Aid organisations sound alarm over trafficking risk to women and children fleeing Ukraine – what you can do to stay safe Foto: Alexandru Chiriac Kiri. R. Moldova. Refugees from Ukraine at the station in Chisinau board a train to Romania Aid organisations across Europe are warning Ukrainian refugees of the danger of human trafficking as they flee the war in their homeland, with both women and children at

U.S. to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing war amid broader aid effort The United States plans to accept up to 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion and is pledging $1 billion in new humanitarian aid, the Biden administration said on Thursday after a month of bombardments touched off Europe's fastest-moving refugee crisis since the end of World War Two. More than 3.5 million people have fled since Russia invaded Ukraine

The German capital is experiencing an unprecedented influx of refugees from Ukraine When making your way through the crowd of passengers on the Warsaw - Berlin train, you have to watch your step so as not to step on anyone's paw or tail. Yorkshire terriers, Siberian Huskies, boxers, mongrels - it may seem that the ticket booths are crowded with dog show participants. But everything is much scarier than that.

Siege survivor of Leningrad, hiding from shelling and stocking up on bread in besieged Kharkov 87-year-old Margarita Morozova remembers the famine and shelling of the besieged Leningrad. After World War II, she ended up in Ukraine and worked as a librarian until her retirement. For about 60 years Margarita has lived in Kharkov. Now the pensioner is again forced to hide from shelling and stock up on bread and water

A protest movement is gaining strength in the Russian Orthodox Church Orthodox Church in Madrid The secretary of the Spanish-Portuguese diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin, is one of 286 representatives of the Russian clergy who signed the call to end the war in Ukraine. In an interview with DW, he explained his position. Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin, doctor of theology, secretary of the Spanish-Portuguese diocese

Poland's open-door policy helps Ukrainian refugees build new lives Ukrainians at the national stadium in Warsaw where a center is helping refugees get coveted national identity numbers For Ukrainian refugees in Poland these days, the most important word is "PESEL" — the abbreviation for the Polish national identity number. Poland's government has promised refugees from neighboring Ukraine that they can stay in the country for up to 180

It is difficult for transgender people to leave Ukraine   Before crossing the border into Poland, Joanna never thought she could leave Ukraine. "She looks great and needs almost no makeup!" - says the makeup artist. Joanna is a trans woman who, before the war in Ukraine, was in the beginning stages of legally changing her gender marker. Recently, she was able to update her birth certificate. Joanna, a refugee: