A Northumberland vicar has waved off the first vanload of essentials to the Ukrainian-Romanian boarder after just two days of collections in the local community.
St Mary Magdalene, the parish church of Prudhoe, has opened its doors for donations after a Romanian member of the community told vicar Daniel Freyhan she was broken-hearted by the plight of refugees crossing the border into her home country.
The UN said on Tuesday that more than 830,000 people had been displaced by the invasion, and while the majority had fled to Poland, it is thought at least 44,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Romania, with refugees waiting up to 20 hours to cross the border.
