(I apologize for posting this here, but I was hoping for a one-time exception.) I am trying to help my programmer friend escape Ukraine, along with their elder

(I apologize for posting this here, but I was hoping for a one-time exception.) I am trying to help my programmer friend escape Ukraine, along with their elderly family: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30451497 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30451497 The problem is, I don’t know anything about Ukraine. I have money, and I can book an Airbnb in a neighboring country for them. But I suspect (apropos nothing) they’ll discover that there’s no way to leave the country through traditional means. Does anyone know if the buses are still running? Can they get out of the country? If not, my fallback idea is to help them plan a way to escape on foot. But which part of the border should they try to cross? What I really need is for someone local to Ukraine to DM me so that I can ask some basic questions. If you know anyone, please forward them: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theshawwn https://twitter.com/theshawwn Telegram https://t.me/theshawwn https://t.me/theshawwn -- EDIT: Apparently other people want to do this too, so I made a twitter thread to pool our knowledge: https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1496761074258952193 https://twitter.com/theshawwn/status/1496761074258952193 I'll tweet updates there (and I'll post them here as edits for the next hour or so.) -- Updates: - Someone DM'ed me on Telegram and mentioned that they're trying to do the same thing. They were thinking about evacuating them to Germany by "sending them an official invite, but the German embassy seems to be closed." - A twitter DM pointed out https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1496724041520095235 https://twitter.com/MalcolmNance/status/1496724041520095235: > If you know people who want to leave Kyiv, don't drive to Zhytomyr on the M06. Russian air assault will be taking cross roads. Go south to Bila Terskva to Berdichev to Vinnitsya to Kemenytsky. Fastest evac: go to Chernivsti crossing to Romania.