Like many expats, Cristina Ionda has spent the past two years worrying from afar about friends and family during the pandemic, but now she has a new fear as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine plays out on her homeland’s doorstep.
“It’s very scary,” says Cristina, who is from Romania and returned for a visit in May this year. “Many people are quite frightened, to be honest.”
As a NATO member with a border on
