'We're People, They are Too': Despite Own Crisis, Sri Lankans 'Overwhelm' Stranded Ukrainians With Help
News 18As the sun dips below the Indian Ocean waves, Ukrainian tourist Viktoria Makarenko and her daughter light incense every evening at a temple in a Sri Lankan beach resort to pray for a return home. “Everybody wants to help us.” She, her husband and their five-year-old daughter had been travelling around Sri Lanka for weeks when Russian forces invaded Ukraine. “We stay safe here and they take care of us.” Along the white sands of Sri Lanka’s southern coastline, dozens of tourist-oriented businesses are advertising offers or assistance for stranded Ukrainians. “But we are also people, they are also people, that’s why we try to help.” Gone to ground Official figures show around 15,000 Russians and 5,000 Ukrainians visited Sri Lanka in the month the conflict began — making up the island’s first and third-biggest tourism sources respectively.
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