APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE HEARING
MORE STORIES FROM THE
FRONTLINES OF UKRAINE THIS
MORNING AS THOUSANDS OF
RESIDENTS TRY AND FLEE TO
COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE
AND THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
CONTINUES TO UNFOLD IN REFUGEE
CENTERS NEAR THE BORDERS.
>> OF UKRAINE, BUT REGULAR
CITIZENS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD ARE STEPPING UP
TO HELP OUT IN ANY WAY THEY
CAN. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS TO
ALJAMAIN STAR SENIOR FELLOW AT
THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL'S EURASIA
CENTER TRACTION JOINED US 2
WEEKS AGO. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER
FROM KIEV AS THE INVASION WAS
JUST GETTING STARTED IN
UKRAINE DRIVING IN HIS CAR
WITH HIS FRIEND. HE WAS
SIGNING UP TO FIGHT. ANDRE, I
BELIEVE HIS NAME HAS BEEN
HELPING PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE
COUNTRY. AND NOW TODAY HE'S
NEAR THE BORDER AND USE GORE
AD TECH TO OUT. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR BEING WITH US AGAIN
TODAY. WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT
YOU JUST TRAVELED ALL THE WAY
TO LOVIE. THAT'S THAT FAR
WESTERN CITY TO HELP UKRAINIAN
WOMAN LEAVE THE COUNTRY SO SHE
COULD GET MEDICAL TREATMENT IN
LITHUANIA. TELL US ABOUT THE
JOURNEY. TELL US ABOUT WHAT
YOU ENCOUNTERED ON THE WAY OUT
OF THE AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO
HELP HER OUT.
>> THANK VERY MUCH FOR HAVING
ME. SO FIRST OF THE FIRST
ARENA. AND WE AS FOR HER AND
HER FAMILY. TO ME THAT WHERE A
BUS BOUND FOR THAT. THE WAY I
WAS SET TO TAKE THEM AND
DOZENS OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THE
COUNTRY. AND SO WHAT IS THAT
JOURNEY LIKE. WELL, GETTING
FROM HERE TO GENERALLY
SPEAKING, IF YOU'RE GOING TO
TRAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD TAKE
ABOUT 6 OR 7 HOURS. BUT ON THE
IN GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND
THE DOZENS OF CHECKPOINTS
ROUGHLY ABOUT 30 OF THEM THAT
YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOUR
WAY THERE MAKES THAT TRIP MORE
LIKE A DAY AND A HALF.
>> SO WHAT WE SAW CYRUS
CONSTANTLY GOING OFF AND NOT
KNOWING EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT
TO STAY BECAUSE IT'S NOT A
MATTER OF MONEY IT'S A GAINED.
YOU FIGHT CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE
WHO ARE WILLING TO OPEN UP
THERE, YOU KNOW, TO TO HAVE
GOOD HEARTS OPENING UP TO TO
GIVE YOU A ROOM IN OUR CASE IT
POINT WAS TURNOVER, WHICH IS 2
HOURS OUTSIDE OF THE V. AND SO
THIS FAMILY, FORTUNATELY HAD
AN ENTIRE APARTMENT TO HOLD
MYSELF ANDRE AND ANDREEN THIS
ENTIRE FAMILY. AND SO WELL, IT
REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT RIGHT
NOW TO GET YOU TO TO BASICALLY
TAKE REFUGEES FROM HERE FROM
THESE HOT TOYS TO THE BORDER
ARE OPEN A LOT OF LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE, A LOT OF LOCAL
LANGUAGE AND JUST GOODWILL
BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET THE OUT
OF THESE HOT ZONES. YOU STILL
HAVE A VERY CHALLENGING ROLE
HERE. AND IT'S ALL BASED ON
CONTEXT IN A GOODWILL.
>> GOODNESS FOR THOSE HELPERS
ALL ALONG THE WAY. DROLL, I
MEAN, OVER THE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS. TELL US ABOUT ANY OF
THE PEOPLE WHO YOU'VE MET, WHO
JUST REALLY STAND OUT SOME OF
THE STORIES THAT REALLY AND
INSPIRED OVER THE LAST COUPLE
WEEKS.
>> WELL, IT STARTS OFF WITH
ANDREA. AND BY THE WAY, A
WORKING JOURNALIST MYSELF. SO
IN ADDITION TO COVERING THIS I
WORE THIS DOES RUSSIA WAGE WAR
AGAINST UKRAINE. I'M ALSO
DECIDED THAT I'M GOING TO WING
IT TO INVOLVE MYSELF IN THE
HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS MOVING
PEOPLE OUT. WHAT YOU SEE IS A
COUNTRY THAT HAS DECIDED TO
UNITE AGAINST RUSSIAN
AGGRESSION. WHEREBY THEY SAY
THAT EXCUSE ME, WE'RE NOT
GOING TO GET OUT. I NEED COME
TO IS ANDRE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE
OF THAT. AT FIRST HE STARTED
OFF A MEMBER OF THE TERRITORIO
DEFENSE UNITS ONCE HE REALIZED
THAT HIS ROLE THERE WAS NOT AS
EFFECTIVE AS HE COULD DAYS. IT
COULD HAVE BEEN HE MOVED INTO
A MINUTE, YOU KNOW, FROM
HOLDING A COLLISSION A CALL TO
ESCORTING PEOPLE. YOU DRIVING
HOURS HOURS NONSTOP FROM KIEV
TO ONE PART OF THE COUNTRY.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A VERY TAXING
BAY, ONE PART OF THIS THAT
PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS
THAT. YOU COULD USUALLY GO TO
FROM HERE TO LET'S SAY YOU
ARRIVE OR LEAVE THE WITH ONE
OF GAS BECAUSE OF THE
CHECKPOINTS IN THAT YOU HAVE
THE I O 4 HOURS WENT IN. YOU
MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH 3 OF 4
TANKS OF GAS. TRIP THAT WERE
HERE. THEY WERE REQUIRED. WHAT
IS EXPENSIVE. AND SO YOU HAVE
PEOPLE LIKE ANDRE, WE'RE NOT
WE'RE YOUR WORK ON OUT THEIR
WAY TO ASSIST THE PRIME
EXAMPLE OF THAT. SOMEBODY WHO
TOOK HIS OWN FAMILY TO POLAND
FOR SAFETY. BUT HE STAY BEYOND
WHAT HE HAD TO STAY BEHIND
BECAUSE HE'S A MAN AND IF
YOU'RE BETWEEN THE AGES OF
1860 UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT LET YOU CROSS THAT BORDER
AND SO WHILE HE IS THERE, HE'S
MAKING APPLE USE OF HIS
ABSOLUTELY. I WAS ACTUALLY
GOING TO ASK YOU FOR AN UPDATE
ON HIM. SO THAT'S SO GREAT TO
HEAR TOMORROW.
>> THAT THAT HE'S SAFE
THROUGHOUT. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN
NOW. I MEAN, DO INTEND TO KEEP
ON HELPING PEOPLE MOVE OUT OF
THE COUNTRY AS THINGS START TO
DETERIORATE THERE. WHAT'S
NEXT?
>> YES. SO I'M GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE HERE AND
UKRAINE. I AM GOING ASSIST AS
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
LOGISTICALLY TO GET FROM
WHATEVER POINT TO THE OTHER,
PARTICULARLY THOSE WERE IN SUE
ME. I'M DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT
THEM. AFRICAN STUDENTS, THE
OR, YOU KNOW, THE INDIANS TO
CORE STUDENTS WERE DEFINITELY
FOCUS ON ONE HELPING THEM
LOGISTICALLY TO GET FROM POINT
A TO POINT B THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE WILLING
TO HELP THEM. BUT THE PEOPLE
WHO NEED THE MOST HELP DON'T
UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONNECT. AND
SO I'M USING MY PLATFORM IN
ORDER TO HELP HIM DO SO WELL
AT THE SAME TIME WORKING AT
THE JURY AS AN INDEPENDENT
JOURNALIST DUE TO CAPTURE
THESE STORIES TO CAPTURE VIDEO
AND TO DOCUMENT THESE CASES OF
HOW PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER
AND HOW PEOPLE ARE ESCAPING
POLICE BRUTALITY. REMAINS
STARR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING FOR
KEEPING US UPDATED AND PLEASE
CONTINUE TO CHECK IN WITH US
THROUGHOUT.
>> EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING
THERE IN UKRAINE. TAKE CARE.
YEAH, WE DEFINITELY. THANK