Poland has welcomed its Ukrainian neighbors fleeing over the mountains from the Russian invasion.
Over the past three days, Polish volunteers working along with the national railways department have restored them as the country frantically seeks new humanitarian corridors to facilitate the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, many of whom are now waiting in days-long lines at Poland’s borders.
Across Poland’s southeast, locals have organized the distribution of donations, food and offered their homes to the flood of Ukrainians who are confronting an undefined period of displacement often with nothing but a suitcase.The ad hoc response has blurred the line between civilian and government, and Poland’s infamous bureaucracy has momentarily receded as the government enlists volunteers to mobilize humanitarian efforts.
The refurbished tracks run through the Carpathians, an arc of wooded hills dotted with ski resorts that runs from Poland through Ukraine to Romania. Many fleeing Ukrainians have chosen to travel through the mountains to the border, seeing it as a safer option than going through the cities and towns along main roads that might come under attack.The Polish Carpathians, despite being a tourist destination, are also a place of trailer parks, rundown towns and relative poverty.
“My company’s got no drivers because they were all Ukrainian and they’ve gone to fight,” he said. “They’ll do what they have to and we’ll do what we have to.”
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