Veering from the Smog of War TV to Humanitarian Clarity

Seeing the best of human nature at a refugee center on the Hungary–Ukraine border

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People fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wait for a transport near a refugee shelter in Beregsurany, Hungary, March 14, 2022.

Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

Beregsurany, Hungary — Last Sunday, I felt as if I were being bounced from one reality to the next on my trip to the Ukrainian border.

I began my day in Budapest, Hungary, slack-jawed as I watched Rossiya 24, the Kremlin-owned news channel that provides Russians with Vladimir Putin’s worldview.

John Fund

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John Fund

John Fund is National Review’s national-affairs reporter.

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