A few canned meats and bread: that’s all that Mariana Berdan and her family have with them when they flee Ukraine. After three days of driving, with two adults and two young children in the backseat, they find shelter in Oostkamp. Without the 85-year-old grandmother. “There was not enough room in the car. We had to choose”, Mariana sobs. Her husband is also left behind. To serve his country. “Glory to Ukraine and all our heroes”, writes Yaroslag (9) on the bedroom door. Not even a child escapes the terrible reality.
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A day on the trail of a Ukrainian family on the run and ‘stranded’ in Oostkamp: “I had to choose between my disabled sister and 85-year-old grandmother. Terrible”
