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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is hosting thousands of stranded Ukrainians<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Official figures show about 5,000 Ukrainians and 15,000 Russians visited the island nation in the month the conflict began.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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A Ukrainian tourist cries in front of the Russian embassy in Colombo during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte\/Reuters] <\/span>Source: <\/strong>aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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As the sun dips below the Indian Ocean waves, Ukrainian tourist Viktoria Makarenko and her daughter light incense every evening at a temple in a Sri Lankan beach resort to pray for a return home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s invasion<\/a>\u00a0of the 35-year-old\u2019s homeland in February has left thousands of foreign travellers from the two countries stranded on the tropical island.<\/span><\/p>\n

But Ukrainians with empty wallets, distraught over the fate of loved ones back home, say they have been overwhelmed by support from locals \u2013 despite their own travails in the face of a\u00a0worsening financial crisis<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI love Sri Lanka and Sri Lankan people,\u201d Makarenko told the AFP news agency. \u201cEverybody wants to help us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She, her husband and their five-year-old daughter had been travelling around Sri Lanka for weeks when Russian forces invaded Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

They were running low on cash and despairing of their predicament before locals in the resort town of Unawatuna rallied around them, offering free accommodation, food and even incense sticks to light on their daily trips to the shrine.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe owner of this hotel let us stay here as long as we need. We have food, water, we don\u2019t have a headache [over] what to eat tomorrow,\u201d Makarenko said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe stay safe here and they take care of us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Ukrainian tourist holds a placard during a protest against the Russian invasion Ukraine in front of the Russian embassy in Colombo [File: Dinuka Liyanawatte\/Reuters] <\/span><\/p>\n

Along the white sands of Sri Lanka\u2019s southern coastline, dozens of tourist-oriented businesses are advertising offers or assistance for stranded Ukrainians.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ahesh Shanaka, the manager of the Blackgold caf\u00e9 in Mirissa, said he asked one Ukrainian customer carrying a baby whether she was returning home.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe said, \u2018I cannot go back, my house was destroyed, where can I go?’\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A sign outside offers half-price meals upon presentation of a Ukrainian passport, and nearby guesthouses have given empty rooms to small cohorts of backpackers from the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shanaka believes that his fellow Sri Lankans\u2019 generosity stems from still-fresh memories of the island\u2019s own experience of conflict \u2013 a decades-long civil war that ended in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe also faced a situation like that before \u2026 We know the suffering, we know the pain,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka\u2019s current hardships have been bad for business:\u00a0long queues for fuel<\/a>\u00a0and electricity blackouts are threatening to upend operators and bring a budding post-pandemic tourism revival to an abrupt end.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are in a bad situation, you know. The crisis, our economy is going down, everything is bad,\u201d said Shanaka.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBut we are also people, they are also people, that\u2019s why we try to help.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Official figures show about 15,000 Russians and 5,000 Ukrainians visited Sri Lanka in the month the conflict began \u2013 making up the island\u2019s first- and third-biggest tourism sources respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka has granted free visa extensions for citizens of both countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many Russian tourists are also stuck in the country, cut off from funds after sanctions imposed by the United States and Western allies on international payment networks.<\/span><\/p>\n

But no offers for them are being advertised, and they are reluctant to talk.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to go meet friends,\u201d one young Russian said before he and his companions turned to contemplate the ocean view at the historic Dutch Fort in Galle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Public sentiment overwhelmingly backs Ukraine in the conflict. Slogans condemning the war are daubed in the yellow and blue of the country\u2019s flag on walls up and down the coast.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere is great compassion on their part, given that they are also in difficult circumstances,\u201d Darina Stambuliak, another Ukrainian whose stay in Unawatuna was involuntarily extended by the war, told AFP.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 33-year-old said she was previously forced to flee Donetsk when pro-Russian separatists declared a breakaway region in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

She now spends much of her time anxiously keeping up with news from home. But a generous discount on her accommodation has given her one less cause for worry.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness owners have wrapped us in love and support,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are so grateful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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