A Russian citizen who years ago left her home country in opposition to Vladimir Putin’s government has been forced to flee again—this time from her adopted home of Kyiv.
ABC News' Phil Lipof speaks to families facing displacement and uncertainty. Some refugees will now call a Polish forest center home for the foreseeable future.BUDAPEST, Hungary -- To Olena, it feels like Vladimir Putin has been chasing her for years.
“It looks like I’m a double refugee now because first I fled from Russia because I was against Putin,” said Olena, who spoke on condition that she be identified only by her first name for fear of reprisals against her or her family. “I fled from Russia, and then Russia came to Ukraine.” She moved to Ukraine, she said, because she was inspired by the Maidan revolution of 2014, when sustained protests forced the ouster of Ukraine’s Moscow-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych.But now, Ukraine was no longer an option, either — for her or for the hundreds of other refugees who boarded the train for the five-hour journey from the border to Budapest. Dozens of volunteers greeted them, offering food, transportation and accommodation.
“I understand their reasons, because they are afraid that Russians will use this money to fight. But I’m just a civilian. I just lost all my income, I lost all my source of money, and I lost my bank account, just because of this Russian passport,” she said.
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