Ukraine Refugees Flood West as Border Nations Scramble to Organize Aid

Ukraine Refugees Flood West as Border Nations Scramble to Organize Aid
Refugees from Ukraine walk along a road after crossing the Moldova–Ukrainian border's checkpoint near the town of Palanca on March 1, 2022. Nikolay DOYCHINOV/AFP
Autumn Spredemann
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Shortly after the first shots were fired on Ukraine during what Russian President Vladimir Putin called “special military operations” on Feb. 24, Ukrainians began fleeing from the front lines and flooded toward the border nations of Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia, and Romania.

The vast majority of Ukrainians evacuating are women and children because of the implementation of martial law, which specifies that Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are restricted from leaving the country until further notice.

Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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