While the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) do not have a common view about the war in Ukraine and are just trying to at least agree on how to help refugees and war-expelled Ukrainians, the first refugees from this country have already arrived in our country. Specifically in Medjugorje.
It is officially known that there are 20 pilgrims from Ukraine in Medjugorje who found themselves there at the time of the attack on Ukraine. Information has emerged that a dozen families with children should arrive in the early hours, but it has not been officially confirmed.
‘Special connection between Medjugorje and Ukraine, we are ready to accept refugees’
Medjugorje is a place of prayer and peace. It is known that Medjugorje and Ukraine have always nurtured good relations and that Ukrainians often visited this city. There is information that, while fleeing the war, the first families from Ukraine arrived there.
“We came here yesterday. We plan to stay for a month. We met a lot of people who offered to help. We traveled for a few days. The parents and the rest of the family stayed in Ukraine. We are fine for now, we talk about our fears, feelings, and here we come because we think that only the prayer and strength of this place can help at this moment and that only that can turn things around in Vladimir Putin’s head so he could finally stop this madness, “ said yesterday Baldin Mykola, a refugee from Ukraine.
President of the Association of Hoteliers and Tourism of Medjugorje, Davor Ljubic explained that he offered colleagues and friends from Ukraine accommodation in hotels, boarding houses, and family houses: “For now we have no information about how many people could come. It is an act of an outstretched hand to a good man, a good pilgrim, as it has been all these 25 years, during which they visited Medjugorje. When it was difficult for us, they supported us. Now the situation is reversed and it is normal that we will give them a hand and help if we can. “
He added that people in BiH can start collecting things that Ukrainians need most at the moment: “Medical help, warm clothes, shoes, there is unbearable cold in that area, the temperature drops below 0. These are things that may be much more necessary than what we offered for Medjugorje. The Red Cross of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton got involved in such a way that we have a partner in them when we need anything and we expect that from all other institutions. Institutions have to do their part because we don’t know how long this can take. ”
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Source: Federalna
