A Ukrainian refugee fled to Israel to escape violence only to find herself in another war. This time she says she won't leave.

• A woman from Bucha, Ukraine fled to Israel last year to escape Russian occupation.
• Viktoria Druzhenko told Radio Free Europe that the Hamas attack reminds her of the war in Ukraine.

A Ukrainian refugee who escaped to Israel told Radio Free Europe that she's not going to evacuate this time because she's "tired of fleeing from war."

Viktoria Druzhenko was forced to leave her hometown of Bucha last year when Russian forces invaded it, the report said. The event, where more than 450 people died, was later called a war crime by the International Criminal Court.

Druzhenko told Radio Free Europe that she experienced "déjà vu" after seeing footage of the Palestinian militant group Hamas attack Israel over the weekend.

"It's the same scenario that happened in Ukraine near the Belarusian border and in the Kyiv region, in Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel, Ivankiv, Borodyanka," she told Radio Free Europe in a video interview published on Monday.

"My family and I are not going to evacuate. We are tired of fleeing from war," she added. "I'd rather be useful here as a Ukranian refugee in Israel."

It is unclear where in Israel Druzhenko is based. Insider reached out to her for comment.

On Saturday, Hamas militants launched surprise attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip — the Palestinian exclave which has been controlled by the group since 2006.

Israel has since retaliated, launching multiple missiles into Gaza and declaring a "full siege" of the territory.

More than 100 Ukrainians have contacted their embassy in Israel to request to leave the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an evening address on Sunday.

The embassy did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

An estimated 13,000 Ukrainians with Jewish heritage fled to Israel between February 2022 and February 2023, according to the country's Ministry of Aliyah and Integration.

An Israeli law, passed five years after the end of World War II, allows people born Jewish, converts, and family members of Jewish people the right to move to the country and acquire Israeli citizenship.