‘For me, this is personal.’ Some in Israel join Ukraine’s defense.
Outside the black iron gates of the Ukrainian Embassy in Tel Aviv, the days are punctuated by a parade of people who immigrated to Israel from Ukraine as children or teenagers. They are anxious for information about how they can volunteer to fight for a country they also see as home.
“For me, this is personal,” says Anatoly Dumansky, 24, who identifies as both Ukrainian and Israeli. He immigrated here when he was seven, and still has family in Ukraine. “I haven’t slept for days. I’d rather be there than here with no way to help.”
In a post on social media (that was later removed), the Ukrainian Embassy had called on those who wanted to “defend the sovereignty of Ukraine” to contact them about volunteering to fight.
“I know what a gun is
