Operation Israel Guarantees

The war, about an hour after Putin announced a "special military operation", in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

Most of them found refuge in the neighboring countries to the west of Ukraine: Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia.

[4] Railway companies in several countries such as Poland and Germany allow Ukrainian refugees to travel by train free of charge.

[5][6] Thousands of refugees fled to Israel, most of them Jewish or entitled to Israeli citizenship on behalf of the Law of Return.

[9] Also, there was fear for personal safety and despair at the state of Russia under Putin's rule and the treatment of critics of the regime.

[12][13] On March 10, 2022, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced the "Israel Guarantees" operation to bring refugees from Ukraine who are entitled to Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return.

[18] The Jewish Agency and its partners operated about 400 "rescue transports" from Ukraine that brought thousands of Jews to emergency centers set up in neighboring countries - in Poland, Romania, Moldova and Hungary.

[20] Most of the immigrants who were of working age engaged in the marketing, services and trade professions in the country of origin.