Cox Communications announced Thursday that its telephone customers can make free long-distance calls to Ukraine and surrounding countries that are taking in refugees.
Through at least March 7, Cox Voice customers will be able to make free calls to people in war-torn Ukraine as well as Hungary, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria and Moldova, which are taking in hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion.
Cox, which has an extensive customer base in Southern California, said the free service will help families stay in contact as events unfold in the region.
Calls can be made a no charge to both landline and wireless numbers. No action is required to take advantage of the service.
Ukrainian soldiers and civilians kept up their resistance to the Russian onslaught on Thursday, and the capital Kyiv and other main cities remained in their hands as night fell.
