168 Ukrainian refugees depart Poland in chartered flight to St. John’s in culmination of weeks of work by a team of officials in Warsaw
Olga Antoniuk knows nothing about Newfoundland and Labrador, but she can’t wait to get there and leave the war in Ukraine far behind.
“We dream about a child but we can’t do that right now in Ukraine. I have, everyday, stress. Big stress. And it’s not normal. You think just about this war,” Ms. Antoniuk said while waiting at an airport hotel Monday morning for a bus to the terminal. “I think that in Canada we can start a new life, a really new life.”
Many of the Ukrainians who flew out on Monday already had big plans for their future in Newfoundland. He’s worried about his parents, who live near Irpin, the scene of some of the worst combat. “At 5 a.m. on Feb 24, my mom called me and said the war had begun. You cannot be preparing for such information,” he said Monday as he waited for the airport bus. “Everyday I’m afraid they won’t call.”The flight to Canada was also something of a dream come true for Mr. Firsikov. “When I was 10 years old, my mom asked me ‘What do you wish?’,” he recalled. “And I said, I want to live in Toronto.
“I’m so nervous actually,” he said. “It was never on my mind that I would be going to Canada. I hope I’ll be able to give back and be grateful for this opportunity that I’ve been given.” Natalia Semenets and her 16-year-old son, Serhii, share some final words before Serhii leaves Poland and begins the journey to Newfoundland.
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