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but I don't like the reason why I'm here."
18-year-old Alisa Hil summarizes the journey she was forced to take from Ukraine to Scituate in the weeks following Russia's Feb
24 attack on Kyiv and military bases across the country
But then I realized that my dad was not joking."
Hil's parents decided they would flee Ukraine with their daughter and son
"We woke up and my dad immediately went to the gas station," Hil said
"There were long queues where people were staying for two or three hours
I've never seen so many people outside during the whole of my life as much as I saw this day."
An unpredictable journeyThe family prepared to travel west toward the Polish border for two days
they slept on the floor of their apartment
there were reports of artillery fire damaging apartment blocks
they drove northwest on the main highway toward Kyiv
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Chaos at the Polish border kept refugees waiting for days to cross
Maksym briefly ran the engine and cranked up the heat
but it did little to ward off the winter night
The parents of a coworker of her father's ultimately housed the Hil family in western Ukraine until things settled down at the border
The two families supported each other and helped with the chores of village life
while Mykyta and their host's young granddaughter played
We lived there for one month in their house," Hil said
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said he'd help the family get established in Zielona Gora
her mother and her brother boarded a bus with 70 other asylum seekers while her father returned to Ukraine
as all men between the ages of 18 and 60 were then required to do
The trio spent more than a day on the bus − it took five hours to cross the border and another 20 hours to drive over 450 miles of Polish countryside
Hil said Poland wasn't where she wanted to be
she's mastered six coding languages and has lofty dreams for the future
Though she's studied English for more than a decade
"There’s really big difference between (Polish and Ukrainian)," she said
how are you?' But it’s not enough to study."
the Hil family had reached out to a cousin of Maksym's who has lived in the United States for almost 20 years
Tetyana Lymar-Paine was working in Miami when she met a ship captain from Hingham years ago
and she now lives in Scituate with her husband and three children
When the United States announced a path to entry for Ukrainians fleeing the war
Lymar-Paine applied as a sponsor for her cousin's family
it was the whole family," Lymar-Paine said
when we started to think 'how was it going to happen?' I already have my mom … two kids
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The family then decided Hil would come to the United States alone
this is not just a ticket on airplane,'" Lymar-Paine said
Hil took a single-aisle plane from Poland to Amsterdam
She flew to Boston and moved in with her cousin
where she said she was met with the overwhelming support of the Scituate community that included donations of a bed and above-and-beyond support in school
a computer science teacher at Scituate High School
has worked to help Hil nurture her skills outside the school's regular programming and art teacher Julie Hickey has encouraged her to tell her story through acrylic painting
Her luggage is tagged "USA," but she holds a ribbon of Ukraine's colors
both of Ukraine and also some kind of hope that is trying to grow out of dark ground," Hil said
Hil has started to apply to attend American universities after graduation
"I hope this education will help me make changes in my country."
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Today (May 28) Ukravtodor and Bechtel signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a framework for the Kyiv Bypass Road Construction Project
Considered a priority by Ukravtador
the Kyiv Bypass will be around 150km and is expected to reduce traffic congestion through the city and deliver significant environmental improvements
The bypass will also connect key highways M-07 Kyiv-Kovel
M-05 Kyiv-Odesa and H-01 Kyiv-Znamyanka, and join the H-08 Boryspil-Mariupol and M-03 Kyiv-Kharkiv highways with the bypass around Brovary
Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov says: ‘The Kyiv bypass road is one of the key objectives of the Presidential Big Construction Program
as its construction will solve the painful transport problems of the capital and improve international road transport
The joint work of Ukravtodor and one of the leading infrastructure companies in the world will help us find optimal technical and financial solutions for the project
we see that the Ukrainian road market is reaching the world level
and international partners trust us
new top players show that we are moving in the right direction.’
Ukravtador began developing the project last year along with plans for the land allocation for sections of the bypass
▪️first section – from M-06 Kyiv – Chop to M-05 Kyiv – Odesa with a length of 35.2 km;
▪️second section – from M-07 Kyiv – Kovel – Yahodyn to M-06 Kyiv – Chop with a length of 18.1 km;
▪️third section – from M-05 Kyiv – Odesa to H-01 Kyiv – Znamyanka with a length of 22.9 km;
▪️the fourth section – construction of a bridge over the Dnieper River with approaches to H-01 Kyiv - Znamyanka and Hora – Rohoziv 25.7km;
▪️fifth section – from Hor – Rogoziv to M-03 Kyiv – Kharkiv with a length of 9.7km
Global Manager of Strategy and Business Development for Bechtel Infrastructure
says: ‘We look forward to bringing our considerable roadbuilding experience to this exciting project that will contribute to economic development
ease traffic congestion and enhance quality of life for the people of Ukraine.’
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