Exploring the city s communist era cafes. . . It s cold! look at this place! this is awesome. . . Visiting a farm that s over 100 years old. . . I mean, it s not bad. . . And learning the secrets behind the world s only legally protected croissant. Mm! come with me as we discover the world s table together in poland. Poland s sprawling capital city warsaw sits on the banks of the mighty vistula river. Shiny skyscrapers juxtapose the old town, creating a skyline symbolic of the spirit of reinvention that so defines poland s capital. Once a city in decline, decimated by world war ii and the subsequent communist rule, the last 20 years have seen warsaw quite literally rise from the ashes. Today, an attractive job market, a youthful energy and a growing economy are transforming this city s food scene. This is actually my first proper time to warsaw, and i think it s fair to say that polish cuisine usually conjures up visions of big chunks of meat, hearty stews and stodgy dumplings. And whi
good morning, it is sunday march 27. i am velshi in warsaw, poland. just across the border, russia s been attacking ukraine for 15 days now. president biden was recently in poland to rally support for embattled. ukraine in an important speech, biden frame this war is a
this way. as global leaders grapple with how to solve this conflict, the humanitarian crisis is continuing to grow. the united nations refugee agency estimates now that more than 3.8 million ukrainians have fled the country since the war began. in more than 2.2 million have fled right here to poland. later on in the, show i will be speaking with a teenage ukrainian who is doing their best to help refugees in warsaw, despite being one herself. for, now i want to go to ukraine. joining me now is jacob soboroff, live in lviv. jacob, 24 hours ago you and i were talking with air raid sirens. and then shortly thereafter there were a couple of. strikes how is a city recovering today? slowly but surely. i think this one city, that may have been the one place where there was a sense of safety, security, even if it was misplaced. it is now taking stock of what the reality is, here on the. ground like i, said you and i were talking about 4:00 local
ukraine continues to worsen, the united nations refugee agency estimates that in the last month, more than 2 million, 2.2 million, ukrainian guns have fled to poland, where i am now. the capital, city warsaw, has already taken in more than 300,000 refugees, and that number could be even higher now. since this invasion began, the regional government in poland has stepped up in a huge, way to provide care for the millions of refugees who poured across its borders, many of them women and children. the sea of caught at this warsaw convention center may look familiar, like the scenes that follow hurricanes, floods and fires. but this disaster is entirely man-made. the people sheltering here may not have the chance to rebuild their homes. we came here two days ago, because we need help. we didn t know what to do and how to live.