“I just couldn’t sit at home when 1,000 kilometres from Latvia, women and children are living without a roof over their heads. So I decided to help.”
That was one of several Facebook posts written by Latvians at the start of March, a week after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Similar posts were published by other Latvians who were ready to head to the Ukrainian-Polish border to assist those fleeing the violence. Many offered their apartments or holiday homes; others donated money, and the phone lines of Latvian refugee charities were jammed with calls from those wanting to help.
