"The people that accompanied me had nowhere to move to Europe ... I knew these people and brought them here because they didn't have anywhere else to go. We will house them at our Adana home until the war is over," he pledged.
Natalia Preyatko, one of the Ukrainians who arrived in Adana with her daughter Maria, said she had no choice but to flee her homeland, leaving behind her husband and relatives.
Preyatko, 42, expressed her desire while explaining the dire situation in her country, "I'd like for this situation to be over as soon as possible. I wish for a peaceful Ukraine."
Another displaced Ukrainian, Tatiana Yaromko, stated that most of the country was targeted, and added: "They (Russian forces) are blowing up homes, hospitals, and delivery rooms. It's a terrifying environment."
"Many thanks to the Republic of Turkey," she said, citing Ankara's role in creating humanitarian corridors for refugees fleeing Russia's shelling and the bombing of Ukraine.
"I want this war to end as soon as possible," Nikita Artyukh, 16, said.
