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This is how to donate your air miles to Ukrainians

People are coming up with some inventive ways to get money to Ukrainians but which are genuinely helping?

My Europe Series

How Warsaw has opened its door and heart to Ukrainian refugees

“It is an amazing mobilisation that I’ve never seen before in my life. Everyone I know is in some way involved.”

Poland

COVID 'not a priority' as Ukrainian refugee crisis worsens

The war has forced more than 2.5 million people to flee Ukraine, a country with poor vaccination coverage and high rates of COVID-related cases and deaths.

World News

Bus with Ukrainian refugees overturns in Italy, killing one passenger

One woman was killed and several people were injured when a bus transporting some 50 refugees from Ukraine to the Italian port city of Pescara overturned on a major highway in the north of Italy.

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Poland

Stop Putin or Ukrainian blood will be on your hands, says protester

He was among protesters calling for the West to do more to stop the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine

Russia claims it killed 'foreign mercenaries' in Yavoriv bombing

On Sunday, Russian forces carried out an airstrike on a military range near Lviv in western Ukraine, expanding its offensive closer to the border with Poland.

Ukraine

Concerns for refugees' safety grow as more Ukrainians flee the country

As the number of people fleeing Ukraine surpasses 2.5 million, some advocates are starting to worry about their safety abroad. 👇

My Europe Series

Meet the Italian who drove 3,200-km to pick up Ukrainian refugees

“We saw the fear and the uncertainty in people’s eyes, we saw people who must have passed unimaginable horrors."

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'We can't live without them': Ukrainian refugees flee with beloved pets

Many Ukrainians carry cats, dogs, turtles and other pets as they flee Russia's invasion.

Europe News

Watch: How the EU will use an untested law to support Ukraine refugees

The Temporary Protection Directive will mean no restrictions on Ukrainians working or getting their children into school.

Ukraine

'I aged ten years': Ukrainians on stress of war and family left behind

Ukrainians who fled Kyiv for the EU fear for the family they've left behind as Russia's war rages on.

United Kingdom

UK delivers 'disgraceful' 760 visas to Ukrainian refugees

Opposition MPs and the Ukrainian ambassador to the UK have criticised "bureaucratic hassles" impending Ukrainians from travelling to Britain.

Hungary

Annamaria one of a million children to have fled Ukraine, says UN

Annamaria, 10, fled after bombs started falling in her hometown Kharkiv.

Culture news

Former Miss Ukraine describes terrifying escape from Kyiv

The beauty queen was in the US on International Women's Day to highlight the plight of women and other Ukrainian civilians during the conflict.

Poland

Watch: 'See what your friend Putin has done,' Salvini told in Poland

Matteo Salvini has come in for criticism over his past support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Romanians greet refugees with Women's Day flowers

At the Siret border crossing in Romania, women fleeing war in Ukraine were greeted on Tuesday with tulips and other flowers to mark International Women's Day.

Culture news

Youth orchestra evacuated from Ukraine

The movement of refugees into other European countries is underway, with sponsorship schemes taking place in some cases.

Ukraine

Two million refugees have now fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion

Two million refugees have now fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion, says UNHCR

France

UK to vet Ukraine refugees at Calais as French claim hundreds rejected

The UK is to install a visa application centre for Ukrainian refugees on the northern French coast, amid claims that hundreds trying to reach England have been refused entry.

Poland

Full of fear and foreboding, meet the refugees who have fled Ukraine

"Innocent people are dying. Tanks are shooting everywhere. A young girl, 18 yrs old is standing there with a machine gun. It’s horrible."