Russian-Ukrainian war: 40 Italians in Kherson
“Probably there Farnesina he will already be doing it, but I would like to ask who can get in touch with the Russians to negotiate a humanitarian corridor to get us out of here, we don’t want this war, most of the people here, don’t want this war. Those who want to fight do so but those who do not want the war to be free to go away. Please let us out. ”Talking is Giovanni Bruno, 35, a young man from Pozzallo, married to a woman Ukraine 33 years old, and father of a 22 month old girl. He had gone to Kherson to visit his wife’s relatives. And there he stayed, “Prisoner“of the war. He is a seafarer.” When I board, my wife goes back to her parents. This time we all came to Kherson together; her intention was to accompany her and I would then return to Italy for boarding; we never expected to face a similar situation “.
Ukraine, Kherson under Russian control
There city is under the control ofRussian army. “The Russians do not let anyone in and out of the city that is surrounded. We are not ill but the supermarkets are totally empty. My wife has run out of medicines for her thyroid and in Pharmacy they do not arrive. All closed, nothing goes in and out. We are trying to leave in any way but so far we have not succeeded. “
Ukraine, Italians trapped in Kherson: “The only way to take us away from here is to talk to the Russians”
They wait, day after day, for something to move, they tried to get out of the city, they were made to go back. “Here the situation deteriorated already in the afternoon of the first day. We were unable to get out of the city. The only way to get us out of here is to talk to the Russians – says Giovanni – as did Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Vietnam., as far as we know, and as Russian sources say, also the United States. If the Farnesina fails to negotiate with Russia for the humanitarian corridors, we will never be able to get out of here alive. “crisis unit of the Farnesina there are and the Italians await news day after day. “We are in contact with the crisis unit of the Farnesina; they have created a group of Italians a Kherson, there are about forty Italians, spouses, children who want to escape but still the situation is not unblocked. The way out, and in this they are right, is full of fighting between Russians and Ukrainians but they don’t tell us where the situation is, whether or not they are bargaining with the Russians. “Long and agonizing days.” Every day as soon as we get there. we wake up we go out to look for food. Every now and then something fresh comes along, there are truck they sell potatoes, onionsand then we close ourselves inside the house, always paying attention. “The mother of a Ukrainian woman married to an Italian is very ill, she is a serious cancer patient, the rest of the small Italian community experiences the same anxieties as Giovanni and his family. which are also multiplied by the idea of leave to Ukraine part of the family who, due to the “martial law that exists here, will not be able to leave the country. My father-in-law is less than 60 years old. They won’t let him leave from here. Help us. Who can take action along the humanitarian corridors, let us leave here”.
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