Russian invasion of Ukraine - Could this affect international travel to Eastern Europe?

[PTR 444]

Just as the Covid pandemic is ending, we now seem to have another elephant in the room that could impact the recovery of the aviation sector. Me and a friend were planning on taking a short break to the Czech Republic later this year, however with the news regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my friend is now hesitant to go there. I can understand why considering the country is in the general Eastern European area, although CZ itself does not have a border with Ukraine and I am not convinced that the area we were planning to visit will be affected by this. Do you think I should reassure my friend that it is safe to go there, or should we consider going somewhere else just as a precaution?

 

[YorkshireBear]

Just as the Covid pandemic is ending, we now seem to have another elephant in the room that could impact the recovery of the aviation sector. Me and a friend were planning on taking a short break to the Czech Republic later this year, however with the news regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my friend is now hesitant to go there. I can understand why considering the country is in the general Eastern European area, although CZ itself does not have a border with Ukraine and I am not convinced that the area we were planning to visit will be affected by this. Do you think I should reassure my friend that it is safe to go there, or should we consider going somewhere else just as a precaution?

I really really can't see this spreading further than Ukraine, Putin is not going to start a war with NATO.

 

[jha4ceb]

I can understand why one might be a bit worried about going to somewhere close to Ukraine like Suceava, Košice or Rzeszów (though I agree with YorkshireBear that it's very unlikely to extend beyond Ukraine). But I don't think it's justified to worry about areas that aren't close to a border, let alone countries that don't even border Ukraine.

 

[DanNCL]

I suspect the most this’ll mean is that through trains from the EU to Chop and Lviv will go no further than Zahony/Cierna nad Tisou and Przemysl respectively.

 

[the sniper]

Just as the Covid pandemic is ending, we now seem to have another elephant in the room that could impact the recovery of the aviation sector. Me and a friend were planning on taking a short break to the Czech Republic later this year, however with the news regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my friend is now hesitant to go there. I can understand why considering the country is in the general Eastern European area, although CZ itself does not have a border with Ukraine and I am not convinced that the area we were planning to visit will be affected by this. Do you think I should reassure my friend that it is safe to go there, or should we consider going somewhere else just as a precaution?

If they're worried about going to the Czech Republic, they should probably be worried about being here too. I'm not sure that'd be reassuring for your friend though!

 

[Chester1]

If they're worried about going to the Czech Republic, they should probably be worried about being here too. I'm not sure that'd be reassuring for your friend though!

I wouldn't be worried about going to Czech republic in relation to security but eastern europe may well see 5 million refugees according to UN estimate. That will put transport and other infrastructure under immense pressure. Czech Republic doesn't have a border with Ukraine but many people will pass through the neighbouring, going further into EU.

 

[route101]

A friend is is worried about his holiday to Florida in April because of this, never mind CZ.

 

[alistairlees]

Czech Republic / Czechia is not in Eastern Europe anyway - it’s in Central Europe.

 

[davetheguard]

A friend is is worried about his holiday to Florida in April because of this, never mind CZ.

Some people are born worriers.....

 

[SeanG]

I'm off to Hungary, Slovakia and Czechia in the next few weeks. I am not in the slightest bit concerned about going. I appreciate that there will be refugees etc and that is awful, and expect the trains heading west may be busy, so I have made seat reservations just in case. However, this is the only thing that I have changed to what I was doing anyway.