7:26 am: Syrian opponents mobilize to help Ukrainians
Armed with solid experience acquired during the war in their country where Russian forces intervened, Syrian opponents are mobilizing to help Ukrainians treat the wounded, help refugees or prepare for possible chemical attacks.
Syrian opponents, who like the Ukrainians expect Russian forces to be held accountable for these devastating interventions, believe that a special “bond” has been forged with them.
“Given our experience in Syria, we are probably among the best able to understand the pain of the Ukrainian people,” said Raed al-Saleh, leader of the White Helmets, rescue workers engaged in Syrian rebel areas. Time and space have changed but the victims are the same, the civilians, and the assassin is the same, the Russian regime. »
Faced with violence in Ukraine, a group of associations created the Syria-Ukraine Network (SUN) which helps Syrian doctors to go to Ukraine to treat the wounded, explains to AFP the coordinator, Olga Lautman, a Ukrainian.