Bus of Ukrainian refugees arrives in Athens

A bus carrying 36 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Athens on Monday morning.

Nearly 400,000 Ukrainian refugees have fled their homes since the invasion, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Sunday.

Greece willing to take in Ukrainian refugees, minister Notis Mitarakis says

According to Mitarakis, war refugees from Ukraine “are true refugees.”

Greece is willing to “take a number of people in” from Ukraine if needed and will support the Ukrainians directly, with “technical and humanitarian help toward Poland and other countries,” Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis told Skai TV on Saturday.

According to Mitarakis, war refugees from Ukraine “are true refugees.”

He reiterated that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of international law and “a revisionist stance by Russia, which is condemned by the entire West.”