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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Christina Thykjaer and Kacper Pempel

A long road and new life ahead for Ukrainians fleeing war by taxi

A Ukrainian woman called Olga, 38, holds her 6-month-old daughter Vera near Spanish taxis, in front of the reception center for refugees, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine,in Nadarzyn, Poland, March 14, 2022. Picture taken March 14, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Olga and her two children, including six-month-old Vera, are crossing Europe by road, fleeing war in Ukraine with the help of a group of Spanish taxi drivers who drove to Poland to support the mass evacuation of refugees.

Like many of the nearly three million people who have poured over Ukraine's borders in search of sanctuary since the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24, she is haunted by what she has seen.

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