in october to look after her. when the war began, she faced a dilemma. being there was terrifying , she said. we live on the eighth floor. there were sirens day and night. what else could i feel but fear? i couldn t leave her there. i m all she has. for some, this is not a one wayjourney. aid workers say women are dropping off their children here before turning around and going straight back to ukraine. i will never forget the woman who told me she is working in the orphanage and she has like 50 children and she cannot leave them there, or the woman who is working at an electric station and also the electric station is responsible for the whole city, and she has also said, people are running so there will be nobody to maintain the basic needs of the human beings who are staying there. moldova is slowly getting organised to handle this influx. poland has received a far greater number of refugees,
darkened their cities and their faces. some had powerful reasons for staying as long as they could. olga s mother nadia suffered a series of strokes last year. olga went back to ukraine in october to look after her. when the war began, she faced a dilemma. being there was terrifying , she said. we live on the eighth floor. there were sirens day and night. what else could i feel but fear? i couldn t leave her there. i am all she has. for some, this is not a one wayjourney. aid workers say women are dropping off their children here before turning around and going straight back to ukraine. i will never forget the woman who told me she is working in the orphanage and she has like 50 children and she cannot leave them there, or the woman who is working at an electric station and also the electric station is responsible for the whole city, and she has also said,
leave them there, or the woman who is working at an electric station and also the electric station is responsible for the whole city, and she has also said, people are running so there will be nobody to maintain the basic needs of the human beings who are staying there. moldova is slowly getting organised to handle this influx. poland has received a far greater number of refugees, but moldova is a much smaller country, without poland s resources or infrastructure. the number of refugees who have arrived here so far is equivalent to 10% of moldova s population, though fewer than half end up staying. refugees arrived here last week in porsches and suvs. now the conflict is forcing the poor, the disabled, the most vulnerable to leave, those for whom the risks and uncertainty of conflict have only now eclipsed the risks and uncertainty of becoming a refugee. lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. for months, vladimir putin denied repeatedly that russia
by the time they are here, this conflict has often darkened their cities and their faces. some had powerful reasons for staying as long as they could. olga s mother nadia suffered a series of strokes last year. olga went back to ukraine in october to look after her. when the war began, she faced a dilemma. being there was terrifying, she said. we live on the eighth floor. there were sirens day and night. what else could i feel but fear? i couldn t leave her there. i m all she has. for some, this is not a one wayjourney. aid workers say women are dropping off their children here before turning around and going straight back to ukraine. i will never forget the woman who told me she is working in the orphanage and she has like 50 children and she cannot leave them there, or the woman who is working at an electric station and also the electric
there were sirens day and night. what else could i feel but fear? i couldn t leave her there. i am all she has. for some, this is not a one wayjourney. aid workers say women are dropping off their children here before turning around and going straight back to ukraine. i will never forget the woman who told me she is working in the orphanage and she has like 50 children and she cannot leave them there, or the woman who is working at an electric station and also the electric station is responsible for the whole city, and she has also said, people are running so there will be nobody to maintain the basic needs of the human beings who are staying there. moldova is slowly getting organised to handle this influx. poland has received a far greater number of refugees, but moldova is a much smaller country, without poland s resources or infrastructure. the number of refugees who have arrived here so far is equivalent to 10% of moldova s population, though fewer than