TREVISO AND escaped from the war and is to reach grandmotherNurse in a provincial town como. Vira, 15 years oldfrom Zabolotiv, arrived in Italy three days ago and is guest at the time of a family of Zero Branco; where my grandmother worked until recently. The day the war began a bomb It exploded fifteen kilometers from his home. It is a panic who has never known before has taken possession of her: Bombs, planes, sirens and not understand what could have happened.
But Vira that is home he left his father (who, like all men between the ages of eighteen and sixtyfive, cannot leave Ukraine), Mom and a little brother Four years old she ran away from the cruelty of war, but also from it brutality of Russian soldiers. That occupy houses and villages. Is this They rape girls. “Above all in Mariupol, they occupy houses, they steal, they kill civilians. Even worse: They rape girls. In the meantime the city has been completely destroyed”.
Has this happened to anyone you know?
A friend of mine was fleeing her hometown near Kyiv with her family when the Russians invaded nearby hamlets. Some of her schoolmates were subjected to violence and because of this her parents decided to leave immediately. However, they could not take their elderly grandmother with them. Shortly thereafter, her home was squatted and they still have no word from her.
Have other friends and classmates fled from you?
My closest friends stayed there. Instead, my companions left as I did.
Can you hear yourself on your phone?
We also offer remote classes on mobile phones. School didn’t stop. I’m in first grade at a high school similar to your classic.
Why didn’t your parents and brother go away too?
Father, who is forty, cannot leave the country because he could be called up for war. On the contrary, he wanted to commit himself; Mom has managed to stop him so far. Mom doesn’t want to leave him alone. They wanted to save me from what is happening to my colleagues.
What is dad’s job?
He’s a real estate agent. At least until the call to arms arrives. At this point he will not be able to escape.
And you Vira? Do you want to stay here in Italy with your grandmother?
No, I want to return to my country as soon as possible: we have to rebuild it within Europe.
And what do you ask of the Europeans, of us Italians?
To keep helping us. Above all, to believe in the victory of Ukraine.
What can you tell us about Vladimir Putin?
Which is more evil than crazy