The Washington Post said European countries were ready to accept Ukrainian immigrants

“A new war in Europe has the potential to trigger the continent’s biggest humanitarian crisis since the Syrian civil war, which left more than one million refugees in 2015,” the Washington Post reported, according to IRNA on Thursday morning. Create.

The Polish newspaper added: “Polish officials have pointed out that in the worst case scenario, up to one million people could leave Ukraine in the event of a full-scale Russian invasion.”

Hungary, which borders Ukraine, has said it is sending troops to the border to prepare for the reception of asylum seekers. Romania has also said it is inspecting refugee camps.

According to the Washington Post, Poland, which currently houses 2 million Ukrainians and shares a 300-mile border with the country, is expected to bear the brunt of any attack.

EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ilva Johansson also traveled to Warsaw earlier this week, saying Europe was ready to accept Ukrainian immigrants.

Criticizing the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his country recognizes the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics and signed cooperation and friendship agreements with their leaders at the Kremlin.

Putin made the remarks hours after hearing reports from members of Russia’s Security Council that he would announce today that he would announce his decision to recognize the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.

Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a letter to Putin asking him to recognize the Donbass separatists’ independence from Ukraine.

The Donbass region in eastern Ukraine is made up of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as several other Russian-populated regions, and the two provinces unilaterally declared independence from Kiev in 2014 after a change of government in Ukraine.