Despite diplomatic efforts to halt the heavy fighting between Russia and Ukraine, many cities in the country were bombed today (Monday) as well, and Russian forces advanced towards the capital, Kyiv. According to a report by the American channel ‘CNN’, the Kharkiv city council said that in the last shelling in its territory a woman was killed and 31 people were crushed, 16 of them civilians. Rabbi Moshe Moskowitz Serving as head of the Chabad House in Kharkov, he talked about the difficult situation in the city of Am Ben Mercury And Professor Aryeh Eldad In their program on 103 fm.
In his opening remarks, he said: “Today was a very difficult day. From the beginning it was difficult enough but today it started right in the city and there are explosions, shelling and people suffering. There are some dead and many victims. I do not know about casualties among community members With people to get help. “
He said yesterday it was not possible to leave the houses: “In the middle of the city near the synagogue there was a Russian tank and the Ukrainians watched it. During these hours we tried to be in touch with a lot of people and send food. “Planes are flying over the city and we just hope it gets better.”
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He added: “The reports are very contradictory, but there was a tank near the synagogue and it is a real report. It is said that the tanks were here from Sunday, and the Ukrainians took them out but today everything is different. Missiles and bombs are fired, the artillery is strong. “The supermarket has a huge number of people trying to go in to buy food, this is a huge problem, we have food and we give food to everyone, Jews and non-Jews, but we are also very limited and every day the problem gets bigger.”
Asked whether the difficult war would encourage immigration from Ukraine to Israel, Rabbi Moshkovitz replied: “I believe that all Jews in Ukraine always know they can immigrate to Israel, but after that I think many more Jews from here will immigrate, they were always afraid that in Israel it is dangerous The problem is that it is not so fast, there is a spotty problem now and we have to think about the local Jews in Ukraine. It is a process that takes time. “But this is the future, that the Jews from here will immigrate and live in peace in the Land of Israel.”
Assisted in the preparation of the article: Michal Kadosh, 103fm