A Scot who's handing out meals to Ukrainian individuals who have crossed the border to Poland has described his disappointment at seeing individuals flee their properties.
David Fox-Pitt, 57, from Loch Tay in Perthshire, packed up a van with two pizza ovens and a handful of associates eight days in the past and travelled over in a convoy to Poland.
He and his group have arrange in Medyka, subsequent to the border crossing of Ukraine to south-west Poland, the place they're handing out sizzling meals and drinks to individuals arriving within the nation.
Mr Fox-Pitt, who runs an endurance problem firm referred to as WildFox Occasions, is volunteering on the border beneath the umbrella of the charity Siobhan's Belief, named after his aunt, the late Countess of Dundee, who died in 2019.
The charity was set as much as present humanitarian help in Dundee and Edinburgh however determined to assist the refugees after the struggle broke out.
He mentioned: "The explanation we have come right here is we have been watching the information and it is fairly horrific what is going on on.
"It is terrifying to assume that human beings are being so silly, doing one thing that we did within the Second World Warfare.
"I run an organization and we have now logistics, tents, marquees, tables, chairs and we thought it is higher to be down right here than in a shed in Scotland.
"We have been right here, that is day eight, and we're on 24/7. We do not go to mattress. We do not do luxurious lodges, all of us sleep on web site in our autos, in tents.
"So all the cash raised for Siobhan's Belief, each penny goes to the meals. My time is voluntary, the gear is voluntary, so it is simply prices we're hoping to get lined."
The group have arrange a tent proper subsequent to the border entry into Ukraine, handing out pizzas to incoming refugees whereas enjoying conventional Scottish music.
Refugees who cross over move dozens of stalls the place meals, toys, sanitary merchandise and Sim playing cards are on supply for them to take.
They then board buses to the close by city of Przemysl, the place they're taken to the prepare station or keep in refuge centres in a single day.
Hundreds of individuals have been flocking over the border over the previous week since Mr Fox-Pitt and his group have been in place, with him estimating that round 2,000 sizzling drinks are being given out every day.
Mr Fox-Pitt mentioned: "We have been taking soups and pastas throughout. They're actually hungry and have been standing for hours.
"It is principally girls, kids and outdated women, typically males and the odd boy, however largely girls and kids.
"It is very, very unhappy as they've needed to say goodbye to their households."
He added he was unsure how lengthy the group was going to remain on the market for, because it relies on what occurs throughout the border.
"Clearly if it will get reduce off, we will pack this complete arrange and transfer," he mentioned.
"Possibly go to another place, however in the meanwhile we're serving a function right here.
"We have gone by 14,000 cups since we have been right here. We thought we might be affecting 1,000 individuals a day however it's 2,000.
"It's exhausting, however we're used to it. It is simply so unhappy seeing these individuals fleeing their homeland. It might be us. It might be me and my household. I consider they're in an hour of want and we have to be there to help them."
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