The Russian Ksenia Kuligina, who lives in Ottobrunn, helps to teach and integrate Ukrainian children in Munich. Putin’s attack is directed against a country to which she feels connected. How does she stand it?
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Stephen Galler
Little Darja hardly takes a step from her side, the nine-year-old keeps looking for contact with Ksenia Kuligina. And the 34-year-old Russian is intensely engaged with the Ukrainian child, even during the conversation with the reporter, she keeps turning to the elementary school student with a smile and full of care. Little Nestor also comes to her several times, asks questions or just wants to be close to her – he obviously needs a lot of attention too. For almost two weeks, around 200 children have been coming to the “Ukraine School” in Fürstenried every day, as the improvised signs in the entrance area say.