Australia’s brutal attack on mother and baby trying to flee Ukrainian military zone because they have been REFUSED to enter Australia – despite having visas and booked flights
- Family visas to Australia are banned because the baby does not have a passport
- The family tried to flee Ukraine when the Russian invasion began on Thursday
- The mother, Irina Zayets, says many other Ukrainians are in the same situation
A Ukrainian family that has obtained visas and flights to Australia is banned from boarding a flight to Sydneysince their nine-month-old baby does not have a passport.
Irina Zayets escaped Ukraine when the Russian invasion began on Thursday, her mother Elena Kuzmich and nine-month-old baby Oksana left behind their father and husband.
After crossing the border to Polandthe family secured visas and flights to Sydney, but when they went to check in for an Emirates flight from Krakow to Sydney via Frankfurt and Dubaithey were told they could not fly.
Irina Zayets’ Australian family and her baby Oksana are worried about the raging conflict in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has accused Russia of war crimes on Monday after Vladimir Putin’s forces launched attacks believed to be cluster and vacuum bombs on the fifth day of the invasion.
Ms. Zaiets’ sister in Sydney said they would be allowed into Australia on a direct flight, but would be deported in transit landings because baby Oksana did not have a passport.
Olha Lieskakova told AAP that she had heard from half a dozen Ukrainian families with young children facing the same problem while trying to reach Australia.
“I am the first, but there is a queue of people in the same circumstances and they are looking for me how to manage all this,” she said.
The Interior Ministry contacted for comment.
Ms Lyeskakova’s family is in emergency accommodation in Krakow, but will not be able to stay there long and she believes they are not safe in Poland.
Irina Zayets’ Australian family and her baby Oksana are worried about the raging conflict in Ukraine
“If Russia starts bombing and using nuclear weapons, it will not be limited by the border, it will go to Poland, it will go everywhere,” she said.
Friends hiding in Kyiv told her that instructions had been printed in their homes in the event of a nuclear attack.
Ms Lyeskakova said that while the EU allows people to cross the border from Ukraine without travel documents, other countries have not.
“The EU will be overwhelmed with Ukrainians who want to leave Europe immediately to visit relatives in Australia, the United States or Canada, but there is no legislation to do so at this stage,” she said.
The Australian permanent resident said the Ukrainian embassy in Krakow was helping her family and hoped the DFAT could quickly issue temporary travel documents for baby Oksana.
“We are very grateful to the Australian government, you can’t believe how much support there is in this humanitarian crisis,” she said.
This comes when the National Security Committee of the Federal Cabinet begins negotiations to determine further responses to the Russian invasion, including the supply of deadly weapons to Ukraine.
The aid will come in addition to the $ 4 million already promised for military aid through the NATO Trust Fund for Ukraine.
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