A Ukrainian-American woman's family were forced to flee to Russia. She smuggled them to Poland

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A Ukrainian-American woman's family were forced to flee to Russia. She smuggled them to Poland
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Mila Turchyn walks into a McDonald's parking lot near the Poland-Ukraine border. She is anxious. She doesn't trust the man she is about to meet. He is a smuggler.

Turchyn found the man via a messaging app a few days ago, advertising transport services for Ukrainians stranded in Russia. They made a deal-- $500 to drive Turchyn's mom and sister from Moscow to Przemysl, Poland. It's more than most families fleeing war can afford.She is wondering if it worked.Turchyn turns and suddenly finds herself in her sister's arms. There is a brief moment of joy, but no time to hug her mom. The smuggler wants to be paid now. He extorts her for more cash.

Unable to help her loved ones, Turchyn decided to help others and traveled to the Poland-Ukraine border, where millions of refugees were crossing into safety.​"I came to Poland to take that energy and convert it into something," she says."Because crying and being depressed and just sitting at home -- nothing was going to change.

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