Ukrainians in Egypt share dreadful moments of Russian invasion
Ukrainians in Egypt are doing what they can to help or support their families back in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Liliia Diduk was awakened at 7 a.m. on Feb. 24 by nonstop text messages from her friends telling her that Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered his forces to invade her country.
Diduk, who has lived in Cairo for the past eight years, could not have imagined that the tensions between the two countries, which have been ongoing for many years, would have reached the point of an invasion.
“We were sure that Putin would be afraid to invade Ukraine because then he would show the whole world his true face, but he did,” Diduk told Al-Monitor.
Diduk, who teaches English at a private school in Cairo, at first couldn't understand what was happening. “I was very afraid for my family. I immediately called my mother. She was talking very quietly, and she told me how they woke up to the sounds of Russian bombs attacking nearby. At the end of our call, she asked me to forgive her and said goodbye.”
