One of Europe’s poorest nations has taken in 370,000 Ukrainian refugees so far, but as fighting intensifies president Maia Sandu has called for financial help
After crossing the border from Ukraine, Olga Salko spent her first days in Moldova in Talmaza, a place she calls a “beautiful village on a hill”. It was a far cry from the horror she left behind in her husband’s home town nearIn Talmaza, Salko stayed with an elderly woman who volunteered to host her along with her sister, Taiyana, and her three-year-old daughter, Sophia.
Salko, 36, and her family are one of many who have been welcomed into Moldovan homes, in Salko’s case just hours after arriving in Chișinău, . In the past month, Ukraine’s small neighbour has received approximately 370,000 Ukrainian refugees, who have been met at the borders with acts of kindness from locals who have rallied to host and support them., is also learning how badly war relief can drain resources as conflict creeps nearer to its eastern border with Ukraine.
Olga Salko, her sister Taiyana and daughter Sophia stand with Nikita, another displaced Ukrainian with whom they shared temporary accommodation.Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the World Food Programme, said so far, Moldova is the only country borderingwhere the WFP is providing support for refugees – help that has come at the government’s request.
Meanwhile, experts in the region have warned that a disinformation campaign is under way, designed to spread panic among local communities. Videos in which people complain of Ukrainian refugees’
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