One of Europe's poorest countries, Moldova has a separatist region that hosts 1,500 Russian troops. Since the Ukraine war, Moldova's applied to join the EU, even as it keeps a policy of neutrality.
As bombed rained down on the streets of Kyiv, Aleksandra Makoviy wanted to make sure that her 2-year-old would be safe. The only way to do that was by writing her phone number on the girl's back.
Images of dead civilians in the streets of Bucha shocked the world and intensified concerns of Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Officials want more military aid, and bigger consequences for Russia.
The city, an island of relative safety surrounded by fighting, has become a hub for humanitarian aid and for people fleeing the war in the Donbas and other parts of Ukraine.
