Warsaw’s mayor explains how his city is coping with a 17% increase in its population
Rafal Trzaskowski asks for more assistance to be sent directly to cities and charities helping Ukrainian refugees
WE KNEW THE war was coming. But we did not expect it to become a full-scale conflict, displacing millions of people, in just a month. We did not anticipate so much tragedy and destruction. In our worst nightmares we did not expect to witness atrocities not seen in this part of Europe since the second world war.
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