Marion Gauthier, edited by Gauthier Delomez 8:28 p.m., March 07, 2022

Frightened by the war in Ukraine, residents of Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, are preparing to leave their homes for fear of seeing the Russian army land in their country.

The special envoy of Europe 1, Marion Gauthier, met some Moldovans very worried about the turn that the conflict may take.

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Large queues outside the administrative buildings of Chisinau, the capital of Moldova.

Because of the war in Ukraine, some inhabitants are so afraid of Russian impulses that they are preparing to leave their country.

All day, Moldovans are stamping their feet with papers in hand that they want to have redone.

A precaution, explains Yohan, accompanied by his son.

The father of the family still hears the sound of the bombs that fell on neighboring Ukraine last week.

"We are on alert. We want to prepare our papers so that the family can leave", he says at the microphone of the special envoy of Europe 1. Yohan's son continues: "I feel scared. We talks a lot at school. They say that soon tanks will be here, in Moldova, and planes over our village."

In Moldova now, to continue talking to you about the consequences of the war in Ukraine.

Thousands of refugees are fleeing here… to go further: worried looks towards the East and Transnistria, a separatist region where the 14th Russian army is stationed @Europe1 pic.twitter.com/vO5KiJcwWR

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A country that has almost no army

In Chisinau, many are alarmed that the country has almost no army to defend them in case of attack.

A feeling of helplessness which accentuates Alexandra's fear of an offensive.

She dragged her mother here, and wants to take her to Romania or further, as far as necessary.

"Our suitcases have been ready for a week. Let's not believe that if Russia conquers Ukraine, it will stop there," adds the nervous 30-year-old.

Alexandra's mother shares her concerns, at the microphone of the special envoy of Europe 1: "Who wants to leave the land where their parents are buried? I do not foresee anything good. I worked 14 years in Russia and I didn't think such a thing could happen."

Impossible for her to resolve to be, in her turn, a refugee.

All eyes are now on Transnistria, a separatist enclave against which Moldova waged a war in the 1990s. The 14th Russian army is still there.