EditorialChisinau, the capital of Moldova, the poorest country in Europe. Full NATO or European Union membership for countries on Europe’s periphery is unlikely for many years. (Laetitia
EditorialVolodymyr Danuliv, a Ukrainian evacuee who has relatives in the Russian army, at a center for asylum seekers and refugees in Chisinau, Moldova’s capital, April 6, 2022. (Cristian Movila/The New York Times)
EditorialRefugee children from Ukraine watch videos on mobile phones at a refugee center inside a sports arena in Chisinau, Moldova, March 17, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialBoys from Ukraine play at a temporary refugee shelter set up inside an exhibition center in Chisinau, Moldova's capital, on Saturday, March 19, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialChildren from Ukraine play at a refugee center inside a sports arena in Chisinau, Moldova, on Thursday, March 17, 2022. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times)
EditorialLilia Martinova, 28, and her eight-month-old son wait in front of the Agudath Israel synagogue in Chisinau, Moldova, for a bus to take them to a Romanian airport before flying to Israel, March 7, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialPinhas Zaltzman, chief rabbi of Moldova, helps sort out the papers Jewish refugees from Ukraine will need to board planes taking them to Israel, in Chisinau, Moldova, March 7, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Dubossary hydroelectric power plant in Transnistria, which supplies electricity to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, March 4, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)