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March 12

Ukraine logistics

Where can I find a general picture of the current logistical challenges to getting stuff in and out of Ukraine? E.g. relief supplies, military stuff, humans (if some reason someone wanted to go there), money (to help Aunt Tatiana in Zaporizhzhia get through the crisis or whatever), small postal packages, data (does the internet and/or phone system work much or at all there), that sort of thing. I don't plan to do any of this personally beyond maybe donating a few bucks to some NGO. Mostly trying to stay a bit informed. Thanks. 2601:648:8202:350:0:0:0:C115 (talk) 01:54, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Russians have the same question! Let’s not give them any help, OK? DOR (HK) (talk) 03:09, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't want any info that the Russians don't already have ;). E.g. I just saw a news article about a group of doctors bringing medical supplies to Ukraine. I presume they are not smuggling it. Also, I see on TV all day long that the big UKR cities and border areas are suffering horribly (being bombed etc). I wonder whether the smaller places in Ukraine's interior are comparably disrupted. 2601:648:8202:350:0:0:0:C115 (talk) 06:52, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Why would they have to smuggle in something the Ukrainians want? The Russians aren't attacking on the western border of Ukraine, afaik. Getting supplies into the besieged cities is the tricky part. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:57, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, that is a reasonable answer, that the Russians have not sealed the borders and in particular the western border. So stuff can get into the country without too much trouble. 2601:648:8202:350:0:0:0:C115 (talk) 21:59, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A quick Google shows that the main crossing point (for refugees at any rate) is Medyka in Poland. One suspects that military supplies take a less obvious route, but who knows? Alansplodge (talk) 23:01, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]