honestly, stay in Poland.
nuclear war will *not* happen.
If you want to learn Polish, you can contact me.
pm me on qc pax1

Hi,

Yes, I'm from the Republic of Moldova and, to be honest, I too am afraid that if Russia wins this war, they will start one here too.

In our country there are already more than 100000 refugees who came from Ukraine. The same in Romania and probably in other nearby countries.

Just like @2 said, you can stay in Poland. Or, if you want, you can go to Romania, as it is a NATO member so the Russians won't have the guts to attack it. I feel you are safer there than you would be if you came to Moldova for example.

@1,

I am glad you made it out. I will pray for you your family still in Ukraine.

@4, actually, Poland is in NATO as well as Romania, so he's safe the same way.

see! I was right. Let this serve as an example that people can immigrate with blindness! I made a topic asking about that ,and people told me you can't. I'm glad that you're out and safe, and you, my friend, made my day.

Sage, nobody told you that you can't live in another country if you're blind. What they told you is that there are a lot of hurdles to jump, and especially if you're young and have no experience but are not just a family member of someone else who has custody of you, those hurdles can be really difficult to overcome. I also want to point out that this dude's experience in no way mirrors, justifies or explains your own. Jonikster was allegedly fleeing across a war-torn country, into a neighbouring country which has pledged to take in Ukrainian refugees. Assuming that you can get across the country without running afoul of anything really dangerous, getting across the border itself isn't terribly difficult, and if you've decided to stay in Poland, your immigration status might be fast-tracked (no guarantee on that though, of course).

Jonikster, I'm glad you're safe, and I've got to say that it sounds like you were incredibly fortunate overall.

And as for nuclear war? I'll tell you folks the same thing that others have said in the War in Europe thread.
Nuclear war isn't impossible, but it isn't likely. If Russia starts it, lots of other countries will come down hard on them, or will want to, and you don't want to piss off NATO, the EU, or America. So far, that hasn't fully happened yet. If any other country starts it, Putin is going to come even more unmoored from reality than he already is. Want to know why nobody else is tearing the hell out of the Russians? That, right there. They'll do it only if they have to. Nuclear war isn't too likely, and a long, drawn-out war isn't likely either. Russia's economy is falling to pieces, and there's only so long a country can stand that before it simply starts coming apart.

@13, that justifies my point even further. You'd think that it would be impossible to escape a warzone if you have a disability. He could've gotten hurt or worse. But he actually made it out, sure, the country was excepting refugees, but still, getting there would've been the tough part. And those "fantasies" you're talking about, it's something called dreaming. Sure, those dreams were a bit out there, but better than most people who don't contribute anything to the world. It's called creativity, which a lot of you need.

@14, I don't follow. Are you suggesting the OP is lying or am I not following you?

I'm glad you got out, @1 by all accounts your home city's been targeted heavily and despite my low opinion of you from your previous antics, you're still a human and still somebody I would, honestly, open my door to and give you a place to sleep if you needed it, because you are still a human. That, and this topic and knowing more about you changes my opinion of you in a positive way.

@10:

Yeah well, if your home city/town was being bombed and shelled constantly and you ran the risk every time a shell was fired it hit you house and killed you, and you were afraid for your life an escaped...would you really ant some, being blunt, prick on the intrnet with no empathy or idea what's going on, to go 'omg good job see blind people can do it'

I wouldn't, because it comes off as you not grasping what the fuck's going on at all and just using it to justify your own ideas when that's both not the case, and uncalled for entirely.

The war in Ukraine is forcing people to flee their homes because Russia is shelling/trying to capture ciites/allegedly firing thermobaric weapons/allegedly targeting civilians. There's people who are absolutely helping refugees get out of there, so I odn't think @1 is lying going by the coverage and reports.

@10: That'd be like your country being invaded by it's neighbor or state being invaded, and them opening up with artillery, planes, et cetera on your neighborhood. At least try. Try to understand what's going on a little and realize fleeing for your life across a war torn nation, while  abigger, more aggressive nation is trying to conquer it, is /not/ the same as 'omg I want to emigrate because reasons'. Having fear for you life and, yes, an actual war in your literal street....is a hell of a good reason to get out of there and go somewhere else...

Also yes, as JJ said. What's up with that signature. It's not just blind people who have that problem, by the way.

@Jade: The BBC were reporting long, long queus to get over the border at certain points and locations though, the figure I saw was 40+ hours to wait in some cases, which no, isn't terribly difficult provided the war stays away from there however.

@1 I'm really SRY, I really do not know what to say, what happens in wars, what we feal cam mot be put in to words, humanity, oh humanity

@VIPPotato
Thank you.
My parents stayed there. It's not fair if I live here, rejoice here, and they live there, in this chaos.
Honestly, many people don't take the war seriously, even when this war is outside their windows. Only when this war touches them, these people are taken seriously.

@Nuno
I don't know what's wrong, maybe he helped someone else, because we talked with him about it, and he mixed up the information even in a conversation with me.
I planned to try to come to Warsaw, but he said that he could find more help for me here in Gdynia.
But it was not easy to find accommodation, because the place where I originally went, there were no beds for me. They said that they were not going to settle me with women and children.
In other places, in some there were no free beds, in some there was a dismissive attitude towards my blindness.
Now I have a place to live, I'm really thank to the Polish people for everything they do for us.
So, now the main thing for me is to find out the possibilities for help for me, as a blind. Organizations who can provide guide, something like that.
I don't know it now, David said that he contacted the local organizations, but most likely they will answer next week.

@JaceK
I don't deny that I have a different opinion from the majority on many issues. But, I try to avoid aggressive. I prefer peaceful discussions.
So, you are surely remember that I was looking for ways of my immigration. It's terrible, but I got the opportunity to leave my country because of the war, a mockery of fate, something like that.
I can move to any EU country, America, Canada. But should I? I don't know.
Because in Poland I received an offer to cooperate with volunteers, I think they need my help more than I need to move to other countries now..

@mara
Polish is similar to Russian and Ukrainian, actually, I understand about 30% of Polish speech.
It's just don't know many people I can practice with. Now I'm thinking how I can make new friends here, including the blind and the visually impaired all around Poland.