SAINT PETERSBURG: For a year and a half Galina Artyomenko had been raising funds to help refugees from Ukraine after the Kremlin sent troops to the pr...
UN figures suggest nearly 1.3 million refugees from Ukraine are in Russia, though Moscow says the figure is far higher. AFPPIX: For a year and a half Galina Artyomenko had been raising funds to help refugees from Ukraine after the Kremlin sent troops to the pro-Western country.
After President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine last year, the authorities ramped up a crackdown on dissent, with those criticising the assault facing long prison terms. She regularly welcomes Ukrainians arriving in Saint Petersburg by train, helping them find accommodation, work, or arrange for their onward travel to the European Union from Russia.“But they prefer not to talk about it, for security reasons,“ she said. “Even if no law prohibits helping people who have fallen into misfortune.”
“We cannot stand idly by, we must help those who are in a worse situation than us and who are suffering,“ said Lyudmila.Millions of refugees Moscow has denied the charge, insisting that the Ukrainians arrived voluntarily or were evacuated to safety.Solidarity networks helping refugees such as the one involving Artyomenko have been operating in Russia since the start of the offensive in 2022.
Then Artyomenko went to buy a pair of glasses for a woman from the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, which Moscow captured in the spring.
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