Igor Timer-Bulatov heads back to Ukraine on Sunday after evacuating his daughter and grandson to Moldova, March 6, 2022. For 11 days, the Palanca border crossing in southeast Moldova has been one of the main escape hatches for those fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine -- but on Sunday afternoon, there was also a steady trickle of people returning to the war zone. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)