How a Russian couple helped Ukraine’s war effort

It was of Moscowed Annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 to Sergei and Tatyana Voonkov decided to leave Russia.

The two, which had begun to hate Vladimir Punin, had criticized what’s going on to Russia to friends and friends. In response, told that if they did not like to leave.

So the two, all Russian citizens, decided to move to Ukraine, where Tatya was born.

Mu 2019 adakhazikika ku Novolyubymivivmka, m’mudzi wa anthu pafupifupi 300 kum’mwera chakum’mawa kwa Zaporizhzhzhzhia.

Believers have four dogs and began to lift livestock, while sergei, 55, has also been used as a survey – his research time in the Soviet army.

They look forward to a silent life. But Moscow has made his full rebellion to Ukraine in February 2022, Peace of their new life lost by Russian rockets.

“I have heard that the fight, something that flying, and I was coming out,” she remembers.

“Rocket was flying in the house.

“I was online to see what happened and wrote Kyiv had already been bombed.”

The couple quickly found out in the area, and decided to be Ukraine learning.

The next one was in prison, asking, fleeing to Europe – a letter of thanks to Ukrainian army.

That’s when the Russian information was passed through home for the first time Tagy decides to do.

He rushed in and supported them in Kyiv, who believed had a connection with Ukraine security services.

Shipment connections to connect on Chatbot on Telegraph messages who told him to be connected to someone who has a special identity.

The two were asked to give the site and the details of the Russia’s electrical methods and weapons they saw, especially about tanks and tanks.

The Ukraine’s place is to make Ukraine airplane to destroy Russian troops in the area and dries and electricity.

“We didn’t think that the criminal,” he says, who is Sergei, the Sergei told I was not able to make it possible on the common people or national citizens.

“No one attacked Russia. This was against bad.”

For two years, Sergei gathered work and Towai would spread her phone – the removal of all the messages, as the city of their village helped them to do so.

But all of this ended when Sergei had been arrested in April 2024 and the weapons had a weapons in the army while buying garden crops in Tokmak.

Sergei says he was taken to an abandoned house and put the pit with a hole – about two meters in the height and 3 feet[3 m]- where she slept.

The next day they were asked if he had been through Russian site to Akrainea. Sergei said a sack was stored on the head of questions and was threatened by violence.

After the preceding rental participation, Sergei admits the day of the slavery of slavery, fearing that if they were wrong.

Though this all happened, Tatya was looking for knowledge of where she was.

He traveled in the area and called the hospitals and Moron, where the son of the family, who was sitting near Moscow, joined a variety of rulers there.

Ten days after the construction of Sergei, secured selected VORONKOVS House I dig $ 4.00 that was hidden by their family in their field.

Shortly after Tatyana were told that her husband was “in the basement” and had a Russian security service, FSB.

After 37 weeks, after 37 days in captivity, Sergei was designed to accept Ukraine on the camera and the people who cluch as a FSB.

Surprised, however, two days later were released, even about all their letters, including his passport, was assigned.

Until now, Sergei and Toursa don’t understand why they are left free.

However, Bbc understands this is not unusual in the Ukrainian parts with Russia, while the research procedures are reassessed.

After the release of the release, the couple believes they were monitored, and travel cars in their homes and strangers without asking if they are selling everything.

Believeing ​​not only left, the two began to find a way to take away.

After discussing with human rights, Sergei and Tatyana decided to try to go to Lithuania. But to do this, they had to return to Russia first to take the Sergei new passport.

The neighbors to Novolubymivya helped by buying pets and home weapons to them. The couple was able to find a new house for their dogs, which sergei reported was very complaining.

The two left their car.

Fearing that he can be drawn and hurrying with Russian troops, he made a story to go to the beach to have ventilation for Tatyana, who has asthma. They bring up the grass hat and a rubber ring to make the story determined.

But in the end he has not been settled.

The couple refused to enter Russia, but in the end to enter the Sergei obtained a certificate of verification of a new passport.

After diminishing its passport and attempts to prevent from Russia via Belarus, Sergei purchased a fake passport via the telegram.

The two was able to travel on the bus to Belarus and cross the limit using Sergei’s destruction document. From there, they went across the Lithuania, a European Union member and Avineine Akraine, even Sergei was built to catch documents.

Later they were found guilty to use false passports and Lithuania court.

The two are living in a dresser in the quests Asylum and hope to settle in Lithuania.

Ukrainian Arrivals sent a letter of appreciation – in an adjective of an ancient employee in Kyiv – to help their work for asylum. BBC has seen the letter.

BBC has seen documents from Russia and Ukraine’s scores that prove what happened to Voronkovs. We do not urge you to protect people affected.

Voonkovs actions have brought forth major traditions in the family.

Their son, who lives in Russia, left her parents after she learned what she did. Sergei’s mother, who is 87, still in Russia and helps war with President.

But even this, the two and their limbs are unable to return to Russia.

Sergei says: “When I’m just getting to show others.

“At the moment, I don’t see anything there.”