q9r
      @Rayofhope1111-q9r 2 года назад +22

      @@nmn3457 You’re missing the point Russian troll. Instead of focusing on Russia who invaded Ukraine, you all are focusing on narration how bad is Ukraine that forces their boys to fight. Your rhetoric is disrespectful for those who are forced to defend their country and is disrespectful towards Ukraine.

    • @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv
      @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv 2 года назад +6

      @@Rayofhope1111-q9r the descrimination was at the Ukrainian border not the Romanian border (in my case)

    • @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv
      @JoaoMiguel-gb4qv 2 года назад +7

      @@nmn3457 what about I am not Ukranian and this is not my war. Btw all my thoughts are with Ukranians but I cannot be involved in any war with any party.

  • @jackyboi8832
    @jackyboi8832 2 года назад +12

    I have 2 Ukrainian families living in my house in Hamburg Germany 🇩🇪🇺🇦

  • @SimplyScott1
    @SimplyScott1 2 года назад +10

    Ugh, this is painful to watch but much needed. Continue to make more content about this Vox - the world needs it.

  • @SilverSwordCreative
    @SilverSwordCreative 2 года назад +17

    This, this is terrible. I wish this was fiction. God bless you Ukraine.

  • @Ben-fe9wl
    @Ben-fe9wl 2 года назад +4

    Thank you Vox, this is probably the most touching piece on the current situation I have watched.

  • @jeanbonnefoy1377
    @jeanbonnefoy1377 2 года назад +21

    This is a testimony to the amazing quality of Ukrainian Railways, the 6th in the world in length of tracks, number of lines, fensity of passengers and freight traffic, quantity of rolling stock and number of highly professional staff (more than 250,000!). This network (mostly electrified) is among the most modern in Europe, on a par with German or French ones.

  • @Maria29G
    @Maria29G 2 года назад +14

    I've been volunteering in my city in Germany to help the refugees arriving here, Poland has been sending a lot of people specifically to us because so many are in Poland already. They always get here after traveling for days, having everything they could comfortably carry with them. Many children, pets (which poses a whole other challenge in terms of getting to stay somewhere). Some people had many bags, some had nothing, some even ended up coming here directly from a vacation they were taking during which the war began... It's heartbreaking to see, but I'm glad that the EU has been relatively hospitable towards the people arriving here, though asylum bureaucracy is a whole other beast of its own.
    I volunteer specifically as a translator (I speak Russian) so I can speak to the people directly. So many stories to tell and it's all heartbreaking, but at least they now have a peaceful sky over them. I hope they all manage to find some peace and quiet once they manage to settle down, and hopefully they'll be able to go home soon.

  • @LW13r
    @LW13r 2 года назад +4

    To every single person helping these refugees, Thank you so much!!! 🙏💙💛

  • @hamzamahmood9565
    @hamzamahmood9565 2 года назад +55

    We should never be living in a world where one man's decision can destroy millions of lives. Never.

    • @bioshockgolden7512
      @bioshockgolden7512 2 года назад +16

      one men? a group can do it too? like the US in the middle east

    • @frostedpancake3882
      @frostedpancake3882 2 года назад +1

      @@bioshockgolden7512 What?

    • @satyamrathor3860
      @satyamrathor3860 2 года назад +1

      @@bioshockgolden7512 literally USA is making middle east a battlefield again
      Biden is fool

    • @PrinceOfPickles
      @PrinceOfPickles 2 года назад +6

      @@satyamrathor3860 It literally started way before Biden. Why do you pin the blame on him? Trump wanted to pull the US army out of Afghanistan and he just delayed it. Republicans loved this decision. But when Biden completes it, he gets the blame for the collapse of the Afgan government. Do you see the double standart?

    • @satyamrathor3860
      @satyamrathor3860 2 года назад

      @@PrinceOfPickles you fool Afghanistan doesn't come in middle east " its central Asia I was not talking about Afghanistan
      And huh clear your basics what you was saying about Afghanistan
      Yes Trump was pulling back but very slowly and wisely planed even he know he will win the election if he complete it fast before election and what Biden did? Was a whole crisis with many blunders he planed nothing just did it
      Sleepy Joe I bet here and now Iran will be a mess if they got nuclear deal it will destrupt the middle east by making UAE, SAUDI , ISRAEL etc furious

  • @15_heidune72
    @15_heidune72 2 года назад +11

    I remember a story about a Polish teacher asking her students to help save her Ukrainian dad.

  • @so_phhh555
    @so_phhh555 2 года назад +16

    It was very scary waking up to explosions. I didn’t understand what was happening and I didn’t know what to do.

    • @xndrxx0
      @xndrxx0 2 года назад +1

      I am so sorry you’ve had to go through such a horrible thing

  • @theprussianmink
    @theprussianmink 2 года назад +7

    Amazing work by the people still daring to drive the trains in a war zone!

  • @sergiom9958
    @sergiom9958 2 года назад +4

    At 03:50 , that not a bomb. That the propulsor rocket (engine) of a rocket projectile. Once the rocket is shoot, and the propellant burnt, that lower half of the rocket separates from the war head and falls.

  • @moBbvhjijbmmy2boysad
    @moBbvhjijbmmy2boysad 2 года назад +19

    Its truly unbearable to watch children have to flee there homes and try to describe what they saw, breaks my heart 😭

  • @beautyrush2323
    @beautyrush2323 2 года назад +11

    Lviv is pronounced “lveev” the same sound as in “Steve”, “leave” or “grieve”

  • @thairinkhudr4259
    @thairinkhudr4259 2 года назад +3

    May all people of the world who are under seige be protected and may the conflict in their lands be finished soon so they can return back to their safe and beloved homelands. Ukraine, Palestine, Syria, Myanmar, etc. God help us all.

  • @tymurlevtsun1536
    @tymurlevtsun1536 2 года назад +17

    I am so thankful for the whole international community for the support that you guys providing, this means a lot for us!!! Слава Украине

    • @kayra2444
      @kayra2444 2 года назад +1

      Go fight in Ukraine instead of typing on a computer!!

    • @tymurlevtsun1536
      @tymurlevtsun1536 2 года назад +2

      @@kayra2444 They are not taking people without experience in army right now, there is a large queue of people who wants to join

  • @manofgoat
    @manofgoat 2 года назад +4

    Very emotional work; thank you

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 2 года назад +18

    Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

  • @gusheredia
    @gusheredia 2 года назад +5

    Proud to be European right now. 🇪🇺✊

  • @constantineprime5436
    @constantineprime5436 2 года назад +38

    you should really pay attention to how the country is acting towards men. Topics like: "life and rescue priority", "humiliation" and "inforced war engagement" must be revealed.
    With other equally devastating war conditions for everyone, men are forcibly last to be rescued (from Irpin, as officials publicly said, men could have left the continuously shelled area only as drivers for women), publicly humiliated for attempts to save their lives and are thrown at battlefield against their will and are not even allowed to flee to a safe place. Men are forced to stay in the country even if they have no any prior war action knowledge and skills.

    • @sokacsavok
      @sokacsavok 2 года назад +4

      Man, this is Vox. They never cared about this.

    • @MonarchPoolPlaster
      @MonarchPoolPlaster 2 года назад +5

      Welcome to the NFL, rookie. They're weak and vulnerable when it suits them and strong and empowered when it suits them.

    • @cosmosandchill
      @cosmosandchill 2 года назад +5

      It's always been this way in war, though. For thousands of years.

    • @sumeersamarat706
      @sumeersamarat706 2 года назад +3

      @@cosmosandchill but in area of feminism where europians promote equality it's is hypocracitical

    • @Rayofhope1111-q9r
      @Rayofhope1111-q9r 2 года назад +7

      I'm from Warsaw and I saw many Ukrainian men leaving safe Warsaw in order to fight for their own country. I have the greatest respect for them. Maybe you don't understand the spirit of Ukrainians?

  • @foxtailedcritter
    @foxtailedcritter 2 года назад +57

    Being homeless in a foiern country that you can't speak thier language would be terrifying. Most of us can't even comprehend that. So give them some slack/respect if you see any around.

    • @vectoralphaSec
      @vectoralphaSec 2 года назад +4

      That's what illegal immigrants from Mexico go through. It's sad, but respectable.

    • @amo_res9266
      @amo_res9266 2 года назад +4

      Well polish and ukranian language is 70% similar so it shouldn’t be too bad

    • @pastelpepe
      @pastelpepe 2 года назад +1

      @@amo_res9266 Lol, even Germans in Germany who speak High German cannot understand Swiss German well. When a Swiss German speaks on German television, German subtitles are required. So imagine trying to understand Polish from Ukrainian.

    • @basilyashchenko5389
      @basilyashchenko5389 2 года назад

      @@pastelpepe it`s OK when talking to each other slowly and trying to use synonyms at attempts 2,3,N.. to deliver imformation. It`s high chance that unpopular word (or root word) to describe X in ukrainian language is the most common word in polish and vice versa.

  • @TheJosh1337
    @TheJosh1337 2 года назад +1

    Very few RUclips videos have made my cry. Thank you Vox for your reporting, and thank you Poland and other nations who are helping.

  • @mikejosephbonggot4546
    @mikejosephbonggot4546 2 года назад +17

    my thoughts and prayers to the People of Ukraine.
    war is and will never be the answer

    • @anzarm.a8547
      @anzarm.a8547 2 года назад +1

      selensky made it the only option for russi even after their hundreds of warnings

    • @basilyashchenko5389
      @basilyashchenko5389 2 года назад

      @@anzarm.a8547 the only option for russi is to become 200

  • @easyeducation2590
    @easyeducation2590 2 года назад +2

    this is what looks when men remain to fight rather than fleeing to other contries .respect to ukrainian men.

  • @kateskalska1076
    @kateskalska1076 2 года назад +4

    I`m from Ukraine. And I still in Ukraine, and I will leave only if I have no other choice...
    Іn 25 days of war there was only 1 night without air alarm. It`s hard, but here is my home, my family, friends, memories.
    But in case of critical danger, it is good to know that you will have somewhere to go. It is good to know that there are countries that can help you.
    And I am grateful to all the countries, organizations and common people that help Ukrainians in these difficult times.
    We really appreciate your help!!! ​💙💛​

    • @svenschindler5649
      @svenschindler5649 2 года назад +2

      You already have a second home anywhere in the EU. Freedom to settle and to work for the next three years, just show your passport. German rail does not charge you if you have a Ukrainian passport.

  • @elenagoldsborough3734
    @elenagoldsborough3734 2 года назад +1

    War highlights the brave infrastructure workers of a country. It's not just the soldiers or men who stay. It the rail workers, supermarket owner, farmers, Utility professional, etc. It take so many different kind of people to keep working for the vulnerable to flee.

  • @a.m.g328
    @a.m.g328 2 года назад +15

    No one talks about what is it like to flee Yemen 💔..well if you wanna know I can tell you from experience.

    • @davidmei3702
      @davidmei3702 2 года назад +1

      What was it like?

    • @bishop51807
      @bishop51807 2 года назад

      Post some videos, I'll sub right now!

    • @TheGamingSkeleton06
      @TheGamingSkeleton06 2 года назад

      I’d also wanna know what it was like

    • @a.m.g328
      @a.m.g328 2 года назад +3

      I can't post and I can't talk about my personal experience yet.. but I can say this: the scary things are within the details and the problem basically is you cannot get out of the country unless you have 2000$ for each person and then the only country will take you without a visa is country that doesn't except refrigees so u will sty for long time as a visiter u can't work and u will always be scared unless you have a lot of money... that's why most of the Yemenies who flee war zoon are in camps near war zoon and they never made it to safety.

    • @a.m.g328
      @a.m.g328 2 года назад +3

      It's not just because we're not white.. it's also because we're not humans.. to the rest of the world we are a poor unknown country..so why should they care🤷🙃

  • @pumayaya
    @pumayaya 2 года назад +1

    Oleksandr Myashin. What an incredible man.

  • @PajaDoJaja98
    @PajaDoJaja98 2 года назад +5

    5:44 Why wasn't it invoked erlier? We all saw how were immigrants from middle east treated on poland/belarus border

    • @hermitcrack9091
      @hermitcrack9091 2 года назад

      The immigrants at the Poland/Belarus border were tools of the Kremlin, flown in on Russian state jets, used in hybrid warfare

    • @irek1394
      @irek1394 2 года назад

      Belarus was bringing people on purpose to push them into EU

    • @JuanManuel-ii1ov
      @JuanManuel-ii1ov 2 года назад +2

      Ukrainians are light skinned and christian, thus they get special treatment.

    • @lookash3048
      @lookash3048 2 года назад

      Illegal immigrants not refugees, great you understand the difference.

  • @ulianakashepa
    @ulianakashepa 2 года назад +12

    thank you for showing the truth. i am from Ukraine, i'll be staying here as long as i can. we will win, this is our land. we want to live here in peace.

    • @arsalan_mzi
      @arsalan_mzi 2 года назад +1

      Good joke, in reality though the longer Ukrainians “resist” the higher the likelihood becomes that indiscriminate use of chemical warfare will occur, not to mention tactical nuclear strikes. Best to surrender now while the casualty count is still comparatively low

    • @ulianakashepa
      @ulianakashepa 2 года назад +2

      @@arsalan_mzi we will never surrender. this is our home. how do you not understand that humans don’t have to cut a hand to save the rest, because that is what the bully wants. it is our land, our people. it’s non-negotiable. and we always ready to pay the price for freedom.

  • @Mizaeducation
    @Mizaeducation 2 года назад +4

    Double standards at it's finest

  • @hadarai5
    @hadarai5 2 года назад +11

    You should know that Przemyśl is not correctly pronounced during the whole video

    • @basilyashchenko5389
      @basilyashchenko5389 2 года назад

      @@raceris7309 yes, he`s right, it`s not correctly pronounced. I`m Ukrainian guy, btw.

  • @timothyhogan3427
    @timothyhogan3427 2 года назад +8

    Are you lying again Vox?

  • @heizoumain8132
    @heizoumain8132 2 года назад +18

    it's heartbreaking and terrifying

  • @LuxVillieBeats
    @LuxVillieBeats 2 года назад +10

    So no report on the treatment of Africans in Ukraine as they attempt to flee? You’d think that a country would stand together during a time like this but to throw women and children off trains? Their actions should be condemned before any praise is given.

    • @Sujay95
      @Sujay95 2 года назад +1

      If they highlighted that they wouldn't be able to project Ukraine as a liberal democratic heaven in the media. Btw, these are the same people who throw bananas at African footballers in football stadiums.

  • @huibertlandzaat1889
    @huibertlandzaat1889 5 месяцев назад

    Good video. Thank you for uploading.

  • @RahulSsup
    @RahulSsup 2 года назад +8

    The tears just started flowing when the kid came in the end scene. The wars are ruthless and should be stopped for once and for all.

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 года назад

      well, meanwhile in Kashmiri

  • @tseekmin
    @tseekmin 2 года назад +1

    This made me cry

  • @vorohno
    @vorohno 2 года назад +45

    Speaking of racism towards non-Ukrainians who’d tried to flee. KIDS and WOMEN were prioritized to cross the border first, and you’ve mentioned that (in some way) earlier in this video. What you haven't mentioned is that non-Ukrainian MEN were (supposedly) pushed back in lines. Even the photo from the article you put on the video screams it. So what we got here, hah? Why manipulate? For what?

    • @TheSundayShooter
      @TheSundayShooter 2 года назад +3

      Absolutely, women and children first; able bodied men 17 to 45 should be dead-last since they belong in the frontline anyway

    • @xstrawarot
      @xstrawarot 2 года назад +23

      @@TheSundayShooter foreign students belong on the frontline? Sure bro

    • @xstrawarot
      @xstrawarot 2 года назад +4

      Because they had to stay for three days outside in the cold without food.

    • @TheSundayShooter
      @TheSundayShooter 2 года назад +2

      @@xstrawarot They'd better have school credentials on their person if they're claiming to be students from abroad

    • @vorohno
      @vorohno 2 года назад +12

      @@TheSundayShooter foreign students are not supposed to serve in Ukrainian army please read my previous reply

  • @dexterosity
    @dexterosity 2 года назад +2

    That was explained quite nicely. I love you Vox. You always step up.

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 2 года назад +4

    It’s absolutely terrifying

  • @Ali-uj7ol
    @Ali-uj7ol 2 года назад +2

    Prayers🙏🙏Syria, Ukraine, Palestine.

  • @mariatargowska9441
    @mariatargowska9441 2 года назад +5

    Oleksandr Kamyshin. Please, remember this name. This man is a suerhero.
    Dear Ukranians, you are welcome in Poland. I hope you will find some peace of mind in here. And please, don't get me wrong. As much as we are willing, ready and happy to help you, I hope to see you gone soon. Back to your homes, your free country, your lives. I hope this will be just a bad dream soon. Until then, feel like home in Poland, our Slavic brothers!

  • @odianoseokoduwa5017
    @odianoseokoduwa5017 2 года назад +2

    The choices of One Man. I pray for all displaced to find peace

  • @agme8045
    @agme8045 2 года назад +10

    To any Ukrainians watching, you are more than welcomed in Argentina! I know we are not as wealthy as Western Europe, and our economy isn’t as great either. But you’ll be safe here, very, very far from any war in Europe or Asia. And there’s a big community of Ukrainian descendants that will be happy to welcome you and give you a hand. Anyway, be safe wherever you go! Good luck to everyone in europe

  • @howdyyall4335
    @howdyyall4335 2 года назад

    Thank you for the videos. God bless 💓 you all and stay safe 💓

  • @Daniel-sk8fr
    @Daniel-sk8fr 2 года назад +3

    This awful war has to end, No more suffering!

  • @preranaangel5032
    @preranaangel5032 2 года назад +1

    Tears after seeing how a war cuts people . very emotional moment. Devastating situation hope it ends as soon as possible 😞

  • @daviddavis2764
    @daviddavis2764 2 года назад +19

    I personally crossed the border on Feb 26/27, the claims of racism are untrue, it is related to the Ukrainian policy of women and children first while Ukrainian men were not allowed. Giving the appearance of racism, but they let brown and black women through the same as white women. And I met a white American who had been waiting days.

    • @Sujay95
      @Sujay95 2 года назад

      Lies. Evidence says otherwise. Indian and African women were thrown out of trains to make room for Ukrainians. Most of those students had to walk to the border, were not allowed to buy food and water from restaurants and beaten up by border guards. Even the women were not spared. Most of this is on video. And no, you didn't cross any border. Keep shilling tho.

    • @daviddavis2764
      @daviddavis2764 2 года назад

      @@Sujay95 yes, you believe lies

    • @mosquitonarium
      @mosquitonarium 2 года назад

      @@Sujay95 "evidence"

    • @Sujay95
      @Sujay95 2 года назад

      @@mosquitonarium just a Google search away

  • @TypeRyRy
    @TypeRyRy 2 года назад +1

    Mr. Kamyshin, I hope you realize that you and your team have saved millions of lives. You are a hero.

  • @tibodeclercq2131
    @tibodeclercq2131 2 года назад +32

    What bothers me is that you get called a racist for helping Ukrainians.
    I mean, Ukraine is in Europe, so of course you feel more committed when a war happens in your own neighborhood.
    Nothing is wrong with that. *Absolutely nothing*
    Here in Belgium we welcome Ukrainians with open arms.

    • @asilylmaz2833
      @asilylmaz2833 2 года назад +5

      Yes I agree.
      Arab people are a dominant force in the free palestine movement. Why? Well Palestinians are Arab and muslim, so they feel more connection then let's say the oppression of Tibetans endure by China (their opression is comparable with the Palestinians).
      Does that mean they are Arab supremacists for barely talking about Tibet? No, of course not.

    • @proffsetjohan
      @proffsetjohan 2 года назад +10

      The most hypocrital thing about this is the criticism is coming from USA which created a lot of the problems which made people flee the middle east in the first place. USA:s invasion of Iraq destabilized the region. Maybe Europe should assemble all its airplanes and send the middle eastern migrants upon arrival to their borders instead so they can take responsibility for the problems they caused. Many EU countries has no had business in the middle east, and yet Europe has taken in more migrants than USA by far and now they have the audacity to call us racists for it.

    • @JK-kb3cr
      @JK-kb3cr 2 года назад +1

      Ignore those people. Ukraine is Europe. Europe knows what is happening in Ukraine and why Russian is attacking them. Russian has been antagonizing the rest of Europe for decades and trying to undermine the peace project that is EU, by fractioning us up into smaller pieces so we can turn on each other instead of working together. Ukraine stood up against Russia. They want to join the rest of the modern, democratic Europe without wars between our countries. For that, they're now paying the price. But people of Ukraine are strong and protect their homeland. Of course the rest of Europe needs to stand up and support Ukraine. All the way from North to South, East to West. Europe has already taken in millions of people from Africa and the Middle-East for the past decades. It's time for the rest of the world to step up because our own house is on fire right now.

  • @noksify
    @noksify 2 года назад +1

    this is so sad, couldnt help but cry

  • @ramblet4187
    @ramblet4187 2 года назад +4

    I feel so bad for everyone in Ukraine right now pray for god that Ukraine can fight back

  • @Ejadedejong
    @Ejadedejong 2 года назад

    i respect the transport CEO so much

  • @rishvam4571
    @rishvam4571 2 года назад +3

    Notice the difference between treatment for Syrian refugees and Ukrainian refugees

    • @FedorFox
      @FedorFox 2 года назад +2

      germany was quite welcoming of syrian refugees, but unfortunately some refugees ruined their credibility and annihilated any trust that germans had in them.

    • @Joao_Pereira89
      @Joao_Pereira89 2 года назад

      Notice the difference between Europeans who with Ukraine side and middle east and african people, on Putin's side

  • @cookiesnmemes179
    @cookiesnmemes179 2 года назад

    Oleksandr is an absolute legend

  • @beastlye212
    @beastlye212 2 года назад +5

    So what makes these refugees better or different than any other why do they get the golden ticket

    • @Merugaf
      @Merugaf 2 года назад +1

      They are on our borders, that's how it works in all crises. Most Rohinyas are in neighbouring India and Bangladesh. Most Syrians are in countries surrounding Syria. Where else can Ukrainians go?

  • @thedetailingdoctor5746
    @thedetailingdoctor5746 2 года назад +2

    Respect to all those men staying to fight I wouldn’t have it in me

  • @kayra2444
    @kayra2444 2 года назад +3

    Easier than Iraq and Afghanistan!!

  • @ttv2637
    @ttv2637 2 года назад +1

    Мои родненькие Мартина Сабина🙏мои детеныши🙏без вас так тяжело!!! Но у вас должна быть лучшая жизнь! Пусть Бог вас бережёт ❤️❤️❤️🙏😓😓😓

  • @themeltedchocolate
    @themeltedchocolate 2 года назад +4

    "From here most travel to "Shemshyl"" welp I lol'd. You guys were doing so well with all these pronunciations until now.

  • @priyankak5912
    @priyankak5912 2 года назад +2

    The woman at 2.15 said her husband and boyfriend have stayed behind to fight. She accidentally spilled the beans

  • @lightaflamethrower8573
    @lightaflamethrower8573 2 года назад +17

    Anyone who wants a Polish perspective should watch the video Karolina Zebrowska did.

    • @KaterynaM_UA
      @KaterynaM_UA 2 года назад +1

      She is amazing!

    • @cutthroatcare
      @cutthroatcare 2 года назад +2

      I saw that one too!! I was so thankful she put links to donation spots, I'm a bit scared of trying to donate and accidentally falling for a scam.

  • @gusheredia
    @gusheredia 2 года назад +2

    How about we start using *km* as well as *miles*? For the international viewership...

  • @Steven-gg1bn
    @Steven-gg1bn 2 года назад +4

    The world has a responsibility to make sure Putin pays gravely for these atrocities....

  • @popakakukim6911
    @popakakukim6911 2 года назад

    1:18 on the photo you can see the bridge witch was the only available evacuation route from my city where i was living before the war has started

  • @enki1597
    @enki1597 2 года назад +9

    Man.. how come no one cared when Syria was being blown up? I cannot stop thinking about that. The fact that 4 years ago all of euro turn up there noses at Syrian people.. Makes me not feel for the people in the Ukraine at all.

    • @pasdpasse439
      @pasdpasse439 2 года назад +5

      Do you see the difference between a civil war and a full-scale invasion ? It's your right not to care about the people of Ukraine. It's also our right not to care about that situation then?

    • @enki1597
      @enki1597 2 года назад

      @@pasdpasse439 honest I don't see a difference. People of Syria still wanted to escape the war. Do you understand that? All I'm saying is when Shyt pops off and it happens to people of color the world just brushes it off. Happens to some white folks though then you go do everything you can to help.

    • @pasdpasse439
      @pasdpasse439 2 года назад +5

      @@enki1597 weren't syrians proposed political asylum in many european countries? Weren't they welcomed in Germany during the first wave? What changed is that after the arrival of Syrian men (beware, Ukrainian men cannot leave Ukraine), the criminality raised, it was dangerous to get outside for young women, because of the incompatibilities of Islam with the Western civilization, many conflicts were going on. What should have happened, is that a rich Arab country should have taken the refugees. Not the Europeans. The incompatibility of cultures is clear

    • @garveycampbell80
      @garveycampbell80 2 года назад +1

      @@pasdpasse439 I see you're point, but time is a factor, it's natural for people to lose empathy for you, after you display a lack of empathy for them. One causes the other, one is wrong, the other is justified and completely understandable.

  • @maleek1231
    @maleek1231 2 года назад +2

    Over 5 million also fled Syria

    • @lookash3048
      @lookash3048 2 года назад

      And they spoke about that but how we can see Middle Easterns are selfish and care only about themselves.