Ukraine refugees flee to Eastern Europe

Thousands of Ukrainians fleeing war with Russia started arriving in neighbouring central European countries on Thursday and the region braced for many more, setting up reception points and sending troops towards the borders to provide assistance.

The countries on the European Union's eastern flank were all once part of the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact and are now members of NATO. Among them, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania all share land borders with Ukraine.

Russia has launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea, the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two. It has fuelled fears of a massive flood of refugees fleeing Ukraine, a nation of 44 million people. Read full story

At the usually quiet border crossing at Medyka in southern Poland, dozens arrived from Ukraine on foot on Thursday morning, carrying luggage. A line of cars waiting for passage grew longer during the course of the day. Read full story

A Polish woman, Olena Bogucka, 39, said she had been waiting for four hours while her Ukrainian husband and child were stuck on the other side.

"You can't get through," she said. "I can't reach them on the phone... I don't how to get my child out... I don't know what to do."

To facilitate border crossings, Poland lifted quarantine rules on Thursday for people arriving from outside the EU without a lab-certified negative COVID-19 test.

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[barried]

Mike's OK takeing more refugees 🤔how are you going to feed them and house them mike on your wage.

[ML-xhgo]

We will have no country to call our own, and our children will suffer, and the taxpayers will pick up the bill,

[neilsmith]

It's the kalgeri plan happening..its coming true

[nicomal]

In this day & age there should not be war. Hasn't there been enough pointless fighting & arguing? Things could be resolved with a good old fashioned sit down conversation. It's silly how some people think war is a solution when clearly it is not. Its about time war was a thing of the past & not the way forward.

[shielaellison]

I’m fed up with this we don’t want any more people. Had they sorted out our boarders. Then May be. This a joke. Sick of it.

[mielerodriguez]

*I remember when the USA backed a coup in Ukraine.*

[matthewbryant]

They will come over by dinghy like the others do

[BB-vjne]

Poland, Slovakia, Romania AND HUNGARY also. We hungarians have recieved 62.000 ukrainian refugees already.

[andrewoliver]

Lord Evegeny Ledvedev fled the evil empire and sought sanctuary in the House of Lords.

[kyiakrishna]

Obviously the UK are going to open our boarders!!!! That's garanteed"

[mickowen]

we dont want em here .putin should fight the other leader in a ring y should ppl die cus of this war

[shane-irish]

Mike still alive taught he was dead 🤣🤣😃

[jillharding]

Have you seen the video yesterday on u tube, of Ukraine and Russian soilders dancing in a field together! Because they are about to take out the c.a.b.a.l based in Ukraine! I've seen the video myself! It's on BeyondMystic003 war in Ukraine special report by janine & Jean-Claude @Beyondmystic003