Updates on the current situation and…

Updates on the current situation and humanitarian efforts of the Claretians in Ukraine

 

Truskavets, Ukraine. Once again, the Provincial of Poland, Fr. Piotr Bęza, CMF, provides an update on the situation in Ukraine and the involvement of the Claretian Missionaries in the humanitarian mission. The data comes from the two zones of Truskavets (Ukraine) and Boryslav (Poland) where the Claretians are present and where the collaborators are carrying out all these humanitarian efforts.

First, we have the news from Fr. Wojciech Kobyliński CMF, Superior of the Claretian community of Truskavets:

Dear Brothers and Sisters

First of all, I would like to thank you very much, on my behalf and on behalf of my confreres, for your support, both material and, above all, spiritual.

Let me start by saying that we live in one of the safest areas of the country today. It is a resort at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains, near the Polish border, 80 km south of Lviv. So far we have not seen any “liberating” Russian soldiers (and it would be better if it stayed that way!). For this reason – for security – people from war zones (especially from Kiev) have been coming to Truskavets lately, and our city is under siege (it is difficult to drive through it) and new refugees are arriving all the time. Rich refugees live in overcrowded hotels, sanatoriums and boarding schools, while the poor and those who arrived later camp in schools: in halls and corridors (last night it was -15°C). Often, these people have fled their homes in a hurry and have only taken as much stuff as they could fit in a suitcase. Stores are functioning, but the prices of goods are starting to rise rapidly.

 

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