once little—known border post. a bus to an emergency shelter, oversubscribed. an official loses control. "there's a five—year—old waiting," he shouts, "move back." svetlana had been waiting for a visa tojoin her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv, she's crossed into moldova without it. "it is impossible to understand what has happened," she said. "we're living in the 21st century. "people are just hoping for the best and holding on to the end." katya also arrived today from odesa with her sister and three children, after they saw a ship destroyed in a huge explosion. translation: the kids - were asking, "what's going on?" and we said it was fireworks. what are you going to say to a kid? you can't tell them it's a war out there.