{"id":8443,"date":"2022-03-21T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8443"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:38:00","slug":"former-san-diego-congressman-in-poland-facilitating-aid-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=8443","title":{"rendered":"Former San Diego Congressman in Poland Facilitating Aid to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hale<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Former Republican Congressman Duncan D. Hunter, who served in the House from 2009 to 2020 representing the 52nd and 50th districts, is currently in Poland facilitating the transmission of military aid to Ukrainian refugees.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c&#8230;what we are going to try to do is help with cross-border traffic as the Russians tighten the noose around Kyiv and around different cities\u2026\u201d said Hunter<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kusi.com\/duncan-d-hunter-travels-to-poland-to-aid-ukraine\/\"> in an interview with KUSI News.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With one month having passed since Putin and the Russians invaded Ukraine, many experts have suggested that the Ukrainians are exceeding expectations with their level of resiliency. However, it only took approximately a week for the mayor of Kyiv to say that his city was surrounded by the Russians, later retracting the statement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the fog of war, one thing is clear: millions of Ukrainians have been displaced and are migrating to countries such as Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, and Poland. On March 16th, the UN estimated that 1,916,445 Ukrainian refugees have been taken in by Poland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a log jam at the border in Poland because it\u2019s really difficult to get this stuff in, even right now\u2026 because the Russians will hit anything they see if it\u2019s easily seen,\u201d said Hunter in regard to supplying body armor, night-vision goggles, ammunition, and medicine to the Ukrainians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunter also said that getting gear from Poland and other countries to Ukraine is a \u201cfluid and dynamic situation,\u201d telling a KUSI reporter that a lot of helmets, vests, ballistic plates, and body armor from San Diego is sitting in warehouses on the border of Poland, but moving the material into Ukraine is the trickiest part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked if there is anything San Diegans can do to help Ukrainians navigate the Russian invasion, Hunter referred the audience to <a href=\"https:\/\/uapulse.org\/\">UApulse.org.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Czarek Sokolowski\/AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by William Hale Former Republican Congressman Duncan D. 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