Refugees In Moldova, already 120,000 people have fled Ukraine, the country is asking the United States for humanitarian aid

Moldova prime minister Natalia Gavrilița has called on the United States to provide humanitarian assistance to help the Ukrainians who have fled to Moldova.

As many as 230,000 people have fled the war in Ukraine to a small Moldova of 2.6 million people, 120,000 of whom have remained in the country. Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe.

“For a country as small as Moldova, this is a really big amount,” Gavrilița told the U.S. Secretary of State. To Antony Blinkenwho was on a weekend visit to Moldova.

According to Gavrilița, the country wants to help fleeing Ukrainians, but needs help.

A total of more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries in ten days, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said over the weekend. Filippo Grandi.

This is the fastest growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.

Moldova was Blinken’s third destination on this European tour. He previously visited Brussels and Poland, and after Moldova he will head to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

In Poland, Blinken said the United States is planning a $ 2.75 billion (about 2.5 billion euros) humanitarian aid package to support the needs caused by the war. In Moldova, he promised help to the country.