“My family is in a state of panic. Everyone is terrified”, says Elena Svyeshikova, a Ukrainian woman who has lived in Lanzarote for almost 15 years and is closely following the latest news coming from her country. Her relatives reside in Lviv, a city located in western Ukraine, about 70 kilometers from the border with Poland.
Diplomats are taking refuge in Lviv these days to try to stay safe from the invasion, and NATO has also moved part of its staff from the Kiev office there.
“The closest bombing occurred about 200 kilometers from Lviv,” says Elena with concern, who has several of her cousins living there. "Although the bombs are not heard in Lviv, the panic is so great that the stores are full of people buying food and taking things out of the businesses running, putting gasoline in the cars..."
Read the full story in La Provincia
