{"id":1744,"date":"2024-09-12T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T12:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2026-08-18T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T05:21:07","slug":"the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-has-issued-safety-recommendations-for-hasidim-planning-to-visit-uman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-has-issued-safety-recommendations-for-hasidim-planning-to-visit-uman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued safety recommendations for Hasidim planning to visit Uman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia\u2019s ongoing full-scale military aggression against Ukraine poses real threats to people\u2019s lives and safety, making it impossible to guarantee the safety of foreign citizens on Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In light of this, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine urges Hasidic pilgrims to refrain from this year\u2019s pilgrimage to Uman as part of the Rosh Hashanah celebrations.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you decide to visit Uman despite these warnings, please be aware that a legal regime of martial law is in effect in Ukraine, which entails a number of additional regulations, including restrictions on freedom of movement, the imposition of a curfew, increased patrols, a ban on mass events and gatherings, as well as the use of coercive measures against individuals who fail to comply with the established restrictions.<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other circumstances that may complicate pilgrims\u2019 stay in Ukraine and that should be taken into account when planning trips:<\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>a lack of sufficient civil defense shelters to accommodate pilgrims in areas of mass gathering in the city of Uman;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>overcrowding of land transportation links with Ukraine and possible significant delays in rail traffic due to heavy shelling of transportation infrastructure;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>a lack of sufficient medical personnel and medical facilities in Uman to provide medical care for pilgrims;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>the possibility of introducing additional regulations regarding the entry (online registration) and stay of Hasidic pilgrims in Ukraine.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpm_excerpt clearfix\"><p>Russia\u2019s ongoing full-scale military aggression against Ukraine poses real threats to people\u2019s lives and safety, making it impossible to guarantee the safety of foreign citizens on &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1802,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1744\/revisions\/1802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umantravel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}