An internet radio station has begun to broadcast information, news, and music customized specific for some 300,000 Ukrainian refugees. This radio station helps those refugees who arrived in the Czech Republic after Russian attack on the land of Ukraine.

Natalia Churikova, an experienced journalist said she couldn’t say no to an offer to become the broadcaster’s editor-in-chief.

“It was for my people, for people who really needed help, who really needed support, something that would help them start a new live or restart their lives here after they have lived through very bad things trying to escape from Ukraine,” Churikova said.

Staffer Sofia Tatomyr is among those who left their homeland to escape the war. She hails from the western town of Kalush and was planning to move to another city in Ukraine when a friend called one morning: “Sofia, the war has just begun.”

Her family decided to stay at home, but they wanted her to run away to her aunt in Prague.

“It happened all of a sudden,” she said. “When I was already abroad, I remember the moment that I was crying and I was trying to buy a ticket and I couldn’t spell what ticket I need. It was really difficult,” she said.

Bohemia Media, came up with this idea of launching the radio station. It cooperated with the Ukrainian embassy, as well as, the local Ukrainian community and provided their studio and technical support to help make this radio in mere three weeks.