Right now most of them in the areas affected by the Russian invasion is trying to flee to what seems to be safer places.
Rabbi Shaul Howoritz from Vinnitsa which is in West/Central Ukraine has absorbed a few bus-loads of people and placed them in his own home occupying all rooms including the bathroom!
Trains have 5 or more hour delays. Busses charge thousands of dollars a journey and there are high-security costs on top.
Rabbi Moshe Fhima of Pinsk, Belarus, ( originally from Manchester, UK ) arranged for 180 people to be brought to Belarus and some to neighbouring Moldova. The cost of the travel alone has already reached $100,000 and the communities do not have the means to expend these funds.
The expressions on the faces of the children and the young parents arriving, are one of abject fear!
The perils of the journey include road blocks, uncertainty, Russian vehicles and aircraft who can attack civilians indiscriminately. This situation is unlike anything we have seen in recent history and it is Pikuach Nefesh in the real sense of the word!
