On the roads of the Czech Republic
The border between Austria and the Czech Republic. Humanitarian convoys not exempt from purchasing the Vignette to travel on the motorways.
Nicola traveling from Mantua to Krakow with a camper full of other help. There is also pet food. We take everything ourselves so they can go straight to Krakow
Father Frank. Traveling to Ukraine with a humanitarian convoy
A stop on the highway. Gianni does stretching to relieve fatigue.
A little girl cuddles a puppy in a service area in Poland near the Ukrainian border. The war seems far away but trucks carrying humanitarian aid remind us that she is close.
Gianni, Fulvio and Martino in the morning snow in Dębica.
On the Polish roads in the snow
The signs for the border with Ukraine
Medika - The Polish-Ukrainian border Medika
A Border Police guard in Medika
A Polish volunteer. Behind him the border with Ukraine.
Medika. Polish-Ukrainian border Medika .
Medika. Polish-Ukrainian border Medika .
A Polish border guard helps a Ukrainian refugee. Behind a CNN correspondent
Volunteer cooks hot meals for those who cross the border .
Medika. Polish-Ukrainian border
A volunteer from the NGO Baby Milk Truck offering assistance for mothers with babies.
In our van waiting at the Przemysl shopping center.
Entrance to the reception center set up in a shopping center in Przemysl
Volunteers sort the aid that arrives at the Przemysl shopping center with the various convoys.
Gianni helps a young Ukrainian mother who is looking for a bus with which to go away from the reception center in Przemyśl.
Ukrainian refugees waiting to get on a bus that will take them to Italy
A young Ukraine on the phone to coordinate with those who have to recover it who are waiting for her to continue the journey to Europe far from bombs.
Refugees waiting for a bus to pick them up to go to European destinations.
A refugee with a little girl reaches a bus to leave the center of Przemysl
Young people waiting at the Przemyśl reception center
Volunteers offer a lift to those who need to reach the Czech Republic
A child in the parking lot of the refugee reception center in the Przemyśl shopping center
Ukrainian refugee
Hall 13 of the Przemysl reception center
Gianni registered as a driver with the humanitarian aid coordination of the former shopping center in Przemysl
Martino and Gianni unload the aid we brought from Italy to the collection center of the shopping center in Przemysl
Hall 13 of the Przemysl reception center
Andrea and Fulvio with an operator of the Italian Civil Protection
Italian civil protection operators coordinate refugees leaving to Italy
Il Centro raccolta di aiuti al centro commerciale di Przemysl
We unload the aid we brought from Italy to the Przemysl shopping center collection center
Inna and Misha Inna speaks Italian. You attended San Benedetto del Tronto because a friend lives there. You adore Italy and have studied the language. Misha. The son is fourteen. He doesn't speak Italian. He will have to learn it. They come from Kharkov or Charkiv, a city as big as Milan. 1,500,000 inhabitants, the former capital of Ukraine before Kiev, a large industrial center and the second largest city in the country. Today it has been almost totally destroyed by Russian missiles.
German volunteers waiting to unload aid at the Przemysl shopping center.
The Ukrainian refugees that we will take to Italy are heading towards our vans.
Inna and Julia.
Vera. She lived near Kiev. In one of the satellite towns. She accompanied her husband who then went back to take care of the elderly father unable to face the journey. . We will leave her in Verona in the arms of her daughter Elena, wife of an Italian and majoring in international law.
Inna and Misha Inna speaks Italian. You attended San Benedetto del Tronto because a friend lives there. You adore Italy and have studied the language. Misha. The son is fourteen. He doesn't speak Italian. He will have to learn it. They come from Kharkov or Charkiv, a city as big as Milan. 1,500,000 inhabitants, the former capital of Ukraine before Kiev, a large industrial center and the second largest city in the country. Today it has been almost totally destroyed by Russian missiles.
Vera. She lived near Kiev. In one of the satellite towns. She accompanied her husband who then went back to take care of the elderly father unable to face the journey. . We will leave her in Verona in the arms of her daughter Elena, wife of an Italian and majoring in international law.
A stop on the motorway
Vera. She lived near Kiev. In one of the satellite towns. She accompanied her husband who then went back to take care of the elderly father unable to face the journey. . We will leave her in Verona in the arms of her daughter Elena, wife of an Italian and majoring in international law
Inna
Lyubov is devastated by the long journey
Gianni despite being a sportsman is very tired. The journey was long and it's not over yet.
Julia and little Andrea. Exhausted but now in Italy.
Andrea is safe in Italy now
Varese. Julia and Andrea finally in Italy at the home of Olga, Julia's aunt . Varese.
Misha is still asleep after the long journey that brought him to Italy
Lyubov, Julia and little Andrea on their way to their destinations in Italy.
Verona. Forecourt of the Porta Nuova station. Gianni and Vera hugging each other in a moving embrace. Vera doesn't stop thanking us.
Verona. Appointment at the square of the Porta Nuova station. Vera finally meets her daughter Elena
Verona. Forecourt of the Porta Nuova station. Vera leaves with her daughter. She is waiting for some peace of mind even though her husband is still in Ukraine.
