Ukrainian MasterChef winner Olga Martynovska, who fled to Prague along with her 6-year-old daughter to flee Russia’s invasion, cooked up borsch and different conventional dishes on Saturday to lift funds for these trapped again residence.
At a stand flying the Ukrainian flag at a preferred farmer’s market alongside town’s Vltava river, Martynovska and fellow refugees dished up delicacies together with poppy seed desserts, pierogies and home-made sweets.
“I’m doing my job but it’s not because I want to do it in front of the river here in Prague,” stated Martynovska, subsequent to an indication studying “Eat Borsch, Save Ukraine.”
“We collect the money in different way to buy the…necessary medicines for Ukrainians who stay in hot points and really need it.”
Ukrainian MasterChef winner Olga Martynovska wears a ribbon within the colours of Ukrainian flag. (REUTERS/Jiri Skacel)
Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, round 300,000 refugees have fled to the Czech Republic, becoming a member of a pre-war Ukrainian neighborhood of almost 200,000. Nearly 3.8 million individuals have fled Ukraine for the reason that outbreak of battle, most of them heading to Poland, in keeping with the UN refugee company UNHCR.
Martynovska, who additionally served as a MasterChef decide after her victory, stated she was lucky to seek out security with pals in Prague and she or he needed to assist these left behind in Ukraine.
On a sunny morning, prospects standing in line stated they have been joyful to splash out on a bowl of borsch to help refugees and others affected by the battle.
“I want to support Ukraine because I have a lot of friends from Ukraine,” stated Xenie Harash.”Also I really like borsch and I gladly help the Ukrainian military as a result of I feel it protects our world and Europe.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
