sihastria. the name of the monastery means a place of retreat of prayer and meditation away from the turmoil of the world. and that s what it means now for iryna, her mother in law, natalia, her best friend, ira, and theirfive children. iryna drove them all here in her old ford transit from kharkiv in eastern ukraine. my lovely car, my lovely van. i m so glad that here i have a part of home, a part of my husband. sometimes i. i want to sit in there just to smell. just to smell my husband, just to smell my house.
most have been internally displaced staying in other areas of ukraine believed to be safer. but more than 3.9 million refugees have been forced to flee across its borders. and this map shows where they re going. you can see that poland has taken in a huge amount romania has taken in the second most. the refugees are mainly women and children, while the men stay and fight. our correspondent met ukrainian iryna and her child, now living in a romanian monastry. she described what it s been like separating from her family. sihastria. the name of the monastery means a place of retreat, of prayer and meditation, away from the turmoil of the world. and that s what it means now for iryna, her mother in law natalia, her best friend ira, and theirfive children. iryna drove them all here
where he met iryna and heard about herfamily, and the monastery which has taken them in. sihastria. the name of the monastery means a place of retreat of prayer and meditation away from the turmoil of the world. and that s what it means now for iryna, her mother in law, natalia, her best friend, ira, and theirfive children. iryna drove them all here in her old ford transit from kharkiv in eastern ukraine. my lovely car, my lovely van. i m so glad that here i have a part of home, a part of my husband. sometimes i. i want to sit in there just to smell. just to smell my husband,
what an incredible person. just recounting some of his experience while he was held in iran. each of the almost four million refugees who have fled ukraine so far has their own story the threads of their past lives, their escape routes and their current places of shelter all interwoven. our correspondent nick thorpe sent this report from north east romania, about iryna, herfamily, and the monastery which has taken them in. sihastria. the name of the monastery means a place of retreat, of prayer and meditation, away from the turmoil of the world. and that s what it means now for iryna, her mother in law, natalia, her best friend ira, and theirfive children. iryna drove them all here in her old ford transit
putin agreeing to stop the fighting. he will want something on the ground he can point at and say, this is why we went to war and we won that war. thank you very much. each of the almost four million refugees, who have fled ukraine so far, has their own story. the threads of their past lives, their escape routes and their current places of shelter all interwoven. our correspondent nick thorpe sent this report from north east romania, about iryna, herfamily, and the monastery which has taken them in. sihastria. the name of the monastery means a place of retreat of prayer and meditation away from the turmoil of the world. and that s what it means now for iryna. her mother in law, natalia, her best friend, ira, and their five children.