'I don't want to leave': Ukrainians record messages from their cars as they flee war – video
by Scarlet Pestell, Monika Cvorak and Nikhita Chulani from World news | The Guardian on (#5WFPF)
Tens of thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing or preparing to flee the country after Russian leader Vladimir Putin began an invasion.
Videos and photos on social media show lines of cars moving out of cities and heading west, as well as numbers of people on foot near the southern and western borders while reports of casualties mount.
We spoke to Maria Romanenko and Alena Dalskaya-Latosiewicz from their cars as they tried to escape the conflict, as well as Romeo Kokriatski a Ukrainian-American, who says he hopes to stay in the capital, Kyiv, for as long as possible.
'I love my country. I don't want to leave,' said Romanenko