WARSAW, Poland—Blue and yellow flags flutter everywhere in Warsaw as refugees from Ukraine flood into the Polish city, exhausted, haunted, and lost. Every day, thousands of mostly women and children roll into the Warsaw West Bus Station from the Ukraine border. Many more come by train. Ilya Kosse, 17, has been alone in Warsaw and has heard nothing from his family for five days. They’re trapped in Mariupol without electricity and the ability to communicate. Mariupol, a city in eastern Ukraine, is surrounded by Russian forces. Still, Kosse writes his parents long messages every night, hoping they might read them soon. “I have a group in Telegram with my Mum and Dad, and every evening I write to them about what I think, about my situation, what I do,” Kosse said. “And inside me, I understand and believe that they hear me.” Kosse had been in Kyiv studying engineering when …
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