Some 500,000 Ukrainians have left their homeland since Russia invaded last week. Decked out in winter coats, they push baby carriages and hold their children’s hands as they finally reach the border after dangerous journeys that took days.
Russia’s move into Ukraine is Europe’s biggest security crisis in decades, raising fears of bloodshed and a return to Cold War-era dynamics.
“I’m talking to my wife on the cellphone, but she is only able to advance a few kilometers every day, there is so much traffic,” said the man, who identified himself only as Bohdan. “I’ve come all this way to meet them. But I’m sleeping in my car, worried to death about what is happening to them.” More common were joyous reunions and tears as waiting relatives embraced arriving wives and children, sister, aunts, mothers and cousins.
Chip Arslan, a German volunteer, said he drove from his home in Nuremberg to deliver food to the border encampment.Russia’s nuclear threat explainedBaby strollers, paper products and other donations were piling up. Coffee stands and hot soup awaited those arriving in the cold.After emotional embraces, those with relatives waiting quickly headed off in cars. Others had to wait for buses that would take them to train stations and other transportation hubs.
As the students awaited transportation, a police official assured them that more buses would soon be arriving. The sun was setting, and the cold was ever more intense.As refugees poured into Poland, several young men with luggage were striding in the other direction through the border station and into Ukraine.Episodes of peculiar behavior by Russia’s leader have marked the time frame surrounding the Ukraine assault.
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