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In the weeks since Russian air raids and missile strikes first hit Kyiv, Alesya Pavlynska, an employment attorney from the Ukrainian law firm Arzinger, mounted a dangerous escape to Germany with the help of colleagues and friends across Europe.
Pavlynska, her husband, and their three young children, ages 6, 9, and 11, drove to the Western city of Lviv, where Arzinger had rented apartments for attorneys and their families. Pavlynska's husband chose to stay behind to join the Ukrainian resistance while she traveled with her children from Lviv to Warsaw to Königstein, near the suburbs of Frankfurt, Germany. Each step of the way, her colleagues and law firms in the Multilaw network — a group of law firms across dozens of countries — helped facilitate her family's escape to safety.
Pavlynska spoke to Insider from her current residence in Königstein. The following first-person account has been edited...
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