How a mother and her nine-month-old escaped Ukraine’s ‘life or death situation’
A Gold Coast man has travelled to the fringe of the Ukraine-Russia war on an incredible rescue mission.
Speaking to Neil Breen from Poland’s capital city, Warsaw, Jason Marrable said he travelled across the globe to help save his sister-in-law.
He said Iryna and her nine-month-old son Maxim were forced to undergo a harrowing journey to escape the war and return to the arms of family.
They had been taking shelter in an underground train station in Kyiv after Russia launched a full-scale invasion on Ukraine.
“It was really a life or death situation for them,” Mr Marrable said. “We needed to get Iryna and Maxim out of Ukraine.”
The family planned that Iryna and Maxim would make the 800-kilometre journey to Warsaw, where she could be reunited with her brother-in-law.
“It was a harrowing trip for those guys, having to sleep in the woods, having to beg for food.”
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