Diary from the Ukraine Border

The JewishPress.com has sent Hana Levi Julian to the Ukrainian border with a United Hatzalah mission, to report on the refugees, the Jewish aid efforts and the situation in Ukraine. This is the first report in a series of diary entries of was Hana is witnessing. 

United Hatzalah emergency medical personnel and other volunteers distributed kosher meals, snacks, cookies and candies to all the passengers in the flying Purim party.

Photos from inside a refugee camp in Kishinev, Moldova

A glimpse inside a Soviet-era style hotel.

After bringing her grandchildren to safety, one woman drove back to Ukraine, unwilling to leave her home and family in Odessa.

When it became clear we would reach Kishinev far too late to hear Megillah reading, Raphael Poch produced his kosher Megillah scroll and began the reading on the bus.

I saw Daniel. He was crying and hugging his mom.

Hana is at the border of Ukraine and Moldova

Hana hears first hand, stories from Ukrainian refugees.

A total of 101 refugees flew to Israel with United Hatzalah's Operation Orange Wings. Of those, 67 were holding Ukrainian passports.