With a constant trickle, the Ukrainian refugees continue their arrival in Asturias, escaping the horror of the war in their country. If the Katrechko arrived yesterday, a family with three minor children, today another nine people have arrived in Gijón escaping from the conflict. They are: Maria Tyshchenko and her mother, Oksana; Yroslava Pavloska, Elías Zhytnyk, and Maria, Arseny, Yakov, Olena and Igor Pavlovska. They escaped from Kiev, shortly after the conflict began. And they traveled from Romania, through Hungary, Slovenia, Italy and France until arriving in Asturias this afternoon. They arrived at Extremadura Street, in Gijón, the headquarters of Expoaccion. This entity organized summer exchanges with Ukrainian children in Asturias. Now he is in charge of helping as much as possible to escape families who are drawn into the conflict. “We decided to leave when we heard the bombing,” they said as soon as they got out of the car.
“We have Russian friends who are also in shock,” they added. They arrived after six in the afternoon and after collecting materials, they headed for Oviedo. There they will stay at the Ovida center until a place to stay can be found for them. They hope that the conflict will end soon and that they will eventually be able to return to Ukraine. It is expected that in the next few hours several refugees will continue to arrive in Asturias. Some of them are already in Madrid, coming from Bucharest. His arrival is expected tomorrow. His life has changed forever. This is how those who arrived today explained it. “The day before we were making plans. Thinking about the holidays,” they settled.