About where you were and what you can tell us of the state and mood of the ukrainian people. yeah, i was in moldova and central ukraine visiting city class and clients. three things came through overwhelmingly from every conversation. first, the sheer scale as a result of the fighting. you rightly highlighted 3 million refugees into neighboring streets but there s 7, 8 million on the run inside their own country. in perspective, it took eight months for people to flee syria. this war has been going on for not three months and we have 12 million, 13 million, 14 million people on the run. secondly, fear stalks every
The first lady, jill biden, ventured into ukraine today after spending time on in mother s day across the border in slovakia, meeting with mothers and children who had fled the war zone. they are among the nearly 6 million ukrainian refugees from the floor. those left behind in ukraine fame homelessness, hunger, injury and death. this is safe to say ukraine is a humanitarian nightmare. david miliband is just back from there. he s the president and ceo of the international rescue committee, and, of course, a former british foreign secretary. david, tell us what you can about where you were and what you can tell us of the state and mood of the ukrainian people. yeah, i was in mold ver and central ukraine visiting city