hour after midnight and waiting from 1am until 1700, 1800 pm. you hour after midnight and waiting from 1am until1700, 1800 pm. 1am until1700, 1800 pm. you had a lone , 1am until1700, 1800 pm. you had a long. difficult 1am until1700, 1800 pm. you had a long, difficult journey. 1am until1700, 1800 pm. you had a long, difficult journey. and - 1am until1700, 1800 pm. you had a long, difficult journey. and then - long, difficultjourney. and then when you got to poland you decided to start working to help others. i got to the border about 5pm, 6pm and the same day, i was already in krakow, ifound some people in the centre where polish people help ukrainians, so i stayed in krakow for two days, and after, i had a message telling me information that some people from uk would like to help, and i decided tojoin, to be like a translator, and help people to understand each other. what like a translator, and help people to understand each other. what was it like going to understand each othe
to bolster their defences in case the war spreads and increase their support for ukraine. this is quite unbelievable that is happening now in our continent. and we need to make sure that we build the strongest, widest possible coalition to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed and we wean ourselves off russian hydrocarbons. western leaders know that a negotiated settlement will become possible only if vladimir putin sees no alternative. and that is why they are determined to keep up the pressure on moscow, militarily, economically and diplomatically. and what better way to do that than this? three nato prime ministers from poland, slovenia and the czech republic visiting war torn kyiv, a show of solidarity and russia s failure to seize the capital. you are fighting for your lives, for your families, for your country, for freedom.
that lasts through to thursday morning. in southern ukraine, evacuation buses and aid trucks remain blocked from entering the besieged city of mariupol. on tuesday, hundreds of cars were able to leave the port city along a humanitarian corridor. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, has said negotiations with russia are beginning to sound more realistic with further talks due to take place over a video link on wednesday. mr zelenskyy is due to address the us congress in the coming hours. vika kaminsta fled kyiv and is now in utrecht, in the netherlands. on herjourney through poland, she volunteered as a translator and interpreter for the thousands of people passing through. shejoins me now. welcome. thank you forjoining us. tell us more about how you got to poland in the first place and what yourjourney poland in the first place and what your journey was like. poland in the first place and what yourjourney was like. poland in the first place and what yourjourney was like. we
millions have fled ukraine since the start of the war. the majority of them crossing the war crossing them crossing the war crossing the border into poland, 1.9 million people have fled across the border into poland since the war began. we can take you now to one of the border crossings, where, every day, thousands of ukrainians are going over into poland, and many of them, of course, will remain in poland, and many go beyond their two other countries, with other nations of course welcoming ukrainian citizens as they flee the war in that country. and today there are diplomatic moves with nato meeting. we will keep you updated on bbc news.
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