[Lupo] Baby blankets piled up at Warsaw station ... Solidarity built in the tragedy of war

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Bilmand (3 years old, right) and Romado (2 years old) who got on a train from Ukraine with their mother painted a picture on the wall in the waiting room for women and children at Warsaw Central Station in Poland on the evening of the 5th (local time). Posing in the background = Warsaw / Kim Hye Yoon Reporter

Warsaw Central Station in Poland is flooded with volunteers and refugees from Ukraine on the evening of the 5th (local time) = Warsaw / Kim Hye-yoon reporter

Refugees from Ukraine are lying on a futon at Warsaw Central Station in Poland on the evening of the 5th (local time) = Warsaw / Kim Hye-yoon reporter

Reporter No Ji Won, Kim Hye Yoon Going to the Ukrainian Border

At 9 pm on the 6th, the second floor of Warsaw Central Station, the capital of Poland. Medical staff rushed into the space surrounded by the glass wall. Six doctors / nurses and ministers laid a boy aged four or five on the floor. After pointing his foot over the heart, he put an oxygen saturation meter on the child's finger. The child's mother turned deep blue and shook her lips. Another woman by her picked up her daughter, which her mother was holding, in her place. How many minutes have passed? When her mother, who was in her tears, called out to her son, the child moved her head little by little as if she had finally returned to sanity. The mother woke her child up to drink water and sighed with relief. "I've just checked the condition of my sick child. I don't know if I've had a corona. It looks like it's okay. Medical staff who volunteered to volunteer are walking around the station building to check the health of the refugees. increase". The Polish volunteer Janus (39), who I met in the glass room, was finally relieved. Eleven days have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, but so far more than 787,300 Ukrainians have arrived in Poland. If this goes on, it is expected that the number will soon exceed 1 million. Due to the flood of refugees, three days ago, on the 3rd of this month, the central station building was set up with a small space (about 200 square meters) for women and children evacuated from Ukraine. We made sure that people who were shocked by the war could rest with peace of mind. Here mothers and children wait until someone who provides housing arrives. Find a place where you can stay within about 24 hours, although it can take a whole day or more at the longest. When a Polish citizen visits and suggests, "Mom and two children, please come to my house," a person who meets the conditions will follow. However, the space is small and as soon as people leave, another refugee comes in. War changed their lives in an instant, but at least there is "peace" in the glass room. Cribs were scattered around, and toys and colored pencils were lying on the floor. A few years old was buried in a pile of blankets and slept soundly. On one wall was a picture drawn by children with colored pencils. The children who stood in front of the picture laughed brightly at the camera without knowing anything. In one corner of the glass room, about 10 kinds of diapers brought by Polish citizens were piled up on the shelves. It was full of food and drink for children and mothers, including daily necessities such as wet wipes and toilet paper, milk, powdered milk and bread and preservative foods, candy and jellies, and fruits. Also, on one side, strollers and clothes for children were piled up like a tower. While the interviewers were looking around the glass room, another citizen brought a large shopping bag full of children's items. Janus, who was explaining the situation, sadly shook his head. "Very sad, very. This is the tragedy of the war. What more does Russia want? Nobody wants to fight Russia." Polish people who stop their jobs and help refugees. The relief supplies sent by the citizens were lined up for this purpose. Near the "temporary dining table" made by sticking several tables together, I smelled hot food. On the serving table, each box of bread wrapped in vinyl was placed, and next to it were water, coffee, drinks, biscuits, chocolate, and soup individually wrapped in plastic containers. There were also several boxes of fruits such as apples and oranges under the table. Polish citizens who stood on the serving table handed out steaming Polish food, pancakes and sausages. Women wearing down jumpers with yarn hats up to their ears, men carrying large bags, and parents pushing strollers put warm food on disposable plates, and scattered around looking for places to sit and put plates for a while. rice field. Anxious, sullen, relieved, and red-hot faces were mixed in the same place, filling my stomach. The space on the second floor of the central station was also filled with bags and plastic bags containing refugees and their belongings. A woman chewed her food, staring vaguely at the sky, and her family sitting next to her gathered and exchanged words. A girl in the lower grades of elementary school was spending time watching YouTube on her tablet, holding a gently curled gray cat beside her. Some refugees lay down on the floor with their feet wrapped in blankets and fell asleep, perhaps even with thick down jumpers to keep out the cold. A cot made of blankets and sleeping bags filled the wall. Some were lying alone with a blanket on their faces, while others were just sticking to their friends to warm their bodies. Some were sitting on cold iron benches with layers of mats and blankets, playing with their cell phones. Most of the refugees who stayed in the station building were waiting for transportation and whereabouts to move to other cities. From the first floor of the central station, I saw a group of nearly 20 people exiting the station. "There, Poles are coming and taking people," explained the volunteer next to him. "Polish people are helping refugees until they are absent from work. For example, hotel owners are closing down and offering vacant rooms to Ukrainians. Now it's more important to help each other than to earn. "Maybe it's Poland's turn after Ukraine?" "Where are you going? The bus to Germany will soon depart." A tall woman in a fluorescent waistcoat told the interviewers. I called out first. She was a Polish college student, Sabina (19). One of the roles of Sabina's volunteer team is to help minorities of non-Ukrainians (NonUkrainian), such as blacks and Middle Easterners, to facilitate transportation. The final destination for most non-Ukrainian refugees is Germany. 8 hours drive from Warsaw to Berlin. Sabina and her same-year-old friend Aura are helping a minority of refugees who may be discriminated against get on the bus. Volunteers will also give out kits so that refugees can have a corona test before boarding the bus to Germany. Until late at night, she asked why she volunteered so much, Sabina replied. "When the war first started, everyone was worried.'What the hell is going on after this?' Putin threatens everyone. I don't know what he will do. Maybe we'll be next. I thought it was the best I could do to help people in a helpless situation. "On Facebook on the 25th of last month, the day after the outbreak of the war. The established "Grupa transport-UA / PL" currently has 26,000 members. It is operated by writing and pairing with refugees who need transportation and Polish people who can provide car service. "Poland's largest transportation information group. Seven of us run this morning and evening without rest." The pride came to the faces of Mr. Sabina and Mr. Aura. Despite the warm welcome of the Polish citizens, the Ukrainians have no choice but to wait in the uncertain situation. Refugees are still waiting for the bus, waiting for their homes, and waiting for the end of the war. Warsaw / No Jiwon Reporter (Inquiries japan@hani.co.kr)