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Tatiana Kozhukhak on her way back into Ukraine, just days after leaving the country, from Moldova on Sunday, March 6, 2022. For 11 days, the Palanca b...

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 bord...

Refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine gather at the border in Palanca, Moldova, on Sunday, March 6, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Tim...

Refugees fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine gather at the border in Palanca, Moldova, on Sunday, March 6, 2022. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Tim...

A view of the Dniester River as seen from the village of Roghi, Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-backe...

The Dubossary hydroelectric power plant in Transnistria, which supplies electricity to Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear...

Russian troops at the entrance of the village of Varnita,?Moldova, March 3, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-backed sepa...

A cemetery in Molovata Noua, on the eastern side of the Dniester River, in Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by R...

A store, where customers can pay with both Transnistrian and Moldovan currencies, in the village of Roghi, Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear that...

A medical center in Varnita, Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-backed separatists in eastern Moldova, m...

On a ferry that connects Molovata Noua and Molovata, two villages on opposite sides of the Dniester River, in Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear t...

A Transnistrian flag in the northern district of Bender, in Varnita, Moldova, March 3, 2022.?Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-...

Anastasia Secretariova, a homemaker who wants Transnistria to be independent, in line to withdaw money, in Varnita, Moldova, March 3, 2022. Moldovans...

Part of Bender, a town run by Transnistria that is surrounded by areas of Moldovan control, in Varnita, Moldova, March 3, 2022. Moldovans fear that Tr...

A war memorial for the victims of the 1992 conflict in Transnistria, in Varnita, Moldova, March 3, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region ru...

An abandoned harbor in the Bender district in the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, March 3, 2022. "In this region, of course, there is no po...

Natalia Gavrilita, the Moldovan prime minister, in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, March 2, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by...

Ukrainian refugees at a makeshift camp in Palanca, Moldova, March 1, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a region run by Russia-backed separatists...

Refugees who recently crossed the border from Ukraine rest before moving on from a temporary camp in Palanca, Moldova, March 1, 2022. Russia's war in...

People in the village of Molovata Noua, on the eastern side of the Dniester River, in Moldova, March 4, 2022. Moldovans fear that Transnistria, a regi...