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As of March 2024, Donetsk is controlled by Russia. This means that there are no direct transport links between this city and other Ukrainian cities controlled by the Ukrainian government and Poland as well. The frontline can't be crossed by civilians, there are no checkpoints.
Anyone who says that there are buses, taxis, private cars running from Donetsk across the frontline directly to, for example, Lviv or Poland is lying. The only way to leave Donetsk for a real person is to go to Russia at first, for example, to Rostov-on-Don. There are regular buses available.
From Russia, it is possible to fly to Istanbul, Turkey or enter the Baltic countries or even return to Ukraine via the Kolotylivka - Pokrovka checkpoint on the border between Sumy Oblast, Ukraine and Belgorod Oblast, Russia, the only border checkpoint, which is open.
Our advice is not to send any help to a person in Ukraine, especially in parts of Ukraine controlled by Russia (in this case, in our experience, the chance that this "person" is a scammer is close to 100%), before you are absolutely sure that this person is real.
As of February 2024, there are regular buses running from Donetsk to Rostov-on-Don, Russia (1,250 Rubles or 14 USD). From Rostov-on-Don, there are regular trains and buses running to Sochi (2,000-3,000 Rubles or 22-35 USD). From Sochi, there are regular flights to Istanbul - 10,000-14,000 Rubles (108-150 USD). Of course, we strongly recommend not to send any help before you meet the person. The costs are not high, especially if you are going to reimburse these expenses after the meeting.
Otherwise, you will most likely be scammed. This is especially true for contacts with those who claim to be living on Russian-controlled territory of Ukraine. In this case, according to our experience, the chance that you are dealing with scammers is close to 100%.
As of February 2024, Kostyantynivka is controlled by the Ukrainian officials, although it is located very close to the frontline. It means that there are regular buses running from this city to other parts of Ukraine. Infobus site is fine, here is its schedule of Kostyantynivka-Warsaw buses (1-2 transfers).
Our advice is not to send any help before you actually meet the person. As you can see the ticket price is relatively low (50+ Euro), a Polish visa is not required, if the person has a valid bio-metric international passport (20-40 USD to get one). So it should not be a problem for a real person to meet you in Poland, especially if you help afterwards.
A fake person (scammer) will try to get as much money out of you as possible under the pretext of buying tickets, passport, insurance, bribes, etc. and of course the scammer is not going to go anywhere, but will provide reasons why it hasn't worked out and why a little more help is needed for one reason or another.
This is 100% scam. As of January 2024, Donetsk is controlled by Russia. This means that there are no direct transport links between this city and other Ukrainian cities controlled by the Ukrainian government (Kyiv). The frontline can't be crossed by civilians, there are no checkpoints.
Anyone who says that there are buses, taxis, private cars running from Donetsk across the frontline are lying. The only way to leave Donetsk for a real person is to go to Russia at first, for example, to Rostov-on-Don. From Russia, it is possible to fly to Istanbul, Turkey, for example, or enter the Baltic countries or even return to Ukraine via Kolotylivka-Pokrovka checkpoint in Sumy Oblast, the only one border crossing, which is open.
As we receive similar requests almost every day, our advice is not to send any help to a person in Ukraine, especially in parts of Ukraine controlled by Russia (in this case, in our experience, the chance that this "person" is a scammer is close to 100%), before you are absolutely sure that this person is real. Otherwise you are doing it at your risk.
Yes, this site doesn't look reliable, received several requests mentioning it before. The most important thing is that there are no buses running from Donetsk, controlled by Russia at the moment, to other parts of Ukraine, controlled by the Ukrainian government, because it means to cross the front line. Anyone telling you that it is possible is deceiving you.
The only relatively safe way for a real person to leave Donetsk is to go to Russia at first, to Rostov-on-Don, for example. From there it is possible to go to the Baltic countries or Turkey and from there to Poland.
I personally would not trust anyone who claims that she is living in parts of Ukraine controlled by Russia, the chance that she is a scammer is very close to 100% in my opinion.
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