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“Ambulance” diary for Ukraine. The first day. Distances / Article

The caravan was created by the “Freedom Sails” foundation. It is managed by Nika. She is from Kiev, but has been living in the Netherlands for the last few years. You have been living on the streets for the last few months. Collecting coins. Create columns from “fast”. Send them home. 107, 108, 109, 110. These are the serial numbers of the vehicles in this trainset. The third is driving in ours. So 109.

We meet in the early foggy morning at the hotel on the outskirts of Warsaw. Volunteers arrived here at midnight. You must leave early in the morning. There is little time. Although such convoys are usually given a green corridor at the border, the formalities are time consuming. But you need to get to the first Ukrainian city before dawn. It’s calmer. Nika constantly solicits motorists on the walkie-talkie. Column over Poland highways it drives at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour and its behavior is coordinated: the first car changes lane, the last car, not giving other cars a chance to squeeze in between. Then they go back to their lane one by one.

From generators to children’s toys, our yellow Volkswagen is laden with humanitarian aid. It has been operating for seven years in the suburbs of Amsterdam. Mileage – 240 thousand. Now I drive on Polish roads towards Ukraine. In a specific hospital. It was destroyed by bombing. Fierce battles took place over the city where this hospital is located.

The inscription on the side reads: “This car was acquired thanks to the support of 147 Latvian residents.” There is a border ahead.

I will report on the future.

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