A Ukrainian household fleeing the struggle was robbed of the little cash and few possessions that they had at a Spanish gasoline station, prompting the police to boost 520 euros ($573) to assist them of their quest to begin a brand new life.

The SAP-FEPOL police union shared pictures of the kindhearted gesture on Twitter.

The theft befell at a gasoline station close to the city of Figueres in Girona province, within the northeastern Spanish area of Catalonia, within the early hours of March 19.

The Ukrainian household, fleeing Russia's invasion of their residence nation, had stopped on the gasoline station to refuel and take a break. Whereas they have been attempting to get some sleep of their car on the service station, the thieves arrived and began puncturing their car's tires, in keeping with native reviews.

The members of the family awoke and have been confronted by the suspects and robbed of their belongings, the police stated.

The household reported the incident to the Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan police) and, whereas submitting the criticism, officers collected the cash to assist the household.

It's unclear whether or not the Ukrainian household has a closing vacation spot in thoughts, as they seemingly want to make a recent begin away from the devastating battle of their residence nation.

Ukraine invasion, Russia, Refugees
Individuals who fled the struggle in Ukraine stroll towards a humanitarian prepare to relocate refugees to Berlin on March 15, 2022, in Krakow, Poland. Greater than half of the roughly 3 million Ukrainians fleeing struggle have crossed into neighboring Poland since Russia started a large-scale armed invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. Omar Marques/Getty Photographs

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what the Kremlin continues to be calling a "particular army operation" to "demilitarize and de-Nazify" the sovereign European state.

Practically 3.5 million individuals are believed to have left Ukraine as refugees because the invasion started in what's Europe's largest refugee disaster since World Conflict II, the United Nations refugee company says.

About 25,000 Ukrainians had arrived in Spain because the invasion started, although solely 9,000 of them had registered with the authorities, Spanish Migration Minister Jose Luis Escriva stated on March 21.

Nearly all of the arrivals in Spain are believed to be staying with relations or buddies, he stated, in keeping with Reuters information company.

"We now have expanded the granting of residence permits to incorporate all individuals who lived in Ukraine on the time of the invasion, not simply Ukrainians," Escriva was reported to have stated in an interview with Spanish public information channel TVE.

Earlier than the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there have been an estimated 105,573 Ukrainian nationals dwelling in Spain as of July 2021, in keeping with knowledge from Spain's Nationwide Statistics Institute.

Nearly all of refugees have escaped to Poland, Romania, Moldova, Hungary and Slovakia.

About 90 % of those that have fled are girls and youngsters, in keeping with the United Nations refugee company. Ukrainian males aged 18 to 60 are eligible for being known as up for army service and can't legally go away the nation whereas it's at struggle.

This story was supplied to Newsweek by Zenger Information.