yes, i am at beregsurany, the crossin: nick. yes, i am at beregsurany, the crossing over— nick.surany, the crossing over to ukraine. _ nick. yes, i am at beregsurany, the crossing over to ukraine. on - nick. yes, i am at beregsurany, the crossing over to ukraine. on the - nick. yes, i am at beregsurany, the crossing over to ukraine. on the far| crossing over to ukraine. 0n the far side, and the ukrainian side, this is an area of largely ethnic hungarians, obviously ukrainian citizens, and in the last hours and all through the day yesterday, we have had hundreds, probably now going into the thousands of people fleeing across this border, local people from the villages and towns on the far side, most of them actually fleeing on foot, many with small children, pulling their bags with them. what they are telling us is that, obviously, there is no fighting or humming on that side, but they are very afraid with whether the war reaches to them on the far side, and they are afraid that their young men will be called up that their young men will be called up to fight. some of the young m

our correspondent nick thorpe is on the beregsurany border between ukraine and hungary.here you are, but the suggestion is that men aged over 18 - 60 suggestion is that men aged over 18 — 60 are actually being turned back. that is right, that is what we have been hearing at beregsurany overnight, and there have been thousands now this morning coming across this border. it is almost all women and children. i spoke to some early who said they had got across last night, so before midnight, but they were saying, certainly up to seven o'clock this morning, no more men were being allowed across unless they also had hungarian citizenship. some people in this part of the world have dual hungarian and ukrainian citizenship, but certainly pretty much the large majority, 80-90% of pretty much the large majority, 80—90% of people i have met at this border, streaming up this road behind me, many of them on foot, have been women and children, often small children, clutching teddy bears and some very old people, one woman a little while ago in a wheelchair.— woman a little while ago in

nick thorpe in beregsurany, thank ou people. nick thorpe in beregsurany, thank you very _ people.— as to what we are seeing? is endgame is to stay in power— as to what we are seeing? is endgame is to stay in power are _ as to what we are seeing? is endgame is to stay in power are to _ as to what we are seeing? is endgame is to stay in power are to survive. - is to stay in power are to survive. the thing he fears most is being dragged into a situation like moamer gaddafi in libya. he talked about nato expansion being the thing the start of this crisis, well, it is actually democratic expansion that scares him, so while a successful democratic ukraine on his border could be a signal to his people that perhaps his leadership and dictatorship is not the way to go. so he's decided that he needs to invade and take down ukraine on completely false and manufactured circumstances and essentially attacking an innocent to is called murder. so i think day to day as a dictator you're just trying to stay in power, the mentality almost, you may die tomorrow... i messed that up, i'm sorry! it is

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this is the third day i have been here and there is definite increase in numbers at beregsurany, a markedllowing the authorities one car across that border each hour. most of the people reaching where i am here are coming on foot. in reaching where i am here are coming on foot. , ., . ., , on foot. in terms of the various supplies. _ on foot. in terms of the various supplies. what _ on foot. in terms of the various supplies, what there _ on foot. in terms of the various supplies, what there is - on foot. in terms of the various supplies, what there is there i supplies, what there is there available to them, what i the aid agencies saying to you? then;r available to them, what i the aid agencies saying to you? they are sa ine agencies saying to you? they are saying basically. _ agencies saying to you? they are saying basically, i— agencies saying to you? they are saying basically, i mean, - agencies saying to you? they are saying basically, i mean, what. agencies saying to you? they are | saying basically, i mean, what we are seeing is the aid agencies getting into gear. the last two days