For a year and a half Galina Artyomenko had been raising funds to help refugees from Ukraine after the Kremlin
Then in July the 58-year-old resident of Saint Petersburg in northwestern Russia discovered that one of her bank cards as well as those of two other volunteers had been blocked.
Like other volunteers helping Ukrainians, Artyomenko is careful not to express an opinion on the ongoing conflict as even humanitarian operations can sometimes be viewed with suspicion in Russia. “But they prefer not to talk about it, for security reasons,” she said. “Even if no law prohibits helping people who have fallen into misfortune.”
“We cannot stand idly by, we must help those who are in a worse situation than us and who are suffering,” said Lyudmila.– Millions of refugees – Moscow has denied the charge, insisting that the Ukrainians arrived voluntarily or were evacuated to safety.Solidarity networks helping refugees such as the one involving Artyomenko have been operating in Russia since the start of the offensive in 2022.
Then Artyomenko went to buy a pair of glasses for a woman from the eastern Ukrainian town of Bakhmut, which Moscow captured in the spring.
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