After building up a troop presence on the Ukrainian border in recent months, Russia has launched an invasion of Ukraine. Today, Russian forces began carrying out strikes on major cities and strategic locations across Ukraine. The chaos has already prompted an exodus of Ukrainian citizens. Scenes from Kyiv show a flood of cars departing the capital city, and evacuees are already arriving in neighboring Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.
"We are ready to help all those who will be forced to leave Ukraine," said Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. "We could receive over 500,000 refugees," reported Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dincu. "That is…the number for which we have prepared." Slovak Defense Minister Jaro Nad told Al Jazeera that his country was preparing for the potential "large numbers of refugees" coming to Slovakia.
