Ukraine war: Europe opens its doors as 368,000 Ukrainian refugees flee in just over three days
Euronews says More than 360,000 people have fled Ukraine in the three days since Russia began its invasion, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Sunday.
Some walked many miles through the night while others fled by train, car or bus, forming lines kilometres long at border crossings with neighbouring countries: Poland, Moldova, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. Some even fled into Belarus.
Those arriving were primarily women, children and the elderly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prohibited men of military age from 18 to 60 from leaving.
UNHCR said on Sunday morning that 368,000 had fled Ukraine, with 45,200 arriving in Poland in just 15 hours.
The agency’s spokesman, Chris Melzer, said there were queues of 14 kilometres at the Poland-Ukraine border and waiting times of 40 hours.
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