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Lena's story part 2: 'Starting from scratch in Bulgaria'

Lena* is a communications professional. She ran her own agency in Ukraine and was used to being independent. Five days after the war started, she felt she had no other option but to flee Kyiv with her son. She is now in Bulgaria, attempting to put her life back together again "from scratch."

'Ready to face challenges in a new country': 72-year-old Ukrainian on fleeing war

After the Russian army bombed her town, Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, Valentina Ejova decided to flee. The 72-year-old Ukrainian woman first made her way to Moldova and then to Austria. This is her story, as told to the United Nations Population Fund.

Ukrainian mother and disabled daughter escape Russian occupied territory

Oxana fled the war in Ukraine with her disabled daughter and her 17-year-old son. An Italian-Ukrainian humanitarian mission helped them escape to safety in Romania. They will soon be hosted in Bologna, Italy, where the girl will receive medical support.

'If we complain, they fire us': Samir, an undocumented worker in France

Samir* worked for over a year using false papers for the DPD delivery group in the Paris region. Frustrated by the working conditions, which he describes as "slavery", the Algerian started a strike with 70 other colleagues, who were also undocumented. For four months, the strikers have been demanding to have their situation regularized.

Kabul escapee now helps refugees in Poland

Abdul Rashid, a former translator for the Polish forces in Afghanistan, was evacuated to Poland after the Taliban takeover. Now he is witnessing the pain of another escape, the mass displacement of people fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Rashid it was clear he needed to help.