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You are focusing on the wrong things. You need to leave immediately (and take your family if you can). If you can't leave the country try going nearby the Polish border.

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I agree, it's better to be closer to the Polish border. That's why I wrote that I need funds to be able to take any action. The last time such a move cost me over $10k and I also volunteered to help my family and others.

No such a move only costs a few hundred dollars at most and maybe free if you are willing to rough it up with the truck drivers. The situation can only be complicated by immediate family members but still it's only a car rental or convincing somebody with a car to drive you there.

And what’s next? Sleep on the street? Rent is expensive, I’ve already tried and it’s impossible without any income.

Sure, thanks for the advice, but I’ll need to work, not just travel. I need the same big monitor for work, a good chair, and usually these things aren’t available, so I end up working in terrible conditions.

I am not saying it's a solution to your housing but a solution not to get hurt or potentially "killed". I don't have a solution to any of them. I am just saying if you really believe your life/safety is at risk, you should move now regardless.

Sure, thanks for your concern. The war started back in 2014 and at that time I didn’t even know what to do. Now, I have some experience which I’m sharing.

i don't understand why people are telling people to leave ukraine. if that's the stance, then why not just let russia have it. If everyone left, then there's no war to be had?

Not everyone is fit to be a fighter.

It's easy to be a hero behind a keyboard.

Can you imagine being down voted for trying to save his life? Wealthy and fat SWE's want him to risk his life for virtue or something.

I think my text is disliked by the aggressors, while other good people simply don't see it. I think I'll write a book when all of this is over.

It's... not that easy. And if he fails at it, he risks a lot - most likely getting thrown into army as a deserter and most likely sent to the equivalent of penal units.

(EDIT: Unless they're a woman/nb, in which case yeah - please try to do so because it will be way easier for you)

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