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thirst starts august 10th on d, w. lou with the republic of moldova is nestled in eastern europe between romania and ukraine. with one of the least developed economies on the continent. the country has lived with an internal conflict for 3 decades. lying within its borders is a self proclaimed independent state trans and history. mm. mm. trans mystery is home to some, 1500 russian soldiers and a weapons depo with over 20000 tons of ammunition union with the mold open government has repeatedly called for the withdrawal of russian troops. especially for most people now that russia has an interest in moldova,

that's nothing new over trusting. ste. yeah. b a there is useful because of the munition, the army in order to fight the case. ukraine. yeah. some of the people, lieutenant, i think he's doing the right thing of what happened in ukraine, has us all worried? well, a lot of fear. somebody says little moscow, people train bella roost, moldova, mobile, and they're part of the moscow patriarch. it's competitive, couple laramie, vladimir, of ich putin knew exactly what was going on. and it was time for him to react. zapata no see, wouldn't let us do it kind of keep seems quiet today. only a few bombs fell at night. he studio demarco, silvia and you get this, i'm who come here have buried their children, but here her lisa lay my phone. it's very hard. war is terror with as the

see what blood issue the guys ship to my daughter and i will take people in as long as this continues at good. oh, grandma doth resume, selling us more delivered. if you crane couldn't stand down to russia, we would offer the same thing. we'll call him for his walk. moldova, b, there is a very dangerous o, like one to not we reiterate russian troops must left the territory of the republic of montalvan, which moldova, according to its constitution, moldova is neutral, but its government is pro european and within its borders, russia exert pressure. now the states fragile balance is being tested by russia's war and ukraine,

hulu because moldova shares a border with ukraine. many fleeing the attack on their country seek refuge here. moldova has the highest number of refugees per capita of any country in europe. gloves. with only 60 kilometers from odessa, the border crossing polanko sees the country's most traffic. moldova is one of the poorest countries in europe. yet people hear welcome and support the arriving refugees. now the whole of also to 3rd can longer finish horizon sad because it is so close it out and we have good reason to worry. and god forbid that the situation in ukraine is spreads to

moldova, greatly trans mistrial training is the idea or anywhere else, your small door? when you go again, you couldn't, i put your source door. i knew right away that they would ask us for helped us as a bomb issue here with those names. and because we fell to duty to help we acted what it is, the worst they are. i hope others will do the same. i showed them way to ship britain i took upon michelle, a dish. the fear bank failure by the area is $23.00. as a volunteer helper, she uses an internet platform to help connect local families in moldova with refugees who have nowhere to stay on list just either so, but choice are we visiting the villages by choice? oh, great. where i ukrainian guests that are saying, oh good, good. okay, cool. he is waiting for us. he is the pensioner who's supporting them with his own

money. lee daniels, sca da marshall with right now, 2 artists are staying with him. i need to speak with you. but i spoke with miss linda when you do, when you do, but we never thought war would break out, nor did we ever think we would one day need to help ukrainian refugees, luca vision. so i said there's a lot of that again, is already there are but 3 of mr. chilly vehicle values. so we aren't ourselves to what people need. just let them know if someone else needs to bet for the night. we put them up in the temporary reception center. oh, they stay the night door and move on the next day name in york with if someone has nothing to play and needs to stay for 5 nights or we find a place where they can stay longer than the father with me. that richer, fitted now or yes, from a go from a good from your parents. you know, i help out school, i get

a pension and already have enough support seebert. in the last few days, aid organizations have brought food and other things. but in student from political i'm thankful for that. we have enough force you by human service now with what they oh. 2 learning is going to cause she is going to assume. we've only brought a few bags and things with us. i'm a musician and have my instrument and my cat with me, we decided to go to moldova. yo, yo home, don't get young as an example. design doesn't work on the way i had no idea where we would stay till i had a few phone numbers. so i contacted valeria, i won't be available as all of you arrived at the station and didn't know where to spend the night. but an hour later, valeria sent me a message offering accommodation to know what dick along. but when we arrived, they helped us immensely. a big thank you goes out to get a gaudia boy,

a very kind hearted person in the he's already helped us so much to me on the phone won't glue down. we're lydia. good is she actually was just curious. i need use really, really do live or the larry has family is still suffering. and they lived in basements and shelters for 2 weeks. read you slower than walker for goodwood, but as soon as they went outside the air raid sirens sounded and they had to go back into the basement to your room. just a good. yes, i'm sure will that went on for 2 weeks to sure. they're completely drastic. i can see they aren't themselves. they have experience something so traumatic that it can't be put into words. and they still haven't recovered a doctor. not a money choice. ah, i ukraine and moreover came into being in their

present forms, following the collapse of the soviet union in 1991. the 2 peoples enjoy close cultural, social and historic ties. mm. and they can communicate in a common language, russian. most of our society is divided in terms of being the part of the east and west and instead of the lower history of the soviet, nationally, the policy of colonization on us, on the main issue that he's, that little or been divide the main cities, including the capital is at least half russia speaking, half a 1000000 speaking mobil via the sub. no group. for now. what's involved on the move to the is

a multi ethnic country, and national minorities may come some 22 percent. elation up or they speak russian . the russian use russian women and they speak language when they're at home, i course of worship. no more option immutable for more we know from surveys that few people have learned to remain in, in, in the 30 is in small davis independent. molly store, ah, virtual rules in pope a, oscar a small, rural village, a few kilometers from the ukrainian border. this former orphanage has been repurposed as refugee housing

people here described their fear and pain. hovers niger hm. at the obscure watching bordinez, it's very painful. oh, look up brought me coming. i don't have any relatives in russia. she'll do, but i stay in contact with many friends there. i'm sure they're helping me, but i mean, you're watching video. little would she would need a book or any media mister only. i personally don't have friends who are hostile to me or say we deserved to be attack or either not on the was not biling yet. not at all without them was same if the calm should kick. when does, when you come down you? they tell me that they themselves are shark is that they hadn't believed this could happen in boy. it really hurts because we are one people in the premier, yada delightful. redeem it is the same when i was born in the soviet union was still you on big countries each. there weren't separate nations like to day and we all spoke the same language. wouldn't our yard and the premier knows yet for go. video middle school music, i've spoken russian since childhood. i can speak ukrainian too,

but not so well. i make mistakes as him, but that is an important word from one look up when you're fortunate for line you bridle and coveted ward nor am yes, she dodged with an email from the ching crisis. marcella, colombo, violet, d. as in sam. like if more humor of that 1st year, the refugees came here in cars. so fancy. i hadn't even seen them and movies, mostly the poorer refugees came later. oh, come up there. and when i was shiver, i'm 12 years old. i am from ukraine. the cities odessa, it's her own where only women and their children stay like all of this sir. bedrooms, i hear for women and their children. and so there is a place where i sleep, put and sit down there. my mom sleeps there. okay,

let's go to the other room where mountains stay, but sometimes we can stay there too just for the chat. with here in the mail room, but sometimes women can be estate here to death for fun and to chat. here. i'm here with my family ends with my other relative says, so we stay here for 2 or 3 weeks and so there are a lot of children and so children are not really sure what's happening right now and why we moved here because we can, we can't explain them that there is a warrant in our country because they're ruled kits. they don't. we don't have to tell them about the war because so war isn't death. it's pain. most to

worst thing that's happened to ukraine. and so i feel very red, so i have to move here because i alone for this. so very much is. so it's my home, it's my place. i have ro school there, i have my friends. so i feel very bad. and i want to go home. mm. ah, ah ah, this, i think dish kid. hello, natalie. i see us moderate. i think odessa is one of the strategically important cities for russia,

and from odessa to trans nice to reality. it's not so far of players that ship the battle portals grade that had florida. it's often done and trans nice drea is pro russia territory where there are russian troops. russia needs trans nice drea for military bases that i thought over the marino life way and i was with that i feel that is all about the pro russian region and the east of the country is among moldova is biggest worries, a strip of land along the dentist or river between moldova and ukraine, trans mystery and its capital t at os boy declared independence in 1990 a year before the end of the soviet union. in 1992, the russian backed conflict broke out between moldova and trans in history a. but shortly afterwards, a ceasefire was agreed. trans mystery has never been recognized internationally,

but it behaves like a de facto state. not only does the country have its own president, but its held on to its soviet era parliament, the supreme soviet. it has its own currency and its own army, los altos, and others that boston h d r i. when i mrs. gazed on the trans mystery and authorities, are sometimes open system and other times not locked in. they don't want to negotiate loaded or not a human gay, or what's the region that the state authorities and to see now cannot control of your state interest, bro brioche, bishop worcester bullock, gosh. they have their own state budget out their own authorities and for social affairs, for the economy. education, health, they do kathy on their, their sunny dog. a nice coil. lot other yes is the cyrillic alphabet is still taught in schools, rate of city and they do not recognize the national currency. why did he shall feel

now better all nibbled, political issue re minifee. so there the, literally, this conflict is very hard to find in the russian federation, influences negotiations and the army getting a gale as though it, i think these are all pressure tactics. the trends mystery a uses to influence negotiations with the government and to see now when you pull out a national bi, finish closer outward, audition day diction. now it is not even most of the western analysts are saying that it was a civil war. and basically, it was a war that was initiated by the russia mommy, the former 14th of a tommy which was located in, in justice. yes ma'am. and moscow tried to use this territory. yes. in order to prevent

moved over from the separation of the soviet union. then from the union of the former soviet maleah to mania. or it's broad. the european agenda molig of highs. yeah. and sophomore city, in the case of georgia, phillip water, but the most the get it thought it funny as drove it and schedule it dummy done. google cheat issue. now anything can happen trans, and history is under their control and their army is there. and there's even a military academy, the reason why, why do they have to be in port when it is our territory belts go. beach is no one

recognizes this republic. he's a no country recognizes its independence and switching. you will not much of them now. they want them, although the government to recognize trans nice re as in dependent. but we won't do that. such a small piece of land and they still want to take it away from us. but of course, it would be useful for russia because they could put their missiles there, have not, the nato cannot expand, but neither can russia. now when rock in so close to europe as we are a neutral territory. so idea to me really get when you pleasant. moldova is, government has no control over trans mystery or where russia currently has 1500 soldiers station about according to the organization for security and cooperation in europe. there are over $20000.00 tons of ammunition and trends. mystery of making it one of the continents largest farms. depos

from old overs people and authorities. this feels anything but neutral. a mistrust heightened by russia's war against ukraine. dba, executable liberty, moldova as deputy prime minister of the republic of nato. though i wish to repeat that we are eager to find solutions in order to preserve the integrity of this country. she evident and of course we reiterate that russian troops must lead the territory of the republic of moldova. it, he thought it would improve jim old although in your song mitchell for the 0 for which the board of the preventative for the see the new one or, you know, that russia has an interest in all day with nothing new. but i will say we are

constitutionally, militarily neutral. russia's political influence on the election has always been felt because they have their favorites in moldova, we better for you corrective thought for ready for your mobile now. sure. just for the previous throw him out the personal and then now history with trans history or after sue t is this area is still under russian control. and if you crane gave into russian attacks or could no longer with down the involved, we would immediately suffer the same fate quarter for no charge or so it comes from watson control england. this would mean not to concrete. the hole black sea

literal up to the venue and then moving the front against ukraine along the city to the north. so. so of course, in this case, trust me would be very useful territory because of the munition, the army. yes, you know that to fight against ukraine. and then of course, this would mean that that model would be the way they dress station. i'll bring the bill gran. yeah. and schmidt out on the show for ukraine. looked at our conflict and thought, we just didn't know how to handle it. they didn't know or couldn't foresee what scenarios could play out for the,

for the etc. the sion items get bored and bored and bizarre. e, after russia annexed crimea, they suddenly saw the trans mystery, a conflict in a whole different light. a horse is ethical trick though they thought there would be 2 options to have a regime change here. more like kind of there are stories ation below see is ation of, of although it's becoming a kind of ally of, of russia or even inclusion in the, in the big project called normal in over osha, the meaning, extinguishment, or the per clever weston south. worse than border on the new rushing pyre, when they shylock lighted at donahoe, got out. alicia,

also the question is, where will the russian army stop? will the army take ukraine as far as to nets and landscape bought that? or will they move further south to odessa, nikolai, and form nova russia greenly? will they integrate trans mystery at the same time or exclude? good? they get osha and gandhi. i the same. okay. we cannot rule out russia one day saying our citizens live here. we're protecting our cities, the russian language, the russian world with others. our military is here wound and then they just take the territory really daughter's air in by the edge they said, did they tell you that being them, when he doubt see that they are, they were a week after the russian invasion of ukraine began moldova pro, you're a president, my son do, asked the e you to speed up moldova application for admission, and i think that it's, i think that the war next door has clearly strengthened the desire to join the european union. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. have

a great pleasure to be here with you the total moment for over, but also for you as your normal overhead started working on the limitation of the equipment. it's a long time ago, but now it's the one of the technical moments. what about those efforts? are already recognized some of them. we need to do a lot more work to prepare, mold over to be a credible candidate for your session or federal corolla for 4 of them for room. but in most do, this was reflected in the last election global for a pro, your government was created with a pro europe president wanted and the majority voted for your shows. your poor in a growing russian back party house. i did the tend to see promises key,

which is not part of the rubric burst said the 3rd giving r lily, most people are turning towards you're hoping for a better and brighter future for tomorrow at the dash bar, which shift here to learn to show we have a mentor, the majority president, proud of that declared very clearly that our strategic goal is integration here within union. and i think if this trend among the citizens would continue or are the cables. so we really would have chances store to be a part of european union or this not full membership,

but very close to the standards of european in the aspect of economic life in terms of fighting against corruption in terms of respecting the democratic standards on the steady to fail our port, 20 bad guy out those categories give union you senior officials are truly in favor of moldova, moving along the path to a functioning democracy. i hope they gain access to the european community. they are nice and or way go escal needle. this cat and mouse game with russia, it has to end because ultimately, the civilian population is most affected last year on city. this is very painful because we have people will have to pay the piper and the n. i start last year that

case, you know, has received assurances of support from senior e. u and u. s. politicians, amid growing concerned about possible russian military moves on the mold oven border. miss me, one more. dover has the highest per capita number of ukrainian refugees of any country in europe. the government is warning of the challenges this exodus will bring. give mama, although 70 percent of the arrivals have been taken in by families public services like health care or on the verge of collapse. with there are also rama among the thousands of refugees. the authorities are accommodating them separately under different conditions.

but they're all you could them we are clearly should the normal though not she listed that we will show that on the way to moldova at night you could see the rocket and exploding bombs. were pussy, did you know what we were in the middle of it all the work of the we have to turn back twice over often because we were shot at daily. and there was a big explosion that there were tang unchecked points that you know for odessa. whoa, whoa, foss faced the yearly, what they see vizier welcomed up pretty young when we arrive. you. we went to william craney, an embassy, the article dawn from matthew in love. we were driven here, my boss of what you. i don't know why you should though. maybe because everywhere else is already full of be there. but double national guard for you. i don't, my community is place in this place in manage all of them. that is how the government decided it is

a typical it is segregation and i'm not ashamed to say the conditions here. i'm much worse than in the other places. i don't know. why's that? but i think that are due to the fact that rama communities treated differently. of course, who we would like to send from the bottom of parse. the government is doing everything. he says water is at the present time. had a couple aroma with him. okay. and the did you see on the gallery where the show and i'm going to finish a group of roma, came to us and asked, why were we, how's the separately? why did the ukrainians have better conditions? but they're not the name of the lakes, but these are new challenges for us. and for the authorities we have no experience of this. unlike the european country with the refugees from syria and 2015 germany

in norway in switzerland for example, for moldova, this is all new day. yeah, there's a problem with the law is i'll go ahead and add new. mm . i choose which is not the police country, but one of the most to europe. and of course the war has been book additional those while we cannot make situation, especially after the, the gas prices one pump in the form. and i use

i has a population of 2600000. the average wage is $300.00 euros per month. one of europe's lowest its proximity to the black sea, mild and sunny climate, and large expenses of land make moldova ideal for agriculture, especially winemaking. but the war in ukraine is hurting the local economy for miss lemme sit in nevada. what they forward you a lot. if not to put the most of my mother must go up the route we breed in families. and so the locals need this kind of chicken and we have to live on something. now everything is expensive, so guess electricity. ready feed no more trying to reach no more. i did run up

on that. i wanted to be able to say yeah, i don't know what's coming, but people are having a hard time. i'm sure if my son works in the e. u for him and i don't think he ever wants to come back. no young you don't want to spend when everything was still good or bad. we built houses, but i'm sure he doesn't want to come back now. if he owns, well then, you mean he lives well, but i don't know what could bring him back here. luckily, we have the internet so we can see each other. but i don't know when he can come here again. boom, this morning. what jim pool, would you say that you and the little girl feel? sure. are you serious? godly didn't say on a 40 minute dnc. it's very bad. it's everything is very expensive for me at all. the prices go up daily. so lot of my pension is 1600 lou watching. that's less than $100.00. i can hardly live on it. well, it isn't enough. well,

for you. i buy and sell these olives, so i can afford bread. i can't live on my pension allowing foot. oh, he's plenty like attacks be unseen and said, no more. come on. like you are good, she'll will all the young people have gone to moscow. spain g, germany, or turkey get money so valuable. they finish lol. here i am and go, i need cn point units quote. we evaluate wanting what i have 3 children. one is in ukraine. we, one is and turkey and one is here. so on teens are the am, but my son doesn't want to work because they pay so little. i won't know what that we're thought of. what the model again, you can't live on those wages, scenic, that plugged on new me lugging wardrobe with one of the most valuable agricultural regions in moldova is ga gucia on the southern border with

ukraine. here, the vast majority of people speak russian. the region has been autonomy since 1994 and is being courted by the surrounding countries. it's not just the e, you and russia who play important roles here. turkey does to the gaga whose population is ethnically turkish. most belonging to the orthodox church in front of the orthodox cathedral in the capitol comrade stands a statue of lenin, a figure from the past that is still very much present shows must liddy seriously 40 mill. so it's covered, images, analysis of the soviet legacy is very important here. 2 people still remember it. well, the russian language is closest to us here for from united, lost those cusack of the blizzard. so how much to move, which is this the school? since soviet times schools have been taught in russian,

that has stopped with people with him. him models come, we'll speak russian legos as well as our mother tongues don't get gauss lawyers, a car casual. now we learn english to or german or whatever else, which not for us. russian is like a mother tongue to keep the metaphysical general source. because the recruitment is the oh, with your bible, the weaknesses you blow in the pl comes to mom. god forbid that war should break out here too many refugees come to us from ukraine, but on what we can take some in to. but it depends on how people this more the civilian population must not be harmed under any circumstances. villa people must not die if come switched to what new middle middle name not oh oh. oh, unlike trans mystery a,

this is an autonomy region fully recognized by moldova, most people here are in favor of the kremlin so called special military operation. despite this pro russia stance many fugitives find refuge here because it is so close to their homeland. ah, we wouldn't have heard about it. how to keep quiet today. only a few bombs fell at night. but people used to com to organize themselves and look for food that they're prepared for the next bombings. it's very hard way but the worst terror. ah ah,

use them still? we don't know what's coming the me, but i think he's doing the right thing and you know what happened in ukraine has also worried because if not, sooner or later it will be here to ukraine is so close for. of course it concerns us to clean it out on the ship with last post on there and here to like us over to others. and there are more and more of them. and in ukraine, the faction has become stronger and stronger. vladimir, let me of it put in, knew exactly what was going on and it was time for him to react to

ah ah, ah, what was my grandson is with his mother and her keith, for at least they were, they don't answer the phone or call any more the hold of how to keep was heavily bombed and destroyed. everything is in ruins. them all. ah, founded at the moment, believe it, russia had acted sooner. it would have been easier and quicker. but they had a fuse and grew stronger and stronger. and with all the propaganda that has been spread, and i'm sure there are many now who are against russia. a whole generation has

grown up with anti russian propaganda. nissan. we're looking at a project, alina and i could click on the more the children miss home and want to go back. it's harder for them and for us little of course, it's hard for us to, but we can bear more clothes and we tried to keep going to stay positive was we tell them that we are optimistic, that it won't last much longer and will soon be able to go back home for anybody other than they have holidays at the moment and you call it and distance learning. so we did not the distance so which one you want. both of them will be treated wonderfully. they have nothing against us just because we come from ukraine. everything's fine. will i want to stay here? as long as there is no peace in ukraine?

not there. doesn't work. i get a lot of most people here lean more towards russia because we have very similar mantell teeth broken, many relatives and acquaintances who let small diver now live in russia. we are in contact with all of them. and we couldn't imagine turning our backs on russia for getting back up a little more for when you as far as trade is concerned, it is also better for us to do business with russia than with you able to allow wages fall below those in europe. but prices are becoming more and more equal. i imagine how hard it is to live like that from me. you know, if that wasn't flowing in the referendum here and get the 98 percent voted for the

pro ration policy somewhere radically against it. these people are more pro manian and despised russia can not through the population is divided body this is up as it is. it's the only connected where exactly which majorities lie is another question. but there is support is on both sides, but only take a typical stop. also. this was because you were in shoe here we have peace. ah, nobody. but we can't give up on those victims. we have to stand up on monday. we have children to raise. you but we have to go on, be decisive to boys cook if countries help each other, everything will be fine thus. but uncivil did the loop with

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