Nicu Gusan is correspondent for RFE/RL's Moldovan Service.
Ukrainian families express fear and loss as they flee Russia's full-scale offensive aimed at subduing their country, trickling into Poland, Romania, and Moldova.
Moldova has some of the most polluted rivers in Europe, due in part to a lack of public sewers. The town of Durlesti shows how private solutions and a failure of public action combine in a toxic mix.