Support for Klepikovskaya Family

I bought a painting from Galina, a refugee from Ukraine. We spoke and realized that she is a friend of my sister's best friend. World is a small place. Here is her story:

There are two families in the photo:

- I, Galina Klepikovskaya, with my son Leo and my daughter Lara, 

- my sister, Alena Kirillovich, with her daughter Katya. 

I lived with my children not far from Zhytomyr, in a military town, one kilometer away from a military airfield. Alena lived in Zhytomyr.  Early in the morning of February 24th, at 4.50 AM I woke up to powerful explosions.  The war began. I quickly gathered the children and we hid in the basement.  An hour later we got into the car and drove to a nearby village.

All the time sirens howled, shelling continued, while enemy planes bombed the airfield.  On February 26th, early in the morning, at 6.00 AM we decided to leave.  My parents stayed there, so did Alena's son, her mother and husband. 

As soon as we left our village, the military compounds were heavily bombed again.  

We travelled for 4 days.  We changed behind steering wheel, spent the night in Transcarpathia.  We stood at the border for 18 hours.  In total, I spent 52 hours behind the wheel.

Now we are safe in Kraków, Poland. We are looking for work, children go to school and kindergarten.  We are hosted by friends, we are trying very hard to find a job to pay for our own housing, and to have the opportunity for children to professionally play sports (chess and triathlon) here in Poland. In Ukraine, my daughter Larisa was a chess player, and Katya was a triathlete.

Feel free to contact me via LinkedIn should you have any questions or comments:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/liskrzysztof

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